Life slowly returns to Port-au-Prince area after Haiti drives gangs out

Glimmers of life appear in Port-au-Prince after Haiti retakes control of a key area from powerful gangs.

It is still quiet in Carrefour-Aéroport, a famed intersection in Haiti’s capital that once bustled with traffic and commerce until hundreds of gang members stormed the area in early March 2024 in an unprecedented wave of violence.

They smashed businesses, killed civilians and set fire to a police substation as officers fled.

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