The first contingent of Kenyan police has arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this week as part of a UN-backed mission to combat gang violence. The deployment, which involves 400 troops, has been controversial, with Kenyan President William Ruto defying a court ruling that deemed it unconstitutional. The arrival, facilitated by Kenya Airways, marks the fourth major international intervention in Haiti. The mission comes amid a backdrop of ongoing violence in Haiti, where the main international airport recently reopened after gang violence forced its closure for nearly three months. Kenyan soldiers were seen dancing upon landing.
Meanwhile, in conjunction with today's events in Nairobi, the first 400 Kenyan peacekeepers arrived in Haiti today to quell the local insurgency, followed by another 600 The local gangs that control Haiti promised to meet the Kenyan peacekeepers harshly. https://t.co/oNTNpgKYLV
#Kenya: The president is deploying the military to end nationwide anti-government protests that left a least five dead and scores injured -- on the same DAY that 400 Kenyan police arrive in #Haiti to curb gang violence there. Nothing easy about 2024... https://t.co/ATKWEagXPU
Nairobi police fires into the crowd only hours after via @NYTimes reported that Kenyan troops were landing in Haiti to restore order after mass killings as Gang warfare engulfs Port au Prince https://t.co/2UMiUUWD8O
Kenyan soldiers start dancing at #PortAuPrince airport moments after they land, being the firsts of a UN-backed policing mission meant to bring stability back to gang-dominated #Haiti 🇭🇹. Meanwhile back home in #Kenya 🇰🇪, a dozen protesters are killed in the streets of #Nairobi. https://t.co/IzQwnxKsMo
Kenya Prepares to Deploy 400 Troops to Haiti https://t.co/KvMhPhUBxh
All 👀on #Haiti where the firat contingent of Kenyan forces arrives in Port-au-Prince this morning. Violence in the capital has quiet down for the last few days, probably in anticipation of the mission’s arrival. https://t.co/VmGlLPQfru
A couple hundred police officers from Kenya landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince, whose main international airport reopened in late May after gang violence forced it to close for nearly three months. https://t.co/fqfAIE9123
Kenya Airways has just landed in Port-au-Prince with the first contingent of the multinational security support mission aboard. @MiamiHerald https://t.co/bP4n3B1oHI #Haiti
Breaking: The plane carrying Kenyan police has just landed in Port-au-Prince. The arrival marks the fourth major intervention in Haiti. https://t.co/opuFYqiN4K
Kenyan “Police” finally headed to Haiti. US has been staging their equipment over the past few months. https://t.co/HZVZvn9NJU
Kenyan officers are on the aircraft and headed for Haiti. https://t.co/bP4n3B1oHI
The US is set to begin a new war on Haiti, using Kenyan police death squads as a proxy. The first group will depart from Kenya and arrive this week, the State Department announced. https://t.co/D6yCki48m5
Kenyan police are leaving Monday for a UN-backed deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs. The deployment is controversial: The government of Kenyan President William Ruto is defying a court's ruling calling it unconstitutional. https://t.co/Klwu6Xp05Q
⚠️ STATE DEPT ON HAITI: KENYAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORCE CONTINGENT WILL ARRIVE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE THIS WEEK, WILL DEPART TOMORROW
STATE DEPT ON HAITI: KENYAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORCE CONTINGENT WILL ARRIVE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE THIS WEEK, WILL DEPART TOMORROW
Kenyan police deployment to Haiti imminent, sources say https://t.co/JZolhxKNft https://t.co/xdol8ZV0MI