PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: The US Embassy in Haiti has asked its citizens in the country to leave immediately citing infrastructure and security challenges, as intensifying violence has left thousands displaced, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
US Asks Citizens to Leave Haiti
“US nationals in Haiti should depart the country as soon as possible via private or commercial transport,” the US embassy said in a statement, urging extreme carefulness.
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The UN said in a report that a gang turf war in Haiti has caused a shocking humanitarian crisis that has displaced about 200,000 in the country and left about 5.2 million people – half of Haiti’s population – in need of help.
Earlier in August, the US Embassy in the country’s capital was temporarily closed, because of gunfire in the locality.
