A leader of a powerful gang in Haiti is injured in a police shootout ...
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.
As Kenyan Police Force Deploys in Haiti, Gang Violence Shifts
Aug 11, 2024 · The first wave of Kenyan police officers to deploy in Haiti as part of the multinational force lacks the numbers or the armaments to dismantle the powerful gangs, experts said.
Why are Kenyan forces set to intervene in Haiti and how is the US ...
May 22, 2024 · The planned deployment of police to Haiti – a first for the East African country outside the continent – has sparked fierce debates in Kenya’s Parliament and in its courts. Here’s what we know...
Why Kenya volunteered to lead UN-approved forces to Haiti
Oct 3, 2023 · The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved the deployment of international forces led by Kenya to curb escalating gang violence in Haiti. The Caribbean country of more than 11...
Kenyan officials arrive in Haiti ahead of planned security mission ...
May 21, 2024 · CNN — A delegation of Kenyan “command staff” has arrived in Haiti, according to a law enforcement source in the country, ahead of the long-delayed arrival of a Kenyan-led multinational security...
Foreign Police Officers Land on the Ground in Haiti - The New York Times
Jun 25, 2024 · Dozens of armed men in military fatigues filed out of a Kenya Airways plane at Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Haiti crisis: Can Kenyan police officers defeat the gangs? - BBC
Oct 2, 2023 · Kenya has said it would send 1,000 police officers to Haiti. When this was first proposed in July, Kenyan officials said the officers would guard government buildings and...
Kenya Signs Deal With Haiti to Send 1,000 Police to Caribbean
Mar 1, 2024 · Kenya and Haiti signed a security deal on Friday intended to remove the last major obstacle to the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation.
Haiti crisis: Kenyan police deployed to tackle powerful gangs - BBC
Jun 26, 2024 · Haiti's interim Prime Minister Garry Conille has vowed to end lawlessness with the help of a Kenyan-led international force deployed to 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.