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US pledges $100 million to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti

Protesters walk around burning tires during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on September 17, 2023. © Odelyn Joseph, AP

The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. would provide logistics, including intelligence, airlift, communications and medical support to the mission, which still needs to be approved by the U.N. Security Council. Other than Kenya, which would head the operation, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda have pledged to deploy personnel.

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