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Kenya deploys 217 more police officers to Haiti under UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence

Kenya has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti to help reduce gang violence, as stated by Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen.
The total number of Kenyan police officers in Haiti now exceeds 600, following an initial deployment in June.
Gang violence has displaced over 700,000 Haitians, with more than 5,600 reported killings last year, according to the U.N.
The Kenya-led mission has been praised globally for its progress in tackling gang violence, as noted by Kipchumba Murkomen.

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Kenya sends another 200 police officers to fight gangs in Haiti

Kenya sent more than 200 police officers to Haiti on Saturday, providing backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has displaced more than a million people.

1 month ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

Kenya: Third Contingent of 200 Police Officers Arrives in Haiti

Nairobi -- Another over 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Saturday in Haiti for the United Nations-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country.

1 month ago·South Africa

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Africa News

New contingent on Kenyan police officers arrive in Haiti

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

1 month ago·Pointe-Noire, Congo

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The Rio Times

Kenya Bolsters Haiti Security Mission Amid Ongoing Violence

Kenya deployed 217 additional police officers to Haiti on January 18, 2025. The Kenyan Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen announced the reinforcement. This brings the total Kenyan contingent to over 600 personnel in Haiti. The officers join the UN-backed Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission. The MSS aims to combat rampant gang violence in Haiti. Criminal gangs […]

1 month ago·Brazil

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Kenya sends 200 more police to Haiti to reinforce international security mission

According to the UN, the violence of criminal gangs seems not to yield since the arrival last June of the Multinational Security Support Mission. Faced with the failure of the multinational security support mission in Haiti to control the criminal armed groups that control more than 80 percent of the Caribbean country, Kenya announced on Saturday the dispatch of a new contingent of 217 police to collaborate with the international alliance alread…

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