Have Kenyan police forces in Haiti made a difference? | DW News

to Haiti now where police working with forces sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to force criminal gangs out of the capital Port oce ha’s prime minister made the announcement while visiting a hospital treating officers who were injured in a shootout earlier this week Kenyan forces are on the ground as part of the un’s security mission to Haiti more than 3,200 killings have been reported this year due to gang violence here’s prime minister Gary K calling for haian to support the operation I’m tired of coming to visit police officers who have been injured by bullets I’m tired of attending the funerals of police officers this must be resolved it’s going to take time it’s going to take patience it’s not going to be quick but we’re not backing down it requires the commitment of the whole society the solidarity of all Haitians and we’re asking the Haitian people to play their part journalist vido Marin cor joins me now from PTO Prince but Lord thank you so much for being here what more can you tell us about this anti-gang operation was announced is there was you know this joint operation by the Haitian National Police and also um forces from Kenya um three police officers were injured during this operation it is announced that you know many gings members would have been killed but so far we don’t have concrete um you know tally of what happened MH now Kenyan police forces have been in Haiti since June so have they made a difference so far well I don’t think uh they have made that much of a difference uh for instance 8% of the he capit today is still under the control of gangs uh more than half a million people are displaced by gang violence we have you know tens of thousands of them you know went you know to the South we have you know thousands of people uh in camps all over the Hai capitals or living uh not inside their own houses today and you know the games are still attacking many neighborhoods so um we are actually seeing uh some sort of change in the tone of the population if you go to the internet people are more critical of this Force as you know things are not improving speaking about the people who been displaced the estimate is around 600,000 Haitians have been forced out of their homes can you tell us a bit about what the situation is like for them well it’s a very difficult situation uh most of these people uh went the south of the country um and this is a place that was already struggling with so many issues in 2021 in August they suffered a major earthquake uh many schools and many other infrastructures including roads have not been rebuilt since then um it’s a place that suffered also from different storms including a 20 2016 storms um that destroyed uh so many infrastructures and imp plantations and uh this region is still ring from this uh catastrophes as I talk to local officials there they say they are overwhelmed they are they are seeing an increase in terms of uh sexual violence including against kids uh they are also seeing you know so many uh kids in the streets without parents and what about the civilians who are living in neighborhoods run by gangs what’s life like for them just briefly please well life is extremely difficult when games came to your neighborhood or when they settle in your neighborhood every vitally every aspect of life is controlled by them they you know R houses you know kill people and including they would also do many sexual violences that’s journalist vido Marin core in Port oint thank you so much

In Haiti, police working with Kenyan forces have launched a joint operation to force criminal gangs out of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Haiti’s prime minister made the announcement while visiting a hospital treating officers who were injured in a shootout earlier in the week. Kenyan forces are on the ground as part of the UN’s security mission to Haiti. More than 3,200 killings have been reported this year due to gang violence.
Prime Minister Garry Conille is calling for Haitians to support the operation.

00:00 Haitian, Kenyan police launch anti-gang operation
00:56 Widlore Merancourt, Journalist

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34 comments

  1. Respect to Kenyan Police forces continue to work with Haitian authorities and protection over the working citizens 👏 and bring peace to Haitians ❤

  4. Watch a video of actual Haiti gang controlled neighborhoods ✊🏾✊🏾 power to the gangs i.e the people

  8. It may seem darkest before the dawn, the negative forces are mounting their final attack before the light entering is incompatible with the low vibration they carry. God is sending light energy for the transmutation to a higher vibrational realm. Those who are spiritually ready along with Mother Earth will leave the third dimensional plane of duality to a more harmonious existence.
    Each day we advance in light and love and join benevolent beings in our midst. All is well.

  11. “In a study of 75 juvenile delinquents, 66% experienced fatherlessness, 20% had never lived with their father, and 25% had an alcoholic father”

  15. Get everybody represented in the Parliament to move aeay all the problems then move on. Everyone must benifit from the country's riches, not just the few.

  16. When the problem in Haiti is not on your Street, some of my you show absolutely no regard for human life…. Haitian African people's lives. Shame on you for not realising that the Haitian people, and African people everywhere are standing up against slavery and oppression.

  17. Nope that have not. Finally the Haitian forces have a new director who is not in connivence with the gangs like the previous ones apparently . Anyway they all work according to rhetoric agendas set forth by US embassy. The minimal efforts are made by Haitian police forces and the Haitian army which US Senator , Rubio forbad the late president Jovenel to use

  20. The journalist is saying there's no change yet their hospitals and airports are back in operation…it took you years to breed these gangs within you and expect Kenyan🇰🇪 Police to clear them within two months?? Are you sick??

  22. Everything the reporter said was currently happening in Haiti was already happening before the Nigerians arrived. I think news from Haiti is being controlled as there is war footage from Israel and Ukraine but no video of Nigerians confronting or arresting gang members.

  24. Nonesense. Before the Kenyans came your airport had been taken over by gangs. Your main hospital was taken by gangs. Your major port had been taken over by gangs. But all that has changed since the Kenyans arrived and you shamelessly say nothing has changed. Shame on you!!

  25. I lived in the Caribbean for a long time as long as it is African leading Haitian liberation they will never be appreciated. They have a deep seated complex. I hate to so that. It hurts to say that but unfortunately it us the truth. Kenyan forces (amongst the best in the world ….as you all can see) should just leave and come back home

  29. Nayib Bukele is the foremost global authority on how to turn your country from one of the most violent places on Earth to being safer than most of the US.

    Shockingly, it involves throwing a lot of violent criminals in prison for a long time.

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