Violence rocks Haiti amid PM Ariel Henry visit to Kenya
A security forces aims his gun at armed gangs after prominent gang leader Jimmy Cherizier called for Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government to be toppled in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 29, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
A wave of panic swept through downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday as violence and heavy gunfire broke out, in what a gang leader said was a demonstration against authorities.
The armed clashes involving gangs, police and vigilantes took place on the same day that Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry arrived in Kenya for talks on the deployment of a multinational security mission to his nation which was backed by the United Nations.
