Haiti National Police and members of the Kenya-led multinational force were in the hills above Port-au-Prince battling armed gangs, when the billows of black smoke started rising from the city below.

The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers ...

Kenya’s bold decision to lead a multinational security mission in Haiti marks a pivotal moment in its emergence as a global ...

(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, left, greets a member of the U.N.-backed Kenya police ...

A new contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to bolster a UN-backed security mission, AFP ...

The United States has exempted the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti from a funding freeze impacting US-funded international aid initiatives. US Secretary of State ...

Kenya is leading the mission, which aims to help Haiti’s national police push back against gangs which control large parts of the country, including the majority of the capital. Nairobi ...

Rubio said separately he spoke with President Ruto to thank him for Kenya’s leadership of the MSS mission to Haiti, which remains fully operational, and Kenya’s role in promoting peace in the DRC.

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, left, greets a member of the U.N.-backed Kenya police force at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday ...