A mass kidnapping of US missionaries in Haiti is the latest indication of the country’s rising instability.
The Caribbean nation is struggling in the wake of the president’s assassination in July this year, a subsequent catastrophic earthquake and a worsening fuel crisis, bringing the Haitian economy to the brink of collapse.
Rising insecurity and gang violence has seen Haitian workers strike indefinitely.
At least 328 kidnappings were reported in Haiti over first eight months of 2021, up from last year’s overall total of 234 kidnappings.