Kenya has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti to provide backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where spiralling gang violence has displaced more than a million people,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has issued six key updates on the progress of police officers deployed to Haiti on January 18, 2025, as part of the United Nations-backed peacekeeping mission.

They are being deployed to the Caribbean country to provide back-up to an understaffed international security mission.

During a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Rubio told his fellow U.S. Senators that there is no easy answer in Haiti, where violence by armed gangs continues unabated.

Still, the question about what role that armed gangs and their leaders should play in helping solve Haiti’s ongoing crisis remains. Last year, as Caribbean leaders worked with Haitians to set up the political transition, several CARICOM leaders suggested ...

The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation.

In the Caribbean, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are still its allies. China and Taiwan have for years traded accusations of using "dollar ...

Foreign ministers from Caribbean nations and Benin on Wednesday discussed sending troops to Haiti, saying stability in the strife-torn nation was symbolic to "all black people" around the world.

Kenya’s interior minister says the east African nation has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led multinational force to curb gang violence.

Kenyan police officers arrived Saturday in Haiti as part of a multinational force to curb gang violence in the Caribbean nation.

Kenya deployed over 200 police officers to Haiti to strengthen the anti-gang mission amid escalating violence. With over a million displaced, the U.N.-backed initiative has seen pledges from 10 countries but minimal action.

Cotonou, Benin (AFP) – Foreign ministers from Caribbean nations and Benin on Wednesday discussed sending troops to Haiti, saying stability in the strife-torn nation was symbolic to “all black ...