00:00The UN says almost 5,000 people have been killed in Haiti since last October as gang violence sweeps the Caribbean country.
00:09Haiti has struggled to maintain order since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
00:15The capital, Port-au-Prince in particular, has seen a surge of violence, shutting hospitals and worsening the country's humanitarian crisis.
00:24Haiti is one of the 12 countries that recognize Taiwan, and Taiwan's embassy in the country has not escaped the turmoil.
00:32A group of armed men broke in early on the crisis in 2021.
00:35As the violence has grown, gangs have overwhelmed security forces, forced aid groups to cut back their work and displaced tens of thousands of people.
