Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica has arrived in Haiti to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs. Jamaica is the second country to join the mission that the U.N. Security Council approved in October 2023. It began when the first contingent of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti in late June.
Kenyan members of the Multinational Security Support Mission stand at attention as they await the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. A Kenyan member of the Multinational Security Support mission stands next to an armored vehicle moments before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrival for a meeting at the base in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti , Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.
Jamaica is the second country to join the mission, which was approved by the U.N. Security Council in October 2023 and began when the first contingent of Kenyan policeThey will work alongside Haiti’s military and police to fight gangs that control 80% of the capital of Port-au-Prince. Jamaica had pledged a total of 170 soldiers and 30 police officers, but Prime Minister Andrew Holness said it wasn’t possible to deploy them all at once.
The Jamaicans were deployed as the U.S. warns that the Kenyan-led mission lacks resources, and says that it is consideringThe current mission is expected to have a total of 2,500 personnel, with the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad also pledging to send police and soldiers, although it wasn’t clear when that would happen.
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