The conflict raging in Haiti is reaching new heights the past few weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down amid growing violence and armed gangs continue to overrun the country.

And now despite pleas from local leaders to the international community, many nations including the US are reluctant to intervene.

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Rosa Freedman, Law, conflict, and global development professor at the University of Reading in the U.K.