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United Nations, United States – The UN children’s agency chief offered a dire assessment Sunday of the chaotic situation in Haiti, saying it was “almost like a scene out of ‘Mad Max,'” which depicted a violent and lawless post-apocalyptic future.
“Many, many people there are suffering from serious hunger and malnutrition and we’re not able to get enough aid to them,” with gangs controlling large parts of capital Port-au-Prince as well as key roads leading elsewhere.“It’s almost like a scene out of ‘Mad Max.’ That’s what it seems like,” Russell said of the 1979 film.Haiti, already hit by drought, natural disasters and a weak government, has seen “the near-collapse of basic services,” a recent United Nations report warned.
The challenges facing foreign aid workers — some of whom have been attacked or kidnapped for ransom — were underlined Saturday when gangs looted a Unicef shipment intended to provide relief for suffering mothers and children. “We will continue to assist US citizens as long as commercial options remain unavailable and the security environment permits us to do so,” the spokesperson said.Haiti has been convulsed for two weeks by a gang uprising, as brutal and well-armed groups — their numbers swollen after an attack on two prisons freed thousands of inmates — sought to topple Henry.
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