Kenya court puts Haiti deployment on temporary hold for two weeks - Radio France Internationale

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

News Type: USIP in the News

The UN Security Council last week approved the Kenyan-led multinational security force for the country with Kenya promising 1,000 police officers. But a Nairobi court granted an interim injunction on Monday in a case brought by opposition politician and lawyer Ekuru Aukot, who argues the deployment is unconstitutional as is not backed by any law or treaty. Aukot helped draft Kenya's revised 2010 constitution and charged that Kenya would be deploying its police abroad while it failed to...

Fragility & Resilience

History looms large over Haiti crisis force - Agence France-Presse

Thursday, October 5, 2023

News Type: USIP in the News

A UN-backed force is finally being sent to try and restore calm to Haiti, but experts fear it may have no more success than previous foreign interventions in an impoverished nation hit by crisis after crisis. Haitian officials have pleaded for a year for help in battling armed gangs ravaging the Caribbean nation -- just one of the challenges facing the poorest country in...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention