Haiti, Multinational Security Support

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to boost security mission
NAIROBI (Reuters) -A contingent of 144 additional Kenyan police arrived in the Haitian capital on Thursday, part of a U.N.-backed Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission that aims to support local police battling powerful gangs,
Haiti security mission gets US lifeline despite Trump's aid freeze
In a significant policy shift, the US has carved out a $40. 7 million exception to Trump's aid freeze, specifically for Haiti's critical security mission.
As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last enclaves not currently under their control, the multinational fight to end their terror is being impeded by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.
More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to shore up security mission after US funding limbo
More than 100 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti's capital on Thursday to reinforce a security mission whose future has been in limbo, after the U.S. froze some funding before passing a waiver to unlock a separate batch of funds.
US freezes funding contributions to Kenya-led Haiti multinational security force: UN
The UN Security Council gave the green light in October 2023 to the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission designed to support Haiti's authorities in their fight against criminal gangs, which control swaths of the country.
New contingent of Kenyan police joins UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti
A third contingent of Kenyan police have arrived in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns of a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission
US freezes some funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
US waives aid ban to boost Haiti mission
The United States said Wednesday it was making an exemption in President Donald Trump's aid freeze to support a security mission in troubled Haiti, although some assistance was put on
U.S. Waives Some Funds For Haiti International Mission From Aid Freeze As Capital Increasingly Sieged
Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the green light to $40.7 million in assistance to the Haitian National Police and the Multinational Security Support Mission. Other funds are seemingly frozen
US Retracts Trump's Order to Freeze Haiti Funding
The United States Embassy in Nairobi has retracted an order that was made by President Donald Trump to remove support from the Multinational Security Mission in Haiti. In a statement, the embassy noted that the US would continue to support the mission.
UN Security Council told support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’
The head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Maria Isabel Salvador, says the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country is showing signs of progress on the political ...
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Mission to nowhere? How Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping was jinxed from the start
A January 5, 2025 decree that the United States had frozen further funding to the Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping mission did ...
UN chief warns gangs could overrun Haiti's capital without additional international security support
The United Nations chief is warning that gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital, Port-au-Prince, leading to a complete ...
Haiti’s Transitional Council President Says Trump’s Immigration Policy Will Devastate The Country
Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti's transitional presidential council, said the Trump administration will devastate his ...
U.S. supports the Kenya-led mission in Haiti, Rubio says as more troops arrive
The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers ...
US freezes funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen ...