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Kenya supports turning Haiti mission into formal UN peacekeeping operation

Kenyan President William Ruto (L) and Edgard Leblanc Fils, president of the Haitian Transitional Presidential Council, attend a meeting with Kenyan police leaders at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 21 September 2024. AFP - CLARENS SIFFROY

Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said this weekend that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full UN peacekeeping operation.

Ruto visited Haiti to assess the progress of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, where Kenya is playing a leading role to curb rampant gang violence that has ushered years of political chaos and mass displacement.

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