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People burn garbage close to the bodies of the dead as at least 10 corpses of gang members lie in the streets following the exchange of gunfire between armed gangs in Petion-Ville on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
ANTHONY BLINKEN

Kenya’s Haitian bind

Haiti last held elections in 2016 and has been without an elected president since Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021

  • Luke Feltham
7 min read
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- MARCH 07: A BIM police stands guard in front of the Brigade d’Intervention Motoris police base as a damaged armored police vehicle is seen behind while Haiti’s government extended on Thursday the nighttime curfew and state of emergency in the capital of Port-au-Prince for a month amid a wave of violence unleashed by armed groups in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 07, 2024. An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend, but gangs have continued attacking police stations and other official institutions, which has the police besieged and outnumbered to combat the armed gangs. According to official figures, a dozen police buildings have been attacked. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
ARIEL HENRY

Kenya police deployment to Haiti: What’s next?

Haitian gangs that control parts of the country have announced a coordinated effort to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry

  • Hillary Orinde
3 min read