A new wave of violence by armed groups fighting for territorial control in Haiti has left at least eight people dead in the Lower Artibonite region north of the capital over the weekend, and forced the evacuation of neighborhoods along with one of the few operational hospitals in Port-au-Prince.
The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières said Monday that its staff was forced to evacuate and suspend operations at its hospital in the Cité Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince after more than 24 hours of heavy clashes between armed groups. The announcement came hours after residents in Croix-des-Bouquets and others neighborhoods in the Cul-de-Sac Plain fled their homes in the dark.
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