The Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti, which began in July 2023, was initiated in response to escalating gang violence. This intervention, spearheaded by President William Ruto’s ...

Aid groups are increasingly seen as protecting the gangs, leading them to become targeted by the police and self-defence ...

But it is the illegal immigration that is more worrying, especially in an election year.It was not until September 19, 2023 that Kenya ... saw Haiti become fairly stable and a select group ...

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.” ...

The Kenya-led security support mission to Haiti is ... “I heard there were Kenyans in the country, but where are they? Why are they in Haiti if we don’t see any difference?” Hopes of restoring some ...

Authorities in Kenya are putting on hold a planned deployment of 1,000 police officers to a UN Security Council-approved mission to combat gang violence in Haiti. The UN's highest decision-making ...

The new group is among 600 trained and U.S.-vetted cops from various units of Kenya’s National Police Service whom Ruto had promised in September to deploy to Haiti before the end of the year.