Haiti hunger crisis: UN aid reaches Port-au-Prince as gang violence persists
Food and medicine from the UN’s World Food Programme have finally reached Port-au-Prince. The airport has reopened, allowing supplies to be distributed despite armed groups controlling the roads and port. The UN has delivered over 600 tons of food to over 90,000 people in Cite Soleil, but more is needed. Haiti faces widespread violence and acute hunger, with nearly half the population affected.
Gary Conille, a long-time UN development expert and the new Prime Minister, arrived in Haiti on Saturday. He faces a monumental task in a country on the brink of total disaster.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports.
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