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UN warns of more Haitian children in crossfire as gang recruitment grows
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Haitian Children Increasingly Caught In Crossfire As More Are Recruited Into Gangs, UN Official Says
Haitian children are increasingly getting caught in the crossfire as more are recruited into gangs dominating large swaths of the country, according to a UN official
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WTVBUN warns of more Haitian children in crossfire as gang recruitment grows
Haitian gangs' growing recruitment of children means it is inevitable minors will be caught in the crossfire, a U.N. official said on Tuesday, vowing to train armed personnel who deploy to fight those gangs as part of a newly mandated force. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Photo: Giles Clarke Lack of food, devastated schools and children trapped in the control of armed groups. The Children's Fund warns that, with the country on the verge of collapse, the future of an entire generation is at stake. Port-au-Prince.- After issuing a child alert about Haiti warning that the country is on the verge of humanitarian collapse, the regional director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Latin America and the Ca…
Haiti – Children Caught in the Crossfire of Gangs’ Growing Violence
October 14, 2025 – The escalating wave of gang violence in Haiti has reached alarming new depths, with children increasingly drawn into the conflict — both as victims and as participants. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), minors now make up nearly half of all gang members across the country, as armed groups intensify their recruitment of vulnerable youth. “There has been a dramatic rise in gang recruitment of children thi…
UNICEF's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean called for urgent international action, emphasizing that Haitian children are having their lives cut short and their futures erased; recruitment of children by armed groups has increased by 70% in just one year. Source of original article: United Nations (news.un.org). Photo credit: UN. The content of […]
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