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Trenches and drones: Haiti gangs adapt to fight Kenya-led police

A woman cries as she flees her neighborhood after armed gangs terrorized the Delmas 24 and Solino areas in Port-au-Prince on October 26, 2024. [AFP]

Haiti's powerful gangs are digging trenches, using drones and stockpiling weapons as they change tactics to confront the Kenyan-led police force deployed to wrestle back government control, a UN report said Monday.

The annual report said violence had spiked with more than 3,600 homicides and 1,100 kidnappings between January and June, and 85 per cent of the capital Port-au-Prince now ruled by the gangs.

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