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Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homes, with an additional 15,000 uprooted last week after armed attacks in the comm...
Thousands have been killed by gang violence that has swept Haiti in recent years. The Trump administration previously classified one of the main armed...
Panana and the US, the co-penholders on Haiti, have, however, proposed that to extend BINUH's mandate by six and a half months, rather than one year.
To help stabilise the situation, Kenya is leading a multinational support mission to assist the Haitian National Police. The team includes officers fr...
Since January, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), recorded over 4,000 individuals deliberately killed – a 24 per cent increase compared to the...
The UN Support Office is part of the recommendations made by Secretary General Antonio Guterres earlier this year, aimed at keeping the mission runnin...
But rather than charting a path to stability, the CPT remains mired in dysfunction as Haiti’s crisis deepens with no end in sight. Armed gangs now con...
Benedict Kabiru disappeared in Haiti on March 26 this year. However, the family has criticised the State’s silence on whether he is still alive.
Benedict Kabiru’s family say they have been left in distress, with no answers from officials, as fears grow that he may have been captured or killed.
The report released on June 1, 2025 states that few Haitian government officials still operating are cornered in Pétion-Ville, an affluent hillside ne...
The findings come at a time when peacekeeping operations in the world are folding, with the last United Nations mission having been deployed in 2014.
The Haitian government has inked a deal with Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater—a company long associated with shadowy operations and alleged war...
The report highlights that the mission is caught between political realignment in the United States and paralysis in international aid efforts, leavin...
The signed Memorandum of Understanding provides for medical evacuation, repatriation of the wounded and deceased, and access to Dominican territory fo...
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is expected in the Dominican Republic capital, Santo Doming,o between May 11 and 13 to hold talks with the co...
According to the family, no official communication has been made regarding Kabiru’s whereabouts since his disappearance on March 26, despite repeated...
The diplomatic post will be manned by former Deputy Inspector General of the Administration Police, Noor Gabow, whose nomination was approved by Kenya...
MSS Mission spokesperson jack Ombaka noted that the mission has not yet met its personnel deployment targets and is still grappling with shortages in...
The United States, the mission's main financier, stated that it could not continue shouldering such a significant burden, while France announced a con...
Officially, the payment was meant to compensate French plantation owners for “lost property” following independence, but the amount far exceeded actua...
"The gangs have powerful automatic weapons that fire many rounds per minute as well as sniper rifles which some gang members have been trained on. Peo...
Guterres' assessment, contained in a letter to the council, notes that Haiti is still undergoing a fragile political transition, with the progress on...
Benedict Kabiru’s family said what began as a hopeful wait for answers has turned into a painful ordeal marked by silence, unanswered calls, and broke...
While Haitian authorities initially confirmed the death of police officer Benedict Kabiru and are said to be in talks with Haitian gangs to release th...
Kabiru was among the officers ambushed by a gang while on a critical rescue mission in Haiti, where gangs have been wreaking havoc across the nation.
MSS Spokesperson Jack Ombaka explained that the government has put in place several measures to ensure continuous communication with officers’ familie...
Humanitarian workers have been targeted, and critical infrastructure, such as medical facilities and shelters, has been destroyed.
MSS spokesperson Jack Ombaka confirmed that two officers had been evacuated to the Dominican Republic for medical care.
Speaking during Eid celebration in Eastleigh on Sunday, IG Kanja confirmed that an active search operation is still underway in Haiti.
Specialised MSS teams have since been deployed to search for the missing officer, but there have been no updates from Kenyan authorities in Haiti.
