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Chad to send 1,500 troops to Haiti, 400 already deployed

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N’DJAMENA, April 20 (Reuters) – Chad plans to send 1,500 personnel to Haiti, its presidential office said in a letter to lawmakers distributed on Monday, ​as part of its contribution to a U.N.-backed security force ‌that aims to be 5,500-strong by this summer.

KEY NUMBERS

  • Some 400 Chadian personnel are already in Haiti, the letter said, after a group deployed on April 1 alongside a ​new leader of the force, which was restructured late last ​year.
  • Chad plans to send two battalions of 750 personnel each ⁠for a period of 12 months from April, the letter added.
  • Around 1,000 ​troops had previously deployed, mostly police from Kenya but also smaller numbers ​of personnel from a handful of countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
  • Although the volunteer-based force reached just 40% of its initial planned size of 2,500, last ​October this goal was expanded, opens new tab to 5,500. Some troops have begun withdrawing.
  • Officials ​from Mongolia and Sri Lanka met with Haitian police last week, but did not ‌confirm ⁠numbers.

CONTEXT

  • The U.N. Security Council first approved backing a multinational security force to help Haitian police fight gangs in October 2023, but this reached just a fraction of its planned size, lacked funds and achieved limited ​results.
  • Since then, the ​number of Haitians ⁠displaced by the conflict has surged to more than 1.4 million from 133,600, and thousands of people ​have been killed while gangs expanded to rural areas around ​the capital, ⁠which remains largely under the control of a gang alliance known as Viv Ansanm.
  • Haitian officials have repeatedly delayed elections due to the insecurity. The country’s last election ⁠was ​a decade ago.
  • Some members of the U.N.-backed force ​have been implicated in sexual abuse cases, according to a U.N. report.

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