Security forces struggle to protect supplies

UN peacekeepers and US troops have been helping keep order around aid deliveries and clinics in the stricken city, which seemed relatively calm yesterday, even if looters continued to pillage pockets of downtown.

Police stood by as people made off with food and mobile phones from shattered shops, saying they were trying to save stores that are still undamaged.

“It is not easy but we try to protect what we can,” said officer Belimaire Laneau.