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US freezes some funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs

More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

US has frozen some funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says

The United Nations says that the U.S. has given notice that it is halting funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital.

ABC · 1d

Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence

Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of th

Miami Herald on MSN · 1d

As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission

As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last enclaves not currently under their control, the multinational fight to end their terror is being impeded by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.

Associated Press · 1d

Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti as U.S pulls funding

A military contingent from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help the struggling Caribbean nation.

Hosted on MSN · 20h

US freezes funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs

The Boston Globe · 1d

US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United States has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to a UN-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital, the United Nations said Tuesday.

The Kenya Times on MSN · 16h

Kenya Assured of $110 Million to Keep Haiti Mission Hours After Trump Cancelled Funding

The Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti has been given a significant boost, despite recent challenges. Communication from the office of the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs dated Wednesday,

Latin Times on MSN · 15h

Funds Halted For Kenya-Led International Mission In Haiti As Part Of Trump's Freeze On Foreign Aid

President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign aid includes support for the Kenya-led international mission to Haiti, which seeks to help local troops fight the gangs that have taken over most of the capital and continue to wreak havoc across the country.

Daily Nation on MSN · 22h

US freezes funding for Kenya-led security mission in Haiti

More than $13 million (Sh1.71 billion) in US funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid,

The Kenya Times on MSN · 1d

Blow For Kenya as US Freezes Funding for Haiti Mission

Kenya has suffered a major blow following the United States’ decision to cut funding for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti. The UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric,

Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the country's elite

Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of the country’s elite and had been largely ...

Diplomatic Courier1d

Can violent gangs contribute to Haiti’s struggling democracy?

Three under–the–radar stories from the Americas highlight Haiti’s election struggles, Chile’s new biodiversity park, and ...

Fox News21d

Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no 'clear strategy'

Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...

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Unyielding Agony: Gangs Plague Haiti's Elite Neighbourhood

Heavily armed gangs have attacked Haiti's elite neighbourhood of Kenscoff, killing at least 40 people. Despite warnings, ...

CounterPunch29d

Haiti and American Neocolonialism

Haiti is best understood in the contexts of the modern world as an American neocolonial protectorate. Besides US policy in Cuba, which includes a genocidal blockade depriving the Cuban people of ...