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Source: THE AS­SO­CI­AT­ED PRESS

Doc­tors With­out Bor­ders said Wednes­day that on­go­ing vi­o­lence in the cap­i­tal of Haiti has forced it to per­ma­nent­ly close its Port-au-Prince emer­gency care cen­tre, which had been a key life­line in a city now 90% con­trolled by gangs.

More than 60% of the cap­i­tal’s health fa­cil­i­ties, in­clud­ing Haiti’s gen­er­al hos­pi­tal, are now shut­tered or non-func­tion­ing be­cause of the surge in gang vi­o­lence.