Haiti police to head security mission set to deploy by end of May, transition council saysHaiti’s national police force will take charge of a much-awaited U.N.-backed security mission set to launch by the end of this month, Haiti’s transition council said on Tuesday. Police will oversee the force, meant to wrest back control over large swathes of Haiti from gangs, and will make decisions on its “makeup, objectives, rules of engagement and health measures,” the transition council said on X. Last year, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution authorizing the mission’s deployment. However, progress has lagged as Haiti has fallen into further chaos, which saw interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry pushed out and an interim council installed in April. Some 80 police officers were killed in action, died in accidents or disappeared last year, according to a union report.
