Kenya’s plan to lead a multinational force in Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission to restore order is facing intense scrutiny and resistance at home, even as violence in the ...

Concerns over Kenya’s human rights record have cast a shadow over a UN decision that gave Kenya the go ahead to lead an armed multinational force to Haiti amid brutal gang violence in the ...

Mr. Mutua said Kenya was planning to deploy about 1,000 or more police officers to Haiti, including SWAT-like teams, with “boots on the ground” expected by early next year.

Hundreds of police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince to face violent gangs that have killed thousands of people in recent years.

Residents in Haiti expressed concerns over Kenya offering international intervention to combat the Caribbean nation’s gang violence. Previously, foreign forces have wrecked the country.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Friday blocked the United Nations-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control.

Kenya was also motivated to step in order to inspire Pan-African unity and show solidarity with the people of Haiti, where enslaved people ousted the French in a revolution, said Mr. Mutua.

Kenya did not need U.N. approval to lead the mission but said it wouldn't do it without it. Of the Council's 15 members, only Russia and China abstained from the vote, though they did not block it.

Kenya's first lady, Rachel Ruto, center, participates in a national prayer gathering for Haiti and other countries in downtown Nairobi on April 15.

Kenya’s High Court ruled Friday that the East African nation cannot deploy 1,000 police officers to help Haiti fight criminal gangs, dealing a devastating blow to supporters of an armed ...

Haiti and Kenya are working on an agreement that both governments hope will address concerns raised by a court last week when it blocked the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police to the gang-ridden ...

The “static protection force,” which one Haiti security expert calls “not effective,” was presented by a 10-member security assessment team headed by Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...