UN chief says Haiti urgently needs international security force and humanitarian aid

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
U.N
struggling country fight a surge in gang violence.The appeal was made after Guterres met with Prime Minister Ariel Henry, civil society
leaders, U.N
international security force would be deployed as requested by the prime minister last October.Guterres said he spoke about the issue with
elections
But experts have noted it is impossible to do so given the current level of violence in the country, with gangs controlling an estimated 80%
of the capital.There are no democratically elected institutions left in Haiti, with the country failing to hold legislative elections since
aid as poverty deepens and starvation cases spike
Gangs are preventing the movement of goods and people and controlling access to water, food and health care as civilians attempt to fight
Associated Press-Agencies