Gang violence in Haiti: “The country is in a kind of state of siege”. “Sexual violence against women is a reality here,” says Annalisa Lombardo, country director of Welthungerhilfe.
Lombardo is one of the few foreigners still in Haiti. Most embassies and aid organizations have withdrawn their staff from the island nation. To make matters worse, relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic are not very good, making it difficult for UN aircraft to land there.