haiti crisis Stories
A striking 1.9 million – or 17 per cent of the population – are suffering emergency levels of acute food insecurity, which leaves them with food gaps,...
According to the UN, the suspension created profound uncertainty in the Haitian humanitarian system, weakening the continuity of essential services, b...
Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve died in a road accident on 1 September while serving with the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti.
The Kenyan-led MSS mission, authorised under UN Security Council Resolution 2699, officially began with the arrival of 200 Kenyan police officers in P...
Having once championed Kenya's deployment to Haiti, the United States has now shifted the file to the UN. In his UNGA speech, President Trump made no...
In Port-au-Prince, gangs control nearly 90 per cent of the capital and are extending their reach into the Centre and Artibonite regions, pushing towar...
On Thursday, US Ambassador Dorothy Shea told the Security Council that the next international force must be resourced to hold territory, secure infras...
Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve was killed on August 31, 2025, after two armoured MaxxPro vehicles were involved in a tragic crash along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Vill...
One of the vehicles was towing the other when it developed mechanical failure, triggering the crash at Perlerin 9.
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing famili...
To help stabilise the situation, Kenya is leading a multinational support mission to assist the Haitian National Police. The team includes officers fr...
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 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...
Two reporters and a police officer were killed, said a journalist at the scene who asked not to be named.
Children now comprise up to half of all armed group members, with recruitment driven by widespread poverty, lack of education and collapse of essentia...
The Russian Embassy in Nairobi said that a UN mission's role also does not include "rescuing a dysfunctional state".
The current wave of displacement, the largest since August 2023, comes as armed gangs who have joined forces strengthen their grip on the capital.
Fils-Aime was appointed by the Caribbean island nation's transitional council over the weekend to succeed Garry Conille, who only lasted in the role s...
More than 4,200 people have fled their homes in fresh attacks around the capital since last Thursday, according to U.N. estimates,
Near-famine conditions push boys to pick up guns while girls are sexually abused and forced into domestic work in the Carribean nation.
Outgoing President Leblanc Fils opposed the move citing unresolved corruption accusations against three other councillors who remain voting members an...
Five high-profile individuals with corruption on Wednesday, including three members of an interim governing council, over a scandal involving bribing...
Ruto is anticipated to call on world leaders to contribute troops, financial resources, and equipment to bolster the Kenyan force.
Just Kenya and Jamaica have deployed forces to Haiti so far as part of the U.N.-backed anti-gang offensive, which is set to expire at the start of Oct...
A witness to the incident said the truck's gas tank had been punctured by another vehicle, and people had rushed to the site to collect fuel.
Kenya stepped up and around 400 police officers arrived in Port-au-Prince in June and July from an expected total of 1,000.
Output at Peligre has been down since Monday after people stormed the plant demanding other areas be supplied before the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Kimani argued that Kenyan police should be provided with exceptional support and facilitation.
It has been confirmed that salaries for the Kenyan team in the mission will be reflected in their individual bank accounts this week.
Kenyan troops were forced to withdraw from the Haitian town of Ganthier in late July, marking a major setback in one of the mission's first significan...
