April 12, 2008, 18:45
By Thami Dickson
The United Nations (UN) Security Council has raised fears that the violence that has erupted in the Caribbean Island of Haiti is posing a threat of reversing all the progress made by the world body in stabilising that country.
Protests against the rising food prices turned violent in Haiti with demonstrators burning vehicles and attacking UN peacekeepers. They brought the capital to a standstill and tried to storm the presidential palace in demand of government action over the costs of food.
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world where 80% of the population lives on less than two dollars a day.
The UN Security Council deplored the violence and has pledged to support the Haitian government in its efforts to stabilise the country.
COMMENT: AL JAZEERA reporting the PM of Haiti has resigned.
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