Kenyan, Haitian police recapture Auorite Portuaire Nationale port from gangs

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Kenyan police officers patrol as part of a peacekeeping mission, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 17, 2024. Ralph Tedy Erol | Reuters

Kenyan police officers in Haiti and their Haitian counterparts have managed to take over a port that has been controlled by gangs for the past five months.

The officers, who are part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, managed on Wednesday, July 17, to recapture the Auorite Portuaire Nationale (APN) port, which fell to the gangs on March 6, 2024.