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Haiti, Kenya sign agreement on police deployment to tackle gang violence

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry receives a gift from the Principal Secretary, State department for foreign affairs Dr. Abraham Korir Sing'Oei at a university in Nairobi on March 1, 2024. © Simon Maina, AFP

Kenya and Haiti signed a "reciprocal" agreement on Friday to deploy police from the East African country to lead a UN-backed law and order mission to the gang-plagued Caribbean nation, Kenyan President William Ruto said.

Ruto said he and Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry had "discussed the next steps to enable the fast-tracking of the deployment", but it was not immediately clear whether the agreement would counter a court ruling in January that branded the deployment "illegal".

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