Haiti police meet Kenyan commanders ahead of deployment of UN-backed mission to fight gangs

Published June 18, 2024 8:25 AM

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A team of Haitian police commanders have met Kenya’s inspector general of police ahead of a planned deployment to the violence-hit Caribbean country expected to take place by the end of June. Kenya is set to lead a U.N.-backed multinational peacekeeping mission with officers drawn from several countries to combat gang violence in Haiti that has left thousands of people dead and forced more than 360,000 others to flee their homes. The Haitian police also met commanders of the 1,000 Kenyan officers who will be deployed as part of the multinational peacekeeping mission.

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