Haiti: Can Kenyan forces stabilize a rustic tormented by gang violence and overseas intervention?
Much of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince is controlled by criminal gangs. Killings, rapes and kidnappings have risen sharply since Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021. The United Nations says gangs have killed more than 3,600 people this year alone. A UN security force led by Kenya is supposed to include 2,500 police officers. Only 400 have arrived so far, but they have made some gains.
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Criminal gangs have killed thousands in Haiti
0:30 Widlore Mérancourt, journalist and editor-in-chief of Haiti’s investigative news outlet Ayibo Post discusses the challenges facing the UN’s Kenyan-led mission.
6:19 DW correspondent Mariel Mueller reports from the Haitian capital while embedded with the Kenyan police
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