UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines …
Sep 30, 2024 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force helping to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti to start talks on …
Why are Kenyan forces set to intervene in Haiti and how is the US ...
May 22, 2024 · Why is Kenya getting involved in Haiti and who opposes the MSS? The deployment faces fierce pushback from Kenya’s opposition lawmakers, human rights groups and lawyers, but Ruto has pressed...
Kenya Sends Another 200 Police to Fight Gangs in Haiti - U.S. News ...
Jan 18, 2025 · PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Kenya sent more than 200 police officers to Haiti on Saturday, providing backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence ...
A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout ... - Associated Press News
Oct 15, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A leader of one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs was injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled territory since a U.N.-backed mission began earlier this year, police said Tuesday.
Kenya deploys more police officers to Haiti to tackle gang violence
Jan 18, 2025 · NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya's interior minister said the east African nation has deployed another 217 police officers to Haiti as part of a multinational force to curb gang violence.
Haiti gang crisis: Kenyan police face taunts and scepticism as ... - BBC
Pressure is mounting on Kenyan police officers to deliver on their promise to help bring Haiti's rampant gangs under control, six weeks after setting foot in the Caribbean nation.
More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to fight violent gangs | AP News
Jul 16, 2024 · A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.
Haiti: Why Kenya-led security assistance has still not arrived - CNN
May 24, 2024 · After months of planning and discussion, the deployment of an international force to violence-wracked Haiti has been delayed again, puncturing hopes that a vanguard of Kenyan police would arrive...
Kenya's president makes urgent cash call for Haiti mission - BBC
Oct 11, 2024 · Kenya has appealed for urgent financial support from the international community to sustain a police deployment in Haiti, which has been extended by a year. The multinational security mission,...
Support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’, Security ... - UN News
4 days ago · The MSS is led by Kenya, and she welcomed the deployment of an additional 217 police officers from the country on 18 January. Furthermore, 150 Guatemalans and an advance team of eight Salvadorean troops have also arrived in Haiti. UN operations affected “The worsening security crisis has significantly impacted United Nations operations ...