Haiti’s gangs are recruiting child soldiers, rights group says

APC with turrets at the National Port in Haiti. PHOTO/@MSSMHaiti/X

Haiti’s powerful armed groups are increasingly recruiting children into their ranks amid a growing humanitarian crisis, a global human rights watchdog has warned, with girls sexually abused and forced into domestic work. Hundreds, if not thousands, of children “driven by hunger and poverty” have in recent months joined gangs and were forced to commit criminal acts ranging from extortion […]