Gang leaders in Haiti say ready for war as Kenyan police prepare to deploy • FRANCE 24 English

guns in the air ballet clavers on their faces haes gangs parade and chant through the streets of Porter Prince the only recognizable face is Jimmy shizer the spokesman for the criminal gangs he has condemned the arrival for foreign intervention mission on the territory Tuesday we cannot allow foreign troops to murder people in our country at the risk of Our Lives we will fight at the risk of Our Lives to defend our country and in Integrity we are at War any one of us can die it’s his declaration of war towards the first contingent of 400 Kenyon police officers who are here on a one-year peacekeeping Mission the UN backed intervention is the fourth to fight gang violence on the island and we’ll see police and soldiers joined from other countries like the Bahamas Bangladesh Benin and Chad for a total of 2,500 members of Staff their objective is to reestablish security in the country as 80% of the Haitian capital and its suburbs is still controlled by criminal gangs relieved the local population has welcomed the presence of foreign police officers the Kenyan police forces came so that we can return to the lives we had before we beg that they’ve come here to work seriously we hope they’ll allow for society to rede its usual activities a few days ago gang leader barbecue changed his tune calling on the interim prime minister to negotiate Gary Canal flatly refused demanding that the gangs lay down their arms first in a country where violence has left over half a million people displaced and nearly 5 million facing food and security the need to resolve the conflict is more urgent than ever

Haiti’s gangs say they are gearing up for war as hundreds of police officers from Kenya prepare to deploy in upcoming days. Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as it welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country.
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28 comments

  1. It's senseless to deploy policemen who don't even know the local language and can therefore not communicate with the population. This leads to misunderstandings and accidents, and after a while to open hostility by the locals against the foreign policemen.

  3. Haiti when from a prosperous black nation, to the poorest country in the west hemisphere. All thanks to the united states political gain. Hopefully someone establish order in that beautiful country and we see it prosper and thrive once again.

  4. Kenyan armed forces in Haiti will have to be careful not to kill or abuse any Haitian, other than that the whole population will go after them because Haitian people didn’t want them in the country. Where were they during slavery when the Europeans ganged up on Haitians. Let Haitians take care of their problem. Kenya is making it more complicated to find a solution in the country.

  17. Problems in Haiti always start at the top with government corruption that goes on with who ever is the leader.

  20. Most of the Kenya Haiti police squad are from the Kalenjin, Kikuyu and Luo community, respectively the three most fierce tribesmen in Kenya. They are getting paid a lot of money and they are also very brutal in physical and spiritual warfare.Barbecue's days are numbered.

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