Kenyan police to tackle Haiti gang violence - BBC News

A UN envoy says gang violence has reached a critical point, with nearly 5,000 deaths reported last year.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AFPImage caption, In October last year, the UN Security Council backed Kenya's offer to lead a multinational security force to HaitiBy Barbara Plett Usher & Alex BinleyBBC NewsAround 1,000 Kenyan police officers are set to be deployed to Haiti in a bid to combat raging gang violence.

Last year, Kenya volunteered to lead a multinational security force in the troubled Caribbean nation.

However, in January the Kenyan High Court blocked the plan, ruling the government did not have the authority to deploy police to other countries without an agreement.

On Thursday, Haiti's PM arrived in the East African state to salvage the plan.

In January, a UN envoy said that gang violence in Haiti had reached "a critical point", with nearly 5,000 deaths reported last year.

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