Port-au-Prince's estimated four million people are practically being held hostage as gangs now control all the main roads in and out of the capital.
The latest upsurge in violence in Haiti's capital is a harbinger of worse to come. The gang violence must be promptly halted.
Haiti has reeled from years of violence as powerful armed groups have vied for influence and control of territory, worsened by the assassination of President Moise.
The Kenya-led police force has failed to take control back from the gangs, with only a fraction of the planned contingent having arrived in Haiti.
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