Les Cayes


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Les Cayes

(leɪ ˈkeɪ; French le kaj)
n
(Placename) a port in SW Haiti, on the S Tiburon Peninsula. Pop: 45 904 (1995). Also called: Cayes Former name: Aux Cayes
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Reports said that at least 100 residents of Les Cayes were protesting at a UN base as aid trucks arrived, with local police and Senegalese UN troops firing tear gas to disperse the crowd, which provoked by rock throwing from the protesters, Telesur reported.
The demand for aid, food and shelter sparked violent scenes as police and peacekeepers Peacekeepers clash with fired tear gas to disperse a large crowd trying to intercept trucks carrying food near the town of Les Cayes as UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon flew in.
On Saturday, he added, Ban would be in Les Cayes, a port town badly hit by the storm.