Haiti residents cautiously hopeful as first Kenyan police deploy
Members of the first contingent of Kenyan police chat after arriving in the Caribbean country as part of a peacekeeping mission, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on June 26, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
Residents in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince expressed cautious hope after a first contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in the Caribbean country, as part of a long-delayed mission to help police fight armed gangs.
A few hundred Kenyan police officers landed in Haiti this week to lead a United Nations-ratified mission set to number over 2,500 - though it remains unclear when the remaining forces could arrive.
