A Kenyan force will depart for Haiti on Tuesday to lead a UN-backed mission to combat gang violence, just days after President William Ruto's visit to the United States, a key supporter of the mission.
A Kenya n force will depart for Haiti on Tuesday to lead a UN-backed mission to combat gang violence, just days after President William Ruto's visit to the United States, a key supporter of the mission.
"The departure is scheduled for this Tuesday," an interior ministry official, speaking anonymously, told the agency. Human Rights Watch has voiced concerns about the mission, citing funding uncertainties and allegations of excessive force and unlawful killings by Kenyan police.
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