After being shut down for about three months, the Toussaint-Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince has resumed operation a few days before 1,000 Kenyan police officers are deployed to Haiti. The airport had been shut down after increased gang violence this was after former Prime Minister Henry Ariel travelled to Kenya to sign a bilateral treaty in March. Gangs stopped all operations at the main airport barring Ariel from reentering the country and he was forced to seek refuge in Puerto Rico. The nation has gone as far as directing troops to construct barracks for the foreign soldiers ahead of the mission. Haitians who are living in fear are awaiting the deployment of troops to quell the violence.

Source: Daily Nation May 21, 2024 13:32 UTC