NGOs and rights groups have strongly opposed the involvement of private military personnel in Haiti.
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Haiti’s endless power transitions and the resulting insecurity crisis are closely connected to the country’s endemic systemic corruption.
With no elected government, spiraling violence, and little international success, Haiti faces a multidimensional collapse few see a clear path out of.
The Kenyan-led policing mission to Haiti has been extended for another year as struggle to contain gang violence continues.
There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
With legal routes to the US curtailed, many Haitians are looking to cross the border into the Dominican Republic − but a shaky reception awaits.
The armed gangs of Haiti have a very clear assessment of their power as movers and shakers of the country’s future.
Can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a stable future? Not without sustained funding for after the troops leave.
Haiti is descending into anarchy, causing the gang leader behind the violence to emerge as the country’s most powerful leader.
Haiti is facing a wave of chaos as gang violence grips the country.
The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
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