2026-01-12

Medecins Sans Frontieres suspended operations in Bel Air after January 6 clashes between Haitian National Police and armed groups killed a community volunteer, with only 40 percent of Port-au-Prince medical facilities operational. Secretary of State Andresol promised routes to the South and North will reopen before February 7, setting a measurable legitimacy test. The January 6 Bel Air clashes and January 9 Varreux terminal closure clarify that the 31-day operational pause refers to gang-initiated attacks, not PNH counteroffensives. Gonaieves Deschaos neighborhood remains paralyzed since January 8. Haiti commemorates the 16th anniversary of the 2010 earthquake. Twenty-six days remain until February 7.