Haiti gangs trying to silence media, UNESCO warns

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The media in Haiti are a "systematic" target of criminal gangs trying to silence them, an official with the UN's cultural body said Thursday, hailing the courage of journalists working there in harrowing conditions. "The situation is very alarming, very worrying, because the media are now a target," Eric Voli Bi, the representative for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Haiti, told AFP in an interview. Two journalists were ki...