Around 1,000 Kenyan police officers are set to be deployed to Haiti in a bid to combat raging gang violence. In January, a UN envoy said that gang violence in Haiti had reached "a critical point", with nearly 5,000 deaths reported last year. Along with the Kenyan officers, the Bahamas has committed 150 personnel. In the statement on Friday, Kenyan President William Ruto said he and Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry had signed an agreement and discussed the next steps to enable the fast-tracking of the deployment. But violence has escalated in Port au Prince since Mr Henry departed the Haitian capital, with a prominent gang leader declaring a coordinated attack by armed groups to oust the prime minister.
