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‘Generations of Haitians’ at risk, warns Guterres, calling for international force to help quell gang violence

·July 2, 2023·2 min read

The UN chief expressed deep concern at the extreme vulnerability faced by the Haitian people – especially women and girls – because of brutally violent and “predatory” armed gangs, like those encircling the capital, blocking main roads and controlling access to water, food, health care. “I condemn in the strongest possible...

Haiti: Deploy specialized force to take down gang violence, UN rights chief

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·March 21, 2023·3 min read

“We are gravely concerned that extreme violence continues to spiral out of control in Haiti,” said Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Volker Türk. In the first two weeks of March alone, clashes among gangs left at least 208 dead, 164 injured, and 101 kidnapped....

Economic slowdown may force workers into ‘lower quality’ jobs

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·January 16, 2023·3 min read

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), global employment is set to grow by just one per cent in 2023, which is less than half last year’s level. The number of people unemployed around the world is also expected to rise slightly, to 208 million. This corresponds to a global...

UN calls for support for international force for Haiti

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·December 25, 2022·2 min read

Addressing the Security Council, Ms. Mohammed underlined the UN Secretary-General’s call for support to the Haitian National Police, as set out in a letter to ambassadors in October. “I urge every country with the capacity to do so to give urgent consideration to the Haitian Government’s request for an...

Drought, conflict force 80,000 Somalis to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps

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·December 6, 2022·2 min read

An estimated 24,000 people have arrived at the camp complex since the end of September, some of the more than 80,000 taken in there during the past two years, according to UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov. He told journalists in Geneva that despite a recent drop in the pace of daily...