- Title: Haitian prime minister visits Kenya amidst violence in the carribean island
- Date: 11th October 2024
- Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (OCTOBER 11, 2024) (REUTERS) KENYA'S PRESIDENT, WILLIAM RUTO, AND HAITI'S PRIME MINISTER, GARRY CONILLE, STANDING AT PODIUMS (SOUNDBITE) (English) KENYA'S PRESIDENT, WILLIAM RUTO, SAYING: "We are asking the international community to match their commitment, their pledges with the necessary action for us to be able to complete the task ahead of us. Kenya and
- Embargoed: 25th October 2024 11:18
- Keywords: africa america caribbean conflict diplomacy foreign haiti kenya lawmakers north peace policy war
- Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
- City: NAIROBI, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Topics: Africa,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001114311102024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Kenya's President, William Ruto, and Haiti's Prime Minister, Garry Conille, stood side by side at a press conference in Nairobi on Friday (October 11) calling for the international community to action the support pledged to help Haiti fight violence meted out by fight armed gangs
Kenya already has nearly 400 police deployed Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, where the East African country is playing a leading role in attempting to curb gang violence, and is expected to send another 600.
At least 10 countries have promised to send a total of around 2,900 troops to participate in the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS). But only about 430 have deployed since the U.N.-authorised mission got underway in June, nearly 400 of them from Kenya.
Heavily-armed gangs, which control most of the capital Port-au-Prince, have continued to gain territory. Last week, members of the Gran Grif gang carried out one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent years, killing at least 115 people in a farming region, according to a local mayor.
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