Haiti crisis: International intervention 'not the solution', expert says

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It's estimated that more than 53,000 people have fled extreme violence in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, which equates to 80 percent of the city's population. Haiti has been without a president since the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021. The country has been ravaged for decades by poverty and natural disasters. But since February, Haiti's powerful gangs have joined forces to attack police stations, prisons and the airport. An internationally-backed transitional council has been formed and is now beginning to assess how to take back control. One expert has told FRANCE 24 that she believes any kind of top-down international intervention in Haiti is not the answer. Rosa Freedman, a professor of law, conflict and global development at the University of Reading, spoke to us in Perspective.