The UN extended its authorization of a multinational policing mission in Haiti led by Kenya on Monday amid reports of thousands of deaths due to gang violence this year and rising levels of acute hunger in the country. The transitional council governing Haiti said that a chronic lack of funding has hobbled the mission so far and called for the force to be transitioned into a UN peacekeeping mission, a plan the body sidestepped in its adopted text after opposition by China and Russia.
This will bring the Kenyan contingent helping Haitian police fight gangs up to 1,000.
Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa on Monday at the start of a high-profile trial over the starvation deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Mackenzie faces terrorism charges and is also accused of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, and torturing children, along with 94 other defendants.
President William Ruto says he will seek budget cuts after dropping bill to raise taxes following deadly protests
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday said he would withdraw planned tax rises, bowing to pressure after deadly demonstations saw protesters storming parliament and threatening more action this week.
Chaos has erupted in a major city as hundreds of protesters stormed the capital before being locked in a brutal battle with the military.
William Ruto says it’s unacceptable for “criminals” posing as peaceful protesters to terrorize people
An advance group of Kenyan officers, part of a larger UN-backed ‘support mission’ to stabilize Haiti, landed in Port-au-Prince
More than 40 people have died in Kenya after a dam burst following heavy rains and flooding, officials have said.
During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating
Kenya and Haiti signed a "reciprocal" agreement on Friday to deploy police from the East African country to lead a UN-backed law and order mission to the gang-plagued Caribbean nation, Kenyan President William Ruto said.
Since Kenya's William Ruto and Nigeria's Bola Tinubu became presidents, they have faced similar criticism over their frequent trips abroad.
A power blackout that plunged Kenya into darkness on Sunday was a possible act of sabotage, a minister says.
Nairobi will send police officers to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation
South African opposition figure Julius Malema says William Ruto’s actions contradict a proposal to remove the US currency in trade
King Charles III said Tuesday there could be “no excuse” for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.
Kenya has pledged to lead a multinational security force in Haiti in response to a plea from the Caribbean nation's prime minister for help restoring order.