200 Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs | AP News
Feb 6, 2025 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A fourth contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns over 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 ...
More Kenyan police join UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti
6 days ago · 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.
More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to shore up security mission …
Feb 6, 2025 · A Kenyan police officer adjusts the helmet of a colleague after arriving as part of a peace-keeping mission to tackle violence in Haiti, at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port ...
U.S. supports the Kenya-led mission in Haiti, Rubio says as more …
Feb 6, 2025 · The first aircraft was a Kenya Airways jetliner with 144 police officers aboard. The third contingent from the East Africa nation, it included 24 women, the first Kenyan female officers to join ...
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.
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 infrastructure,...
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 …
Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Police from Kenya deplane at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived nearly two years after the Caribbean country requested help to …
Why Kenyan Police Officers Are Deployed in Haiti - The New York Times
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.
Kenya’s Police Battle Haitian Gangs While Understaffed and …
Oct 9, 2024 · Kenyan police officers in an armored personnel carrier during a patrol last month in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They Flew 7,000 Miles to Fight Haiti’s Gangs. The Gangs Are on Top.