Protesters in Haiti demand protection against gangs
Discontent and anger are spreading as gangs that already control 85% of Port-au-Prince pillage once-peaceful communities.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/17/protesters-in-haiti-demand-protection-against-gangs
Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.
Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Discontent and anger are spreading as gangs that already control 85% of Port-au-Prince pillage once-peaceful communities.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/17/protesters-in-haiti-demand-protection-against-gangs
Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.
Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Bad weather did not stop some die-hard protesters who took to the streets of IIT's capital on Wednesday to demand security against gangs. Blocking roads and putting up signs, the protest was initially expected to draw thousands in Port-au-Prince, but the main event was canceled due to the heavy rain.
00:19Aishian people want to see development. We have been waiting for it for a long time. We see that gangs are everywhere. We're going to storm the Villa d'Akoe, the Prime Minister's office. The Presidential Council is keeping the country hostage, the people hostage and the power hostage.
00:42Two weeks ago, a protest in the same neighborhood gathered thousands and the police had to use tear gas and smoke grenades to prevent protesters from marching all the way to the office of Alex Didier Fusemi, whom the council appointed as the Prime Minister in November.