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The gangs of Haiti: 'We become the devil'

Newshour

BBC

News, Daily News

4.4984 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The BBC has gained rare access to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, where gangs now control 90% of the city. The police there are outnumbered and outgunned, government authority has all but collapsed, and ordinary Haitians are trapped in a daily struggle for survival. In the past six months, more than 4,000 people have been killed. We have a special report. Also on the programme: Thailand and Cambodia trade airstrikes and artillery fire in a deadly escalation of a border dispute; and do you really need to do 10,000 steps a day to be healthy? (Photo: Gang members on the streets of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Credit: BBC/ Phil Pendlebury)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

0:06.6

I'm Celia Hatton, and I'm coming to you live from our studio in London.

0:11.2

Coming up on the program today, Thailand and Cambodia have been arguing over their border for years.

0:17.3

We'll explore why fresh fighting has broken out now.

0:21.0

And how many steps do you really need to walk every day to stay healthy?

0:26.7

You might be surprised by the answer.

0:29.0

But first, we'll start this edition of NewsHour in Haiti.

0:33.4

We've gained rare access to the Haitian capital, Porto-Prince,

0:37.2

where gangs now control 90% of the city.

0:41.3

The police there are outnumbered and outgunned.

0:44.2

Government authority has all but collapsed,

0:46.5

and ordinary Haitians are trapped in a daily struggle for survival.

0:50.8

In the last six months, more than 4,000 people have been killed.

0:55.2

Cuts to US aid are compounding the crisis, leaving already vulnerable communities without food, health care or protection.

1:03.6

Over a million people have been forced to abandon their homes, and it's women and children who are suffering the most.

1:10.0

And here, I want to warn you.

1:12.2

The report we're going to bring you now

1:13.7

contains upsetting content relating to sexual violence.

1:17.6

The names of the people we've interviewed here

1:19.5

have been changed to protect their identities.

1:22.8

In Haiti, one in five victims of sexual violence is a child,

1:27.2

and some victims of rape are as young as six.

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