While acknowledging the shortcomings of the Multinational Security Support mission, backed by the United States, observers say Haiti faced a daunting numbers dilemma from the outset. The Haiti National Police has one officer for every 1,000 residents ...

When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a UN-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. But the crisis has only deepened since the international policing contingent arrived.

Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced broad support for converting a security mission helping Haitian police fight escalating gang warfare into a formal U.N. peacekeeping mission,