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UN says over 1,500 killed this year in 'cataclysmic' Haiti

Deutsche Welle Thursday, 28 March 2024
A new UN report detailed different types of gang violence which have intensified this year. Gangs have taken over much of the capital, and staged an insurrection to overthrow Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
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Ariel Henry Ariel Henry Haitian politician and neurosurgeon (born 1949)

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