Amidst a surge of gang violence in Haiti, a young girl named Shaina battles acute malnutrition in a struggling hospital. Her mother, Venda, fears losing her child due to the escalating conflict that has gripped the capital, Port-au-Prince. The article highlights the harrowing reality of living under gang control, with even hospitals becoming battlegrounds. The UN Security Council has authorized a Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) to restore order, but the situation remains dire.
Two-year-old Shaina is hooked up to an intravenous drip at one of the few functioning hospitals in Haiti 's capital, Port-au-Prince. Her mother, Venda, desperately hopes it will alleviate the acute malnutrition the emaciated young girl is suffering from.Terrified of the gang warfare raging in her neighbourhood, for weeks Venda was too frightened to leave her home to seek treatment for her daughter.
"I think if the government were more stable and had put in place better youth programmes, they would not get involved in the gangs," he says of the young men who make up a large proportion of the groups terrorising the capital. Bullets slam into the APC's armour as the Kenyan police shoot back with their assault rifles through gun ports in the vehicle's walls.But it is not long before there are signs of more horrific gang violence. A human body burns in the middle of the street.One of the Kenyan police in our APC says he suspects it was a gang member cornered and killed by a rival group, his body set alight to send a gruesome warning.
Despite the situation, the force's leadership remains optimistic. Commander Godfrey Otunge is under pressure from the Kenyan government to make a success of this mission.The mission commander says there is "overwhelming support" for the MSS in Haiti.The uphill struggle they face is clear at a former Haitian police station, which had been occupied by a gang but has now been re-taken by the Kenyan forces.
In one such area, Wharf Jérémie, almost 200 civilians were killed by a single gang over the space of one weekend earlier in December.
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