With hundreds killed, abducted and injured in a worsening cycle of gang violence in Haiti, Kenya has offered to lead a mission to help stabilize the country.
The African country has volunteered to put boots on the ground in the Caribbean nation by the end of the year. But the plan is facing pushback even as Haiti’s security crisis spirals out of control.
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Kenya has offered to lead a police force to help restore order to Haiti, where gangs that control vast parts of the country’s capital have fomented violence.