A Kenyan-led security mission finally starts to arrive in Haiti
But can it make a difference?
CLichéd wisdom suggests that those who wait are rewarded for doing so. Haiti’s 12m people are about to find out whether this applies to them. The first contingent of an international police mission tasked with bringing stability to the gang-racked country landed in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on June 25th. Their mission begins eight months after the UN authorised the force, 20 months after Haiti’s government requested it.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Same old story?”
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