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US freezes some funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Kenya deploys female police officers to Haiti as US freezes funding
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen saw off the contingent of 144 police officers, that included 24 female officers. Kenya has already sent 600 officers to Haiti.
Kenyan Police Reinforcements Bolster Haiti's Fight Against Gangs
A contingent of 144 Kenyan police officers arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as part of a UN-backed multinational force to combat gang violence. Kenya's interior ministry announced the deployment on social media.
More Kenyan police arrive in 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 U.S. froze some funding before passing a waiver to unlock a separate batch of funds.
More Kenyan Police Arrive in Haiti to Boost Security Mission
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-au-Prince,
New contingent of Kenyan police joins UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti
A third contingent of Kenyan police have arrived in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns of a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission
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 force of police officers and soldiers from other countries — including Jamaica,
U.S. supports the Kenya-led mission in Haiti, Rubio says as more troops arrive
The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers need increase to restore peace and stability to the country, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.
Kenya deploys additional 144 police to Haiti
A new contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to bolster a UN-backed security mission, AFP journalists observed, as the United States reiterated its support but called
Police from Kenya, helicopters from El Salvador arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs
A new contingent of 144 Kenyan police officers, including 24 women, arrived in Haiti on Thursday, February 6, 202,5 to beef up the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission. Their presence, along with a contingent of 70 military soldiers from El Salvador,
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U.S. Waives Some Funds For Haiti International Mission From Aid Freeze As Capital Increasingly Sieged
Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the green light to $40.7 million in assistance to the Haitian National Police and the ...
Houston Haitian community fears deportation amid Haiti's gang violence
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Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November
Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation ...
Marco Rubio is visiting the Dominican Republic – but the crucial topic will be Haiti
People don’t talk about the Dominican Republic enough and they face a real challenge because of Haiti and the instability ...
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Mission to nowhere? How Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping was jinxed from the start
A January 5, 2025 decree that the United States had frozen further funding to the Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping mission did ...
Soldiers from El Salvador join UN-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence
Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of ...