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WFP Warns of Deepening Hunger in Haiti as Gang Control Expands and UN-Backed Force Remains Unfunded

WFP says funding gaps forced ration cuts, halted hot meals, blocked hurricane-season prepositioning.

FILE - Newly arrived Somalis, displaced by a drought, receive food distributions at makeshift camps in the Tabelaha area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Overview

  • Armed groups now control nearly 90 percent of Port-au-Prince, choking market access and driving up food prices, according to WFP.
  • Haiti faces one of the world’s worst food crises, with 5.7 million people in acute food insecurity and catastrophic IPC5 conditions present.
  • WFP reports 1.3 million people displaced, most of them children, with many families sheltering in schools and public buildings.
  • The agency seeks US$139 million over the next 12 months after slashing rations by half and suspending hot meals for newly displaced families.
  • The UN authorized a Gang Suppression Force of over 5,000 personnel, but financing and troop contributions remain unresolved as OHCHR documents extensive killings, including by State forces and drone strikes.