11 hours ago · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A third contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns of a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission.. The 200 police officers from the East African country join more than 600 other Kenyans already working alongside Haiti’s National Police as part of a multinational force boosted ...

3 days ago · Diego Da Rin, Haiti analyst for the International Crisis Group, said the $13 million the United States has frozen was never going to solve the financial problems of the Kenya-led mission.

The Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti is an international police and military force approved by the United Nations Security Council on 2 October 2023 to assist the government of Haiti in restoring law and order amid worsening civil …

2 days ago · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A military contingent from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of the capital.. The 70 soldiers will provide expertise in air support, which Kenyan officials said will be critical for medical evacuations.

Jan 18, 2025 · Kenya’s interior minister says the east African nation has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led multinational force to curb gang violence.

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...

Oct 3, 2023 · Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere where half the population lives below the poverty line, has a small and ill-equipped military. Its police force, which has about 10,000 active...

Oct 2, 2023 · Haiti is experiencing a multi-faceted security and humanitarian crisis that Mr Guterres called "a living nightmare". Swathes of the mountain-cradled coastal capital Port-au-Prince - some...

Jul 9, 2024 · About 400 Kenyan officers have deployed to Haiti as part of the first wave of a multinational contingent tasked with trying to restore order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.

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...