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Haiti: On patrol with UN forces inside gang warzone

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Summary
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60% Informative

Two-year-old Shaina is hooked up to an intravenous drip at one of the few functioning hospitals in Haiti 's capital, Port-au-Prince .

She is one of 760,000 children who are on the brink of famine in Haiti .

An estimated 85% of the capital is under gang control, according to the UN .

The UN says the fighting has killed 5,000 people this year alone and left the country on the verge of collapse.

Number of children recruited to gangs has soared by 70% in a year , according to Unicef .

Gran Ravine is infamous for carrying out kidnappings for ransom, a practice which has earned Ti Lapli a place on the FBI 's wanted list.

Gangs like his have exacerbated an already dire situation in Haiti , and are known to slaughter and rape civilians.

VR Score

63

Informative language

63

Neutral language

35

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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