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Kenya’s plan to lead a multinational force in Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission to restore order is facing intense scrutiny and resistance at home, even as violence in the ...
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Kenya's Haiti Gambit: A Test of International Leadership in an Era of Shifting AlliancesKenya’s bold decision to lead a multinational security mission in Haiti marks a pivotal moment in its emergence as a global security actor. What began as an ambitious initiative to demonstrate l ...
The attacks prevented then-Prime Minister Ariel Heny, who at the time was in Kenya to push for the deployment, from returning to Haiti. He resigned in late April as the violence surged.
The top diplomats from Kenya and the Dominican Republic met in Santo Domingo on Monday and called on the international community to fulfill and expand its promised funding for the UN-backed security mission in neighboring Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti said on Monday “there's no room for failure” and that the United Nations ...
Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is now almost entirely run by gangs, just about a year since the first contingent of Kenyan police officers were deployed to restore calm in the country on June 25, 2024.
The trip by President William Ruto of Kenya came against a bleak backdrop in Haiti, where gangs operate with impunity and the Kenyan officers remain largely out of sight. By Frances Robles ...
The Kenya-led police force mission in Haiti remains well below its envisioned 2,500 personnel, seriously underfunded and has yet to make a major impact against armed gangs. The United States ...
On the same day that 400 Kenyan police touched down in Haiti for a US-backed humanitarian mission, their colleagues back home were teargassing medics and indiscriminately shooting at peaceful ...
You can’t separate out development and security from human rights and from creating a sense of opportunity for people.’
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