Kenya’s Ruto lands in Haiti to assess police mission as insecurity deepens
Al Jazeera
Kenya-led police mission to Haiti’s mandate expires next month as country continues to reel from widespread violence.
Kenyan President William Ruto has landed in the Haitian capital to assess a Kenya-led security mission in the Caribbean nation, a day after a United Nations expert warned that Haiti faced deepening violence and insecurity.
In a statement on Saturday, a spokesperson for Ruto said the Kenyan leader would “visit and commend the Kenyan contingent working alongside their Haitian counterparts”.
Ruto also planned to meet with Haiti’s transitional presidential council and other officials, Hussein Mohamed said in a social media post.
The visit to Port-au-Prince comes about three months after the first Kenyan officers arrived in Haiti as part of a UN-backed, multinational mission aimed at tackling a surge in gang violence.
Haiti has reeled from years of violence as armed groups – often with ties to the country’s political and business leaders – have vied for influence and control of territory.
