A wave of fear swept through Port-au-Prince Thursday as hundreds of families attempted to flee parts of the Haitian capital after a neighborhood had been taken over by gangs, an AFP journalist saw.The unrest comes after the US Federal Aviation Administration on Monday cancelled all commercial flights to Port-au-Prince from the United States due to the recent streak of violence,

More than 20,000 people have been displaced across Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in just four days, including over 17,000 hosted in 15 displacement sites even as gang violence escalates. The crisis has disrupted critical supply chains and isolated the city.

Gangs also largely shut down the country’s main airport by shooting a number of planes, wounding one flight attendant on […]

Residents of Solino and Nazon in Port-au-Prince are fleeing as gang violence escalates, highlighting the political turmoil and ineffectiveness of security interventions. The crisis has displaced over 700,

Residents of Solino and Nazon, central neighborhoods in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, fled their homes on Thursday as gangs spread to one of the few remaining areas of town not already under their control.

Haitian residents are fleeing their homes due to the increase in violence in the nation's capital. NBC News' Marissa Parra shares how the recent FAA ban on flights to the country is affecting civilians reliant on non-profit aid from abroad.

Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn't already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil.

Residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil.