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UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti

Associated Press · 5d

UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines call for UN peacekeepers

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force trying to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti’s government to start talks on transforming it into a U.

The Financial Times · 20m

Haiti seeks ‘urgent’ reinforcement of Kenya-led force to fight gangs

Police fired tear gas at protests that broke out in August in Solino, which is prized by gangs for its strategic location on the road to the airport, and is a stronghold of Jimmy Cherizier, a notorious warlord known as Barbecue.

YAHOO!News · 3d

UN grants one-year extension for Kenya-led security mission to Haiti

The UN Security Council has extended its authorisation of the Kenya-led multinational policing mission to Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a full UN peacekeeping mission, as requested by Port-au-Prince.

UN Secretary-General 'strong condemns' gang killing in Haiti

The U.N. responds after gang members slaughter dozens in Haiti:: Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General"Turning to Haiti, given the violence that we have seen, the Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack by armed gangs in the town of Pont-Sonde in the Artibonite department that took place yesterday.

South China Morning Post on MSN · 1d

UN ‘horrified’ as at least 70 killed in Haiti gang attack

Gangs have taken over the capital, and the country's security and health systems collapsing The United Nations said on Friday it was "horrified" by the killing of at least 70 people, including women and children,

Stars and Stripes · 1d

At least 70 dead in Haiti gang attack, UN says

The massacre is one of the worst in Haiti’s Artibonite department, an agricultural region that has increasingly been terrorized by gang violence that is metastasizing from the capital.

RBC Ukraine on MSN21h

Gang shot at least 70 people in Haiti, UN plans to strengthen peacekeeping mission

In Haiti, members of the Gran Grif gang opened fire on residents in the town of Pont-Sondé. As a result of the attack, at ...

5d

UN authorizes Haiti security force for another year

The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed on Monday to authorize for another year an international security force helping ...

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