The UN on Friday highlighted how millions of Haitians are facing severe food insecurity as armed groups continue to expand their territorial control around the country, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) hunger report . The data paints a dire picture: 5.7 million people, over half the population, are now classified in ‘Crisis’ or worse (IPC Phase 3 or above), marking one of the deepest humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere.
Of these, 1.9 million Haitians (17 percent) are suffering Emergency-level hunger (IPC Phase 4), with large food gaps, acute malnutrition, and excess mortality risks. An additional 3.8 million people (34 percent) face Crisis conditions (IPC Phase 3), often forced to deplete what little they have just to survive. IPC w