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More than 16,000 killed in Haiti violence since 2022: UN

Members of the Haitian armed forces (FADH) patrol the city center near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince on October 1, 2025. [AFP

More than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence in Haiti since the start of 2022, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that "the worst may be yet to come".

"The human rights situation in Haiti has reached a boiling point", with abuses and violence having escalated and intensified since March, UN rights chief Volker Turk said.

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