Haiti's government has launched a campaign to re-establish its army, dissolved more than 20 years ago. It wants to recruit about 500 men and women to help deal with natural disasters and to patrol borders. The recruitment drive follows the announcement by the United Nations mission that it would be leaving Haiti in October. The UN departure has sparked a debate over whether Haiti should or should not form a new army. For much of Haiti's history, the army has been used to crack down on political dissent by a series of authoritarian presidents.

Source: The Star July 12, 2017 04:18 UTC