HaitiLibre Zapping May 14: Cumulative Toll from Cité Soleil / West Department Violence Rises to 80+ Dead, 100+ Wounded — IOM ETT #93, OCHA Flash Update Issued

HaitiLibre's May 14, 2026 'Zapping Haiti' news roundup reported that the cumulative death toll from the sustained gang warfare that erupted in Cité Soleil and the West Department beginning May 10 had reached more than 80 dead and over 100 wounded — significantly higher than initial AP wire figures of 8 dead in the Cul-de-Sac sub-theater. The broader toll reflects fighting across multiple zones in the West Department, including Cité Soleil, the Cul-de-Sac Plain (Croix-des-Missions, Canaan, Croix-des-Bouquets), and Martissant. IOM's Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) #93, published via ReliefWeb on May 13, formally documented the displacement wave from armed clashes in Cité Soleil (May 10–12). OCHA simultaneously issued a Flash Update No. 1: 'Haiti: Violence and displacement in the West Department' — a formal humanitarian alert confirming the scale of the crisis. As of May 14, MSF's Cité Soleil hospital (the only health facility accessible to the commune's 300,000+ residents) remained closed, with no public timeline for reopening. The Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine also remained suspended. The airport road — where hundreds of displaced families had been photographed sheltering — remained a makeshift refuge. May 14 was Ascension Day, a national holiday in Haiti, with no government ceremonies reported from Port-au-Prince given the ongoing violence.