“The country has gotten stuck in a spiral of violence and it’s getting worse,” laments Haitian journalist Rodly Saintiné

The violence of gangs and criminal gangs threatens Haiti more and more every day. Rodly Saintiné, Haitian journalist who took refuge in France, spoke about the situation on Saturday March 9 at franceinfo. “In just two months, there have been 1,193 deaths. It’s a terrible situation that began in 2018, the country has gotten stuck in a spiral of violence and it has a tendency to get worse”he warns. “The situation prevents the population from obtaining food and water”continues the RFI correspondent.

Rodly Saintiné was himself a victim of the violence of criminal gangs, since he left the country in 2023 after threats. “It was very complicated. I was a journalist on gang violence in the largest slum in Haiti, Cité Soleil [près de Port-au-Prince, la capitale]. I had to flee because bandits came to look for me at home, I fled at the last minute.”says the journalist.