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 ...

Jun 26, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya met early Wednesday with Prime Minister Garry Conille as they prepare to deploy in upcoming ...

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.

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.

Jun 26, 2024 · The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence.

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.

Jun 26, 2024 · On Tuesday, police in Kenya' capital, Nairobi, were accused of using live rounds against anti-tax hike protesters. The Kenya Medical Association said that at least 13 people were killed.

Mar 1, 2024 · Around 1,000 Kenyan police officers are set to be deployed to Haiti in a bid to combat raging gang violence. Last year, Kenya volunteered to lead a multinational security force in the...

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.

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,...