Kenyan president visits Haiti as part of international effort to fight gangs

Kenyan president visits Haiti as part of international effort to fight gangs
Kenya’s president William Ruto, right, and Transition Council President Edgard Leblanc, arrive at the Kenyan base in Port-au-Prince, (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

Kenya’s president William Ruto arrived in Haiti on Saturday, claiming that because of a Kenyan police force battling gangs, “the country’s security has significantly improved”.

Mr Ruto’s claim was contradicted by a United Nations security expert, who just days earlier warned that violence in the country was worsening as gangs expanded their control over the Caribbean nation.

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