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UN aid chief: Gangs control about 60 per cent of Haiti's capital

Flanked by members of the G9 gang coalition, leader Jimmy Cherizier, aka Barbecue, right, talks to reporters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 6, 2021. [AP photo]

Close to 60% of Haiti's capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have caused thousands to flee their homes, the U.N. humanitarian chief in the Caribbean nation said Thursday.

Ulrika Richardson said that has left nearly 20,000 people in the capital facing "catastrophic famine-like conditions" as a cholera outbreak spreads throughout Haiti.

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