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Haiti gang threatens to kill 50 hostages after Kenscoff massacre

Armed gangs killed at least 47 people, including five children, in a devastating overnight attack on the Kenscoff farming community in the mountains above Port-au-Prince, with a gang leader threatening to execute more than 50 hostages if security forces continue…

MSF suspends operations in Haiti’s Cité Soleil as gang clashes force hospital evacuations

Hospitals in the Cité Soleil neighborhood of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, evacuated their patients on Monday as Doctors Without Borders suspended all operations in the area amid escalating clashes between rival armed groups, according to Reuters. The violence, which intensified over…