Fourth contingent of 144 Kenyan officers arrives in Haiti to battle gangs

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 7 – The fourth contingent of the Kenyan police unit on Thursday left the country for Haiti’s Capital Port Au Prince to join their counterparts who are part of the multinational security support mission in the Caribbean nation. The …

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Haiti gets more Kenyan help with gangs PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- 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 …

Kenya sends more police to Haiti to shore up security mission after US funding limbo

More than 100 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti's capital on Thursday to reinforce a security mission whose future has been in limbo, after the US froze some funding before passing a waiver to unlock a separate batch of funds. US secretary of state Marco …

Kenyan police reinforce Haiti mission amid U.S. funding freeze

A fourth group of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti on Thursday to help combat violent gangs, despite a partial U.S. funding freeze for the U.N.-backed mission. The 200 officers join over 600 Kenyans already working alongside Haitian police, as part of a …

Sexual violence against children soars in Haiti: UN

Unicef has reported a staggering tenfold increase in sexual violence against children in Haiti, as armed gangs controlling 85 per cent of Port-au-Prince escalate their recruitment of minors, some as young as eight. More than 1.2 million children face …

William Ruto holds phone conversation with US secretary of state, discuss Haiti...

President William Ruto said his points of discussion with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio included the Haiti peacekeeping mission Ruto affirmed that he and Rubio recognised the importance of sustaining progress in the mission during their conversation …

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'Kidnapping Inc.' Review: A Crime Comedy About Haiti's Tragedies

Art sadly imitates life as the long-awaited Haitian action-comedy Kidnapping Inc. finally hits the big screen four years after tragic events during filming. Director/co-writer Bruno Mourral satirizes the unceasing violence, poverty, and corruption that …

200 Kenyan police officers arrive at UN mission in Haiti

Two hundred Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join the United Nations-backed mission to fight gangs in the crisis-plagued Caribbean country. More than 600 Kenyan officers had already been stationed in Haiti as part of a multinational …