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March 13, 2024

Kenya Halts Plan to Deploy Police to Haiti Until New Government Is in Place
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Kenya has announced it is halting plans to send 1,000 police officers to
Haiti until a new government is in place. The announcement came hours
after Haiti's unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to resign
following an armed uprising against his rule. Caribbean leaders, the
U.S. and Canada have proposed setting up a seven-member presidential
panel that would appoint a new interim prime minister. U.S. State
Department spokesperson Matthew Miller spoke on Tuesday.

Matthew Miller: "Under the terms of the agreement that was announced
yesterday, we expect that the members of the transitional council will
be appointed in the next 24 to 48 hours, and then they will take the
step to appoint an interim prime minister in the near future after
that."



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