Brussels 14.11.2024 The European Union takes note of the appointment of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as Prime Minister of Haiti.

“The European Union calls on the Transitional Presidential Council, the new government, and all political forces to work with urgency and determination to restore security, prioritise governance and accountability, and work towards the organization of free and fair elections” reads the statement by thes Spokesperson to the European External Action Service on the appointment of a new Prime Minister.

“As a long-standing partner of Haiti, a major donor of humanitarian assistance, and one of the main providers of development cooperation, the European Union remains committed to assisting Haiti in addressing its severe challenges, particularly the escalating violence, food insecurity, and the internal displacement of its citizens”.

The EEAS statement issued the very same week when another attack is reported by the Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This week they said that at least two patients were killed when the ambulance was stopped, and the team assaulted in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.

“The act is a shocking display of violence and it seriously calls into question MSF’s ability to continue delivering essential care to the Haitian people,” said Christophe Garnier, MSF’s head of mission.

The ambulance, transporting three young men with gunshot wounds, was halted about 100 meters from the MSF hospital in the Drouillard area. The MSF reported that the “law enforcement officers and members of a self-defence group surrounded the ambulance, slashed the tires, and tear-gassed MSF staff inside the vehicle to force them out.”

The wounded patients were taken a short distance away and at least two were executed. The incident took place on Monday, November 11.

Doctors’ charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says at least two of its patients have been killed in Haiti after police and vigilantes attacked their ambulance in the capital Port-au-Prince.

The charity said its crews had been transporting three patients with gunshot wounds to a MSF hospital on Monday when they were stopped by authorities and forced to go to a public hospital instead.

When they arrived, officers and “members of a self-defence group” attacked the vehicle, slashing its tyres and forcing occupants out through tear-gas.

The wounded patients were then taken away from the hospital grounds where “at least two of them were executed”, the charity said.

The condition of the third patient is unclear from MSF’s statement. However they also added that its ambulance staff were also assaulted in the incident by “law enforcement officers and members of a self-defence group”.

MSF said staff were “violently attacked, insulted, tear-gassed, threatened with death” and held hostage for more than four hours before being released. The motive behind the attack is unclear.

“The act is a shocking display of violence and it seriously calls into question MSF’s ability to continue delivering essential care to the Haitian people,” said Christophe Garnier, the group’s head of mission in the country.

MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, is one of the last humanitarian non-government organisations (NGOs) still operating in Haiti, where violent chaos has gripped the capital.

Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, armed gangs have seized power in many areas, leading to a spike in street violence degrading further the catastrophic situation of the Haitians.

A UN Security Council briefing last month heard that criminal gangs had gained control of 85% of the capital.

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.