The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says about 4.97 million people out of a population of about 11.5 million were facing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity.
The Caribbean country has been gripped by violence since rival gangs unleashed a wave of attacks this month, including raids on police stations and the international airport. Photo: AFP
"Rising hunger is fuelling the security crisis that is shattering the country. We need urgent action now — waiting to respond at scale is not an option," Jean-Martin Bauer, the World Food Programme's Haiti director, said. The WFP said Haiti was now suffering its worst levels of food insecurity on record, with many people resorting to desperate measures and taking on more debt as armed groups take over farmlands and steal crops.
Authorities in the neighbouring Dominican Republic, who have deported tens of thousands of Haitian migrants, have said they have not agreed to an air bridge announced by the UN to supply aid to Haiti, saying its air route is for evacuating foreigners.
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