Overview

• The latest UN‑backed IPC assessment counts 5.7 million Haitians in high acute food insecurity now, with 1.9 million at emergency levels and a projection of about 5.9 million during the March–June 2026 lean season.
• Six consecutive years of economic contraction and armed‑group domination are disrupting farming, extorting producers, shutting businesses, and preventing crops and aid from moving along key roads.
• Roughly 1.3 million people have been displaced as gangs expand territorial control, with reports that most of Port‑au‑Prince is under their sway, further constraining access to food and services.
• Haiti’s transitional authorities announced a new Food and Nutrition Security Office to coordinate relief, with officials pledging rapid resource mobilization to reach the worst‑affected communities.
• Targeted aid removed about 8,400 people from the IPC’s most catastrophic phase, though analysts warn gains are fragile as the UN Security Council has approved a larger 5,500‑member gang‑suppression force.