Kenya dispatched a new contingent of police officers to Haiti on Monday, moving to reinforce an overstretched multinational mission that has struggled to contain the country’s powerful armed gangs. The deployment comes as Haiti remains mired in a profound political and security crisis, with large swathes of the capital under gang control.
Kenyan President William Ruto has announced seven days of national mourning and a state funeral for opposition leader Raila Odinga, who died Wednesday following a cardiac arrest while receiving medical treatment abroad. Odinga had been at the centre of Kenyan politics for decades, making alliances with rivals and inspiring loyalty from his base.
The police fired tear gas at demonstrators who were expressing anger at the government over growing economic hardship and a lack of accountability for killings at earlier rallies.
With its economy in crisis, Kenya is now looking beyond the West
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
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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.