Kenyan special forces police to arrive in Haiti to help combat gang violence

An advanced group of Kenyan officers, part of a larger UN-backed ‘support mission’ to stabilize Haiti, landed in Port-au-Prince

Kenyan special forces police who have spent time battling al-Shabaab fighters in east Africa are expected to arrive in Haiti in the coming days, as the US secretary of state Antony Blinken warned the Caribbean country was “on the precipice of becoming an all-out failed state”.

A small advanced group of Kenyan officers – part of a larger UN-backed “multinational security support mission” designed to stabilize Haiti after months of mayhem – landed in the capital Port-au-Prince late on Monday as the city’s airport reopened nearly three months after a gang uprising forced it to close.