Haiti grows desperate as aid fails to reach the needy
By DW
23 August 2021 |
8:20 am
Frustrated Haitians have attacked supply trucks from aid agencies as food and water dwindled after the Caribbean quake. More than 2,000 died and 12,000 were injured in the natural disaster.
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