UN hopes Haiti force will start in early 2024The UN said Friday it hopes the multinational force heading to Haiti to help tackle the “absolute, brutal” gang violence ravaging the country will deploy before the end of March. Ulrika Richardson, the United Nations’ resident and humanitarian coordinator in Haiti, said the security force should be 2,500 to 2,600 strong, including 1,000 Kenyans, though the composition has not been finalised. Judge Enock Mwita last month said the orders blocking the deployment would stay in force until he issues a ruling on January 26. Haiti has descended into “absolute, brutal violence”, Richardson said. Richardson said more than 5.2 million people, almost half of the country, needed humanitarian assistance, including nearly three million children.

Source: Daily Nation December 08, 2023 19:30 UTC