Kenya: Haiti Turns to Controversial Police Force to Fight Gangs As Kenyan Forces Struggle

Kenyan police officers in Haiti are reportedly set to get assistance from the Security of Protected Areas Brigade (BSAP), a controversial security force to combat gangs that have run rampant in the Caribbean nation.

This was after a controversial new decree from Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) to integrate the forces, despite the unit’s murky legal status, history of alleged abuses, and ties to gang-affiliated actors.

The directive from CPT called for the incorporation of…