Haiti’s new UN-backed gang-fighting force exceeds funding expectations
UNITED NATIONS — The new U.N.-backed international force charged with combating Haiti’s violent gangs has received more pledges than the 5,500 military and police it is seeking, with Chadian troops already deployed in the capital, Port-au-Prince, the U.N. special envoy to the violence-torn country said Thursday. Carlos Ruiz Massieu told reporters after briefing the U.N. … Read more