[HIGHLIGHTS] In Haiti, an influential gang leader threatens a “civil war”

In Haiti, an influential gang leader threatens a “civil war”. The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday.

Armed groups say they want to overthrow the Prime Minister in power since the assassination in 2021 of President Jovenel Moïse. 15,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince, according to the UN. Due to violence, political crisis and years of drought, 5.5 million Haitians, almost half the population, are in need of humanitarian assistance.