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Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police will deploy to quell gang violence in Haiti probably within weeks, the east African country's President William Ruto said on Sunday, despite court challenges that delayed the mission. Kenya is aiming to lead a UN-backed mission to secure the Caribbean nation, stricken by violence, poverty and political instability. The east African nation is scheduled to send 1,000 officers for the mission alongside personnel from several other countries. "The people of Haiti are maybe waiting, by the grace of God, that probably by next week or the other week, we shall send our po...
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Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan President William Ruto voiced confidence Friday that a UN-backed mission tasked with quelling gang-fuelled anarchy in Haiti would go ahead. Kenya has offered to send about 1,000 police as the head of a multinational force for the troubled Caribbean nation, with the deployment expected in a matter of weeks. There had been speculation a first contingent would arrive last week to coincide with Ruto's state visit to Washington, but instead an advance team was sent to carry out reconnaissance work. "In light of Kenya's lead role in the UN Security Council mandated Multination...
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Washington (AFP) - A diplomatic upgrade and a surprise appearance by Barack Obama: US President Joe Biden pulled out the stops as he hosted Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for a lavish state visit aimed at competing with Russia and China for influence in Africa. At a gala dinner in a large pavilion set up on the White House lawn, Biden praised "the belief in freedom, democracy, dignity and equality" that he shared with Ruto, the first African leader to receive a Washington state visit in 15 years. Biden matched pomp with a string of deals on security, climate and debt -- and delivered an Irish...
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Washington (AFP) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday opened the first state visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years as President Joe Biden seeks to counter geopolitical headwinds across the continent. Biden welcomed his Kenyan counterpart at the White House and then joined him meeting business leaders ahead of Thursday's formal portion of the visit, which will start with an honor guard and culminate in a lavish dinner. Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security advisor, said the visit highlights the "important role in global peace and security" by Kenya, which has...
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Washington (AFP) - Lawmakers from President Joe Biden's Democratic Party on Friday accused House Speaker Mike Johnson of disrespecting Africa after he did not invite Kenyan President William Ruto to address Congress during an upcoming Washington visit. Biden has invited the key US regional ally next week for a state visit -- the most prestigious trip a foreign leader can pay to Washington, which includes a ceremonial welcome and formal dinner at the White House. Leaders on state visits often also address joint sessions of Congress, but Johnson, a Republican, brushed aside an appeal for an invi...
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Nairobi (AFP) - A reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti to send police from the East African nation to the violence-wracked country has raised hopes the Nairobi-led, UN-backed multinational peace mission could deploy soon. But the Kenyan government still faces legal hurdles in soldiering on with the plan after a court decision put the brakes on the deployment to the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation. AFP looks at key questions and answers about what lies next: How soon can the deployment begin? The plan has faced legal challenges at every turn since it was announced last year and was decla...
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Nairobi (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". Haiti's government has pleaded for international help to confront violence that has cost thousands ...
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Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police said Wednesday they have recaptured a man whose daring escape from custody made headlines following his arrest on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend in the United States. Kevin Kang'ethe had been detained in January pending extradition to the United States over the death of Margaret Mbitu, but he slipped out of a police station last week. "We have re-arrested the suspect and he is now in custody," Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei told AFP. He said Kang'ethe had been hiding at a relative's home on the outskirts of Nairobi, where police found him late Tuesday ...
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Nairobi (AFP) - A Kenyan court on Tuesday extended an order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti on a UN-backed mission aiming to pacify the troubled Caribbean nation. The ruling came a day after the United Nations warned that security in Haiti, where violent gangs control large swathes of the country, has collapsed even further, with major crimes hitting "record highs". The UN Security Council gave the go-ahead in early October for the deployment of the non-UN multinational mission, led by Kenya, to help the overwhelmed Haitian police. But the High Court...
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Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack. A powerful blast hit the US embassy in downtown Nairobi on August 7, 1998, killing 213 people and injuring over 5,000 -- most of them pedestrians or office workers in the adjacent buildings. Minutes later, another explosion rocked the US mission in Dar es Salaam, in neighbouring Tanzania. The twin bombings, claimed by Al-Qaeda, killed a total of 224 people and went on to shape how a gene...
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