Guns, gangs and drought: how crime and the climate crisis are reshaping Haiti

Guns, gangs and drought: how crime and the climate crisis are reshaping Haiti

Cities in the grip of urban warfare are being pushed to collapse by an influx of people fleeing hunger in rural areas as crops failÉmile Charles fled Kenscoff in September when armed men overran his land. Leaving everything he owned behind, the farmer found refuge above Turgeau, one of the few neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince still beyond the gangs’ reach.New arrivals to Haiti’s capital climb ever-high to claim a few square metres and throw up a…