Between January 1 and May 30, at least 2,680 people, including 54 children, were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped by rescue and many more subject to sexual violence and recruitment of children’s gangs.
“As alarming, the numbers cannot express the horrors that Haitians are forced to endure daily,” said Mr. Türk.
Conflicts on all sides
In recent months, gangs have attacked Mirebalais in the center of the country, looting police stations, destroying properties and releasing more than 500 inmates from the local prison.
Meanwhile, the so -called self -defense groups have attacked individuals who suspect over gang membership. On May 20, at least 25 people died and 10 were injured by a group that accused them of supporting gangs.
Police have increased operations against them. Since January, the police killed at least 1,448 people, including 65 during extrajudicial executions.
Mr. Türk asked the international community to take decisive measures to end violence, including renewed support for the multinational support mission backed by the Security Council (MSS) and the complete application of the Council of weapons of the Council.
He also reiterated his call to states that do not force anyone to Haiti.
“The coming months will be crucial and evaluate the capacity of the international community to take a stronger and more coordinated action, an action that will help determine the future stability of Haiti and the region in general,” added Mr. Türk.
Perspectives for ‘relatively optimistic food trade, “says Fao
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published on Thursday its annual Food Outlook report, which provides a “relatively optimistic” look at international food markets.
According to the report, production is expected to increase in almost all categories, and grain production is expected to reach record levels. And although prices are still higher this year than the last one, between April and May there was a general decrease of almost one percent.
However, the report indicated that global trends, including the increase in geopolitical tensions, climate shocks and commercial uncertainties, can still negatively affect production.
“While agricultural production trends seem solid, drivers that could negatively affect global food security,” said FAO chief economist, maximum bullfighter.
Birds, Fish fraud and fertilizer flows
The report indicated that avian influenza outbreaks have become more persistent and constitute “one of the most significant biological threats for the bird sector of global corral.” However, poultry exports have largely maintained resistant so far.
The theme of fish fraud was also discussed, the misrepresentation of the location or the form of the capture, with the FAO’s warning that the risks are growing.
In addition, the report examined fertilizer flows, pointing out the growing exports of Russia and the decrease in fertilizer prices from the Covid pandemic.
In general, the report said, the cost of imports worldwide has increased by 3.6 percent or almost $ 2.1 billion.
Oriental Chad ‘reaching a break point’ while Sudan war refugees continue to arrive
Help teams in Eastern Chad warn Friday that host communities are reaching the breakdown due to climatic clashes and the pressure of organizing war refugees from Sudan’s neighbors.
On an alert, the UN help officer in Chad, François Batalingaya, warned that a humanitarian catastrophe develops almost unnoticed by the world’s media.
“At this time, almost 300,000 people are stranded on the border, hoping to be relocated inside,” he said.
“Tens of thousands, mostly women and children, are sleeping outdoors without refuge, clean water and medical care. These are survivors of the war. They arrive traumatized, hungry and without anything. They tell stories of mass murders, sexual violence and entirely destroyed communities.”
Important exodus
From the outbreak of the war in Sudan in April 2023, more than 850,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed Chad. They have joined the 400,000 existing Sudanese refugees who have arrived in the last 15 years.
The UN AID official explained that even before the last Sudanese arrivals, almost a million people in East Chad needed help.
Today, “they are sharing how little they have: food, water and space, with which they flee from the war,” said Batalingaya.
In an appeal for international assistance, he warned that clinics are overwhelmed, malnutrition is increasing and basic services are in bread.
