UN Security Council meeting raises alarm on 'critical' Haiti situation

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 07, 2024 10:27 am

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: The UN Security Council expressed its concern over the deteriorating situation in violence-gripped Haiti on Wednesday, as Washington ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry to secure a political settlement.

Armed gangs who control swaths of the country launched a coordinated effort to oust Henry last week, attacking the airport, prisons and police stations and threatening a full-scale civil war.

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