A Kenyan police officer who was on patrol with the international security force in Haiti has been killed in a confrontation with gang members. The officer, 26-year-old Police Constable Samuel Kitwai, ...

Kenya’s bold decision to lead a multinational security mission in Haiti marks a pivotal moment in its emergence as a global security actor. What began as an ambitious initiative to demonstrate l ...

Mgr. Max Leroys Mésidor, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince and President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, launched an urgent appeal to the international community : « We are on the brink of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The body of a Kenyan police officer who died in Haiti’s U.N.-backed multinational mission to combat violent gangs has been returned home. The body of Samuel Tompoi Kaetuai was ...

”Kenya has accepted to positively consider leading a Multi-National Force to Haiti,” Mutua said. Following an international appeal for help to crisis-torn Haiti, Kenya's Foreign Minister ...

Gang dominance in the capital and widespread violence persist, despite reinforcements from a Kenya-led multinational security support mission. Haiti has seen a "wave of extreme brutality" in ...

The officer’s death appeared to be the first among the Kenyan forces that were sent to Haiti last year as part of an international effort to subdue gang violence. By Yan Zhuang and Matthew Mpoke ...

The death was a blow to efforts to try and rein in Haiti’ s gangs, which have violently rampaged through the country since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Kenya has sent ...

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 ...

Haiti on Thursday, September 13, 2024 aboard a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft as part of a phased deployment of Caribbean soldiers and police participating in the Kenya-led Multinational Security ...

Kenya recorded its first casualty in Haiti after a Kenyan police officer succumbed to injuries sustained during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince. Godfrey Otunge, the commander of the ...