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Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, armed gangs have seized power in many areas, leading to a spike in street violence in the poorest country in the Americas.

Increasingly violent gang warfare has plagued the poorest nation in the Americas since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

The environment minister for Burkino Faso, a central African country among the poorest in the world, told the BBC that more cash was essential.

South Sudan is the world’s youngest country and one of its poorest, with a government hugely dependent on oil revenue.

More than 3,600 people have been killed in Haiti since January and more than 500,000 have had to leave their homes, according to the UN, which describes Haiti as being one of the poorest countries in the world.