Haiti secures major troop offers for new anti-gang fighting force
Haiti’s new Gang Suppression Force appears poised to meet its ambitious target of 5,500 troops, after a number of nations, including Chad and Bangladesh, offered to deploy soldiers, engineers and police offices to help the country’s beleaguered security forces combat armed gangs.
Kenyan police arrive in Haiti in first deployment since UN expands mandate
A new contingent of 230 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti on Monday, Haiti's national police said, marking the first foreign deployment since the U.N. Security Council approved expanding an existing gang-fighting force in the Caribbean island.
This marks the first deployment since the last time the force was bolstered in February this year, force spokesperson Jack Ombaka told Reuters, adding it now numbered 980 personnel.
L’OEA va supporter le processus électoral en Haïti, annonce Albert Ramdin
En visite à Port-au-Prince, le secrétaire général de l’Organisation des États américains (OEA), Albert Ramdin, a assuré de l’engagement de son institution à accompagner Haïti dans l’organisation de ses prochaines élections.
Transition mouvementée à Haïti: Les USA saluent l’approbation d’un décret électoral haïtien
«Les États-Unis attendent également avec impatience la Conférence qui se tiendra le 9 décembre à New York, où les partenaires d’Haïti se réuniront afin de mobiliser des contributions pour la Force de répression des gangs», a souligné le porte-parole du Département d’Etat, avant de conclure que «cette initiative est essentielle pour renforcer la sécurité à Haïti et mettre fin à la violence perpétrée par les gangs criminels et terroristes».
New Report on firearm-related violence and trafficking in the Caribbean
The Caribbean region continues to suffer from high levels of firearm-related violence, with worrying developments that include the recruitment of children and adolescents into armed gangs, shootings in hospitals, and a surge in gang violence. Most of the weapons seized from perpetrators of these and other crimes are handguns, but recent data reveals a rise in trafficking of AR- and AK-pattern rifles and large-capacity magazines to some Caribbean countries.