2026-02-01

The UN Integrated Office in Haiti released a devastating annual report January 30 documenting that 5915 people were killed and 2708 injured in Haiti during 2025 due to gang violence and security force operations. The fourth quarter alone October through December 2025 accounted for 1523 deaths and 806 injuries. The cause breakdown for fourth quarter shows 62 percent resulted from security force operations including private military company drone strikes 32 percent from gang violence and 6 percent from self-defense groups and Bwa Kale movement targeting suspected gang members. The International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix documented 1287593 internally displaced persons representing 11 percent of Haiti population. This marks a 24 percent increase compared to December 2024. The geographic distribution shows 77 percent displaced in provinces outside Port-au-Prince and 23 percent in the capital with 55 percent of provincial IDPs now originating from other rural areas rather than the capital. Most IDPs at 83 percent remain with host families rather than in displacement sites creating enormous strain on fragile local resources. In the 272 active displacement sites conditions are alarming with one latrine per 315 people on average 40 percent of sites having no health services and 18 percent of sites where no children attend school. An average of 27 women and girls experience gender-based violence daily predominantly rapes including gang rapes. The Humanitarian Coordinator reported that children constitute as much as 50 percent of gang membership due to forced recruitment and sexual violence cases attended have tripled since 2021. Food security conditions remain critical with 5.7 million people suffering from severe food insecurity placing Haiti among the six largest hunger hotspots globally. Emergency IPC Phase 4 conditions persist in Port-au-Prince and IDP areas with 3.0 to 3.49 million people requiring food assistance through July 2026. An estimated 277000 children suffer from acute malnutrition. The UN launched an 880 million dollar humanitarian appeal December 17 2025 to assist 4.2 million vulnerable people focusing on urgent multisectoral interventions in West Centre and Artibonite departments where armed violence generates severe needs. February 01, 2026