Kenya and Haiti Sign Deal to Deploy Police Amid Deadly Violence

Kenya and Haiti have signed a security agreement to address a domestic court's objections to Kenya's plan to deploy 1,000 police officers to lead a U.N.-approved mission aimed at tackling gang violence in Haiti. The deployment was initially ruled unconstitutional by Kenya's High Court due to the absence of a "reciprocal arrangement" with the host government. The signing of this agreement paves the way for the fast-tracking of the deployment, which has been on hold despite pledges of support from the United States, Canada, and other countries.