Chad Sends 800 Police to Haiti

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Cory with the story with global news today. Chad plans to send 800 police officers and gendarm to Haiti this year. They will join an international force aimed at helping local police battle powerful armed gangs. The deployment comes as part of a broader push to stabilize the country. These shady enforces should arrive by June after training with European and American partners. Officials from the Dominican Republic say the UN-backed gang suppression force will hit its full strength of 5,500 personnel by October. Kenyan police, who led an earlier mission, are set to pull back gradually. Reactions have been mixed on the details. While some reports suggested the Chadians were training in the United States, American officials denied that and thanked Chad for stepping up anyway. This new force builds on a previous Kenyan led effort that has seen limited additions so far, mainly from Central American and Caribbean nations.

1:00Chad first offered help back in October 2023, along with pledges from Benin and Bangladesh. But none of those have materialized yet. As Haiti grapples with ongoing gang violence, these international commitments signal growing momentum, the real progress depends on getting boots. On the ground soon.