Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to surrender their weapons
HAITI’S appointed Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late on Wednesday, in which he acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become.
Mr Conille was speaking a day after a second group of 200 Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti to help quell widespread gang violence as part of a United States-sponsored mission led by the East African country.
He said: “Life every day in Port-au-Prince has turned into a battle for survival.
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