Skip to main content
Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, says damning new report
Families displaced by gang violence do laundry inside a school where they have been taking refuge for over a year in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 20, 2024

NEARLY 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse, according to a damning new report.

Published on Monday, the report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said the number of Haitians facing crisis, emergency and famine levels of hunger has increased by 1.2 million in the past year to reach a total of 5.4 million.

Gang violence in the Caribbean nation has disrupted the transport of goods and prevents people from leaving their homes to buy food.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You can read five articles for free every month,
but please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber.
More from this author
Displaced Palestinians flee from Khan Younis, Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli military offensive in the area, May 19, 2025
Gaza / 19 May 2025
19 May 2025
Director General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the opening of the 78th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 19, 2025. Photo: Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP
World Health Organisation / 19 May 2025
19 May 2025
Russian and Ukrainian delegations attend talks at the Dolmabache palace, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 16, 2025
Russia-Ukraine / 16 May 2025
16 May 2025
Similar stories
Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Na
World / 25 November 2024
25 November 2024
A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational f
World / 25 October 2024
25 October 2024
Soldiers patrol amid the sound of gunshots heard in the dist
World / 23 October 2024
23 October 2024