Members of a Kenya n police force, part of a new security mission, disembark after landing, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jun 25, 2024. PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti an Prime Minister Garry Conille left Port-au-Prince on Friday to travel to Washington and New York, as freshly deployed Kenya n police officers began patrolling the city as part of a UN-backed mission to battle armed gangs that have taken over the capital.
A spokesperson for the US National Security Council said Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer would meet with Conille on Monday.The US is the principal financial backer of a Kenya-led international security force the United Nations has ratified be sent to Haiti to help its police battle armed gangs that have plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis.
"We need peace. If the Kenyan police forces are here, it's so we can return to the lives we used to have. We hope they've come to work seriously," said resident Kloud Dine.
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