Kenya said Saturday it was sending another 217 police officers to Haiti to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridden Caribbean island. "The 217 officers will reinforce the first batch of 400 officers who were deployed last year to the Caribbean nation to restore peace,

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.”

There were mixed reactions when 217 more Kenyan police officers left for Haiti Saturday morning to join an operation aimed at containing

On Saturday, January 18, as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission, 270 Kenyan soldiers left Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on a Kenya Airways commercial flight at 2:00 a.m. (Kenya time) bound for

The Kenya-led security support mission to Haiti is, at present, unfit for purpose. More than six months after deploying to help police wrest back control, rampant gangs have gained more territory and power while access to vital humanitarian aid for desperate civilians has dwindled.

The graduation of 739 Haitian police officers from a college after a five-month training will boost operation.