Chad sends peacekeepers to crisis-hit Haiti

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Published 2026-04-20 21.51

          

          National police in Haiti receive support from international security force. Photo: Odelyn Joseph /                AP/TT

Haiti receives support from Chad, which sends 1,500 peacekeepers to the country.

The UN and its Security Council have decided that the essentially lawless Haiti, which is largely ruled by violent criminal gangs, will receive support from an international security force.

But few peacekeepers have been on site, and they have not been able to restore order in the country.

The first country to send troops to Haiti was Kenya, but the operation failed and was replaced by a volunteer international security force in 2023. The mandate was changed again last fall to apply to a force that would focus on the dominance of criminal groups, called the Gang suppression force (GSF).

The goal is a force of 5,500 soldiers, from several countries. The first from Chad arrived on April 1.