Gang violence in Haiti drops as Kenyan police start street patrols but fears of trouble linger
Several hundred Kenyan police officers landed in Port-au-Prince on June 25, four months after gangs joined forces in a coalition called Viv Ansanm (Live Together) on February 29, starting a rebellion that plunged the country into violent chaos and forcing acting prime minister Ariel Henry to flee, then resign.
PM Conille terms first days of Kenyan police presence in Haiti encouraging and crucial to fighting gangs
Kenya’s Kinyungu and Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez Gil of the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, also called for countries that have made pledges to the fund to deposit the money. Álvarez Gil said this should be done “as soon as possible.”
Haitian PM Garry Conille travels to US as Kenyan police officers patrol capital Port-au-Prince
As armed khaki-clad Kenyan police in bullet-proof jackets and helmets patrolled the city in black armoured vans, Port-au-Prince residents said they hoped the force could stop the indiscriminate killings and allow business to restart.
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Ahead of the deployment, the International Committee of the Red Cross started reaching out to the PNH and the Kenyan police to convey its humanitarian concerns to the stakeholders. According to Marisela Silva Chau, head of the ICRC in Haiti, the PNH has been taking part in some meetings held by the HCT and a liaison cell created several months ago by the UN’s emergency aid coordination body, OCHA.
Kenya police peacekeepers land in Haiti finally amid concerns about how they will restore order as ‘nothing clearly established’
The roots of Haiti’s problems date back to colonial times. Although the Caribbean nation became the world’s first Black republic in 1804, it was forced to pay billions to France in order to secure its freedom. That debt crippled Haiti economically and – combined with decades of dictatorships, natural disasters, political and environmental mismanagement, a long US military occupation, and a debilitating US trade embargo – contributed to its recent turmoil.
Hope and fear hang in the air as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face Haitian gangs
Expectations are high: Haitians are scared and tired of gangs that have pillaged their way through the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, killing, raping and kidnapping thousands of people in recent years and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless and unemployed, which in turn has deepened poverty.
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The gang wars have now displaced over half a million people and nearly five million are facing severe food insecurity. Armed groups, which now control most of the capital, have formed a broad alliance while carrying out widespread killings, ransom kidnappings and sexual violence.
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A court case seeking to block the deployment is pending, but an initial ruling had called the deployment unconstitutional, citing the lack of a reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti.
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Mr Robert Piper said that the current global figure of 76 million represented those who have “lost their homes, livelihoods, their communities and in some cases, their legal identities, because of wars, disasters like earthquakes and floods and other weather-related disasters.”
New UN audit report lays bare deep-seated rot in employment, staff holding directorships in companies the world body hires
The most common types of conflicts of interest within the UN, the audit said, are outside employment or activities, followed by family relationships within the UN. Examples of “outside activities” include holding board of directors or management positions, or interests in companies that deal with the UN.
