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UNDSS: Gangs control about 85 percent of Port-au-Prince; WFP says food deliveries continue with extra coordination
Summary
UNDSS officials said gangs control much of metropolitan Port-au-Prince, forcing humanitarian convoys to coordinate passage through checkpoints. WFP and UNDSS said collaboration via the Humanitarian Access Working Group has allowed near-daily food deliveries to hard-to-reach areas.
A United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) representative said that roughly 85 percent of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area is under the control or influence of gangs, complicating humanitarian access but not stopping food deliveries coordinated with the World Food Programme.
The UNDSS representative said, “The security context in Haiti, it's special and particular because, for example, we are talking the metropolitan area of Port Au Prince, 85 Percent is under the control or influence of the gangs.” The representative added that the gangs operate in different areas under different leaders, and that knowing each area of influence…
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