Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly three months after violence forced it closed

Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly three months after violence forced it closed
A plane taxis on the runway after landing at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

Haiti’s main international airport has reopened for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it to all traffic in early March.

The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies since the country’s main seaport remains paralysed.

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