More than 600 Kenyan officers had already been stationed in Haiti as part of a multinational force of police officers and soldiers from other countries — including Jamaica, Guatemala and El Salvador — who assist Haiti’s police in fighting the violent gangs in control of much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen saw off the contingent of 144 police officers, that included 24 female officers. Kenya has already sent 600 officers to Haiti.

The officers were received in Port-au-Prince by MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge, among other leaders. Among the latest Kenyan personnel is a female SWAT team

Latest deployment raises total number of Kenyan personnel in Haiti to 800, moving closer to target of 1,000 officers under UN-backed mission - Anadolu Ajansı

The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers need increase to restore peace and stability to the country, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.

NAIROBI - A contingent of 144 additional Kenyan police arrived in the Haitian capital on Thursday, part of a U.N.-backed Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission that aims to support local police battling powerful gangs,

A new contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to bolster a UN-backed security mission, AFP journalists observed, as the United States reiterated its support but called

As he visits the Dominican Republic on the final stop of his five-day overseas mission to the region, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sending strong assurances that the Trump administration is not shutting down the United Nations-authorized and heavily U.