Last Kenyan police officers leave Haiti after unsuccessful security mission

All of the Kenyan police officers deployed to gang-plagued Haiti as part of a security support mission have left the country, a Haitian source confirmed Tuesday, as another UN-approved operation gets up and running. Kenya took the lead in the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), greenlit by the UN Security Council in late 2023 to help Haiti's overwhelmed police secure the country from powerful gangs. However, armed groups remain in control of significant territory and continue to inflict devastating violence in the Caribbean nation.