Plans for the repatriation of the Kenyan officer who was killed in Haiti from the Dominican Republic to Kenya are ongoing, the Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti has announced.The mission said there is constant communication and coordination amongst MSS officials,
Haiti is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it reels from a surge in violence that is forcing people from their homes and pushing overstretched health facilities to the brink, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja confirmed the officer’s body will be expatriated back to Kenya, and is expected to arrive in between March 4 and 6.
Kenyan authorities say one of their officers sent to Haiti to help rein in violent gangs was killed in an operation in the countryside.
Caribbean leaders say they remain committed to Haiti even as funding for Kenya-led security mission remains uncertain.
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.
United States (US)-based carrier, JetBlue Airways has pushed back the resumption of its flights to the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti, citing ongoing civil unrest and security concerns.
The Haitian government has hired as a lobbyist an influential member of President Donald Trump’s recent campaign to regain the White House.
Haitian police officers are demanding better protection and treatment a day after gunmen killed a Kenyan policeman who was part of a U.N.-backed mission tasked with fighting gangs in the troubled Cari
Haiti is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it reels from a surge in violence that is forcing people from their homes and pushing overstretched health facilities to the brink, Doctors
Inspector General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja, has mourned the late Samuel Tompoi as a hero and ambassador who lost his life in the line of duty while defending global peace.
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 ...