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More than 5,000 people are forced out in a week as turf war and murders engulf Port-au-Prince.

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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to create a multinational force to address the current security crisis in Haiti brought by gangs.

Now that Kenya has taken the lead in possibly leading a foreign intervention into Haiti, the United Nations’ secretary-general, who has been a strong advocate of “a robust” use of force against the Caribbean nation’s armed gangs, said restoring law and order will need support from the international community, a strengthened U.N. presence and movement in Haiti’s ongoing protracted political crisis.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader warned Wednesday that he would fight any international armed force deployed to the Caribbean country if it commited any abuses. Jimmy Chérizier, best known as “Barbecue,” also urged Haitians to mobilize against the government. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has led Haiti since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, has been pushing...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A "robust use of force" by a multinational police deployment and use of military assets is needed to restore law and order in Haiti and disarm gangs, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Haiti last year asked for international help to combat violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. Guterres suggested in October that countries send a "rapid action force" to support Hai...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A "robust use of force" by a multinational police deployment and use of military assets is needed to restore law and order in Haiti and disarm gangs, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Haiti last year asked for international help to combat violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. Guterres suggested in October that countries send a "rapid action force" to support H...

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“This is a force that is fully capable of doing the type of civilian security that’s necessary.”

The United States is discussing what support it would be prepared to offer a Kenya-led multinational force to help police in Haiti fight armed gangs amid a worsening humanitarian crisis there, a State Department official said on Friday. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti Barbara Feinstein told reporters that U.S. contributions would depend on the outcome of a Kenyan assessment expected to take place in the Haitian capital in coming weeks. The U.S. has said it i...