Children make up half of Haiti’s gangs. They’re about to face a new foreign force.

By Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — As a new multinational force musters in Haiti, its foreign police and soldiers could soon find themselves face-to-face with hundreds of children. Children make up about 50% of armed groups in the country, experts estimate. In 2024 alone, at least 302 children were “recruited and used” by gangs across