More than 3,000 people killed in Haiti violence so far this year – UN

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- More than 3,000 people have died amid escalating gang violence in Haiti since the beginning of the year, the United Nations said Friday. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere with swathes of the country under the control of rival armed gangs who carry out murders, rapes and kidnappings. "So far this year, from January 1 to June 30, at least 3,141 people were killed across Haiti," Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters i...