Haiti's gangs are increasingly expanding into rural areas, adopting hit-and-run tactics including kidnappings, cattle theft and roadblocks.

Last month, Ali Rizkallah, a commander in the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, was welcomed to Sudan’s capital Khartoum.

Reuters correspondents report on concerns about social problems that could await Russia when hundreds of thousands of soldiers return home.

The designation of Haiti's major gangs as terrorists by Washington could risk further entrenching their power, NGOs and human rights warned.