Haiti announces a three -month state of emergency as gang nails Conflict news

The government says MOVE aims to enhance “combat insecurity” as armed gangs continue to carry out attacks throughout the country.

The Haiti government announced a three -month emergency Gang.

This measure will cover the sections of the West, the center and the Perbronte, which is known as the “rice basket” in Haiti and has witnessed an increase in attacks by armed groups in recent months.

In a statement on Saturday, the government said that the state of emergency will allow the Haiti authorities to “continue to combat insecurity and respond to the agricultural and food crisis.”

She said: “The insecurity has a negative impact on both the lives of citizens and the various sectors of activity in the country. Given the size of this crisis, it is necessary to pass the main mobilization of state resources and institutional means to address it.”

Haiti has been subjected to years of violence because strong armed groups, and often with ties with the country’s political and commercial leaders, competed for the influence and control of lands.

However, the situation worsened greatly after the assassination of President Juvenile Moyes, who has emptied power.

almost 1.3 million people In June, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in June, the United Nations estimated that 4,864 people were killed from October 2024 to June this year.

The efforts made to stop the deadly gang attacks, including unaccounted deployment, led by Kenya Police missionIt has so far failed to restore stability.

While a lot of focus was on the capital of Haiti, Port or Prince, as up to 90 percent of the city are under the control of armed groups, violence also spreads to other parts of the country.

Between October 2024 and the end of June, more than 1,000 haitians and 620 were killed in the ARTIBONITE and Center sections, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office.

In late April, dozens of people wandered and praised The Aristonite RiverWho cuts the area, in a desperate attempt to escape from the gangs.

Meanwhile, on Friday, the government appointed André Jonas Vladimir Parason, a temporary director of the National Police in Haiti, who works with Kenyan police officers who are leading the unacceptable mission to help suppress violence.

“We, the police, will not sleep,” Parason said during his inauguration ceremony. “We will provide security in every corner of the country.”

Parason previously worked as head of the Haiti National Palace and was in service as a police officer when Mawanan was killed at his private residence in July 2021.

Normel Ramo replaced him, which was distinguished for more than a year by tensions with a faction of the Transitional Presidential Council, especially Prime Minister Alex Didier Fils.

Ramo has repeatedly warned of a lack of severe financing for the police force.

Change comes as Laurent Saint CyrAnd a wealthy businessman, who also took over as head of the Transitional Presidential Council, who was charged with holding elections by February 2026.