US EditionUN: Kenya-Led Force in Haiti Involved in Four Cases of Sexual Abuse
The report says investigators found the allegations credible and referred the cases for further action as the mission winds down.
- United Nations investigations substantiated four allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in 2025 against the Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti, findings first reported by AyiboPost on Thursday.
- Originally deployed in 2024 to combat gang violence, the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission transitioned into the Gang Suppression Force, with support from Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas, Guatemala, and Salvador.
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights investigated the four cases, which involved three children who were allegedly raped and one 18-year-old victim.
- UN Secretary-General spokesperson Dujarric stated the mission is not under UN supervision; cases were referred to Gang Suppression Force leaders for "appropriate investigation and remedial measures."
- As the force integrates 800 new troops from Chad on Wednesday, Designated Expert William O'Neill urged "maximum transparency and no impunity," citing concerns from the previous MINUSTAH mission's historical misconduct in Haiti.
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A United Nations report issued in February reported several cases of sexual exploitation and abuse involving members of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, MMAS. This force, consisting mainly of Kenyan police officers, had been deployed since 2024 to support the police against gangs.
A February report by the United Nations (UN) details four investigations into sexual abuse, one involving a child under 12 years of age, involving members of the Multinational Mission of...
UN report details sexual abuse investigations involving foreign forces in Haiti
The report details four sexual abuse investigations, one involving a 12-year-old child, that implicate members of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) forces, a Kenyan-led and US-backed military mission to combat gang violence in Haiti.
In 2025, the United Nations corroborated four allegations of “sexual exploitation and abuse” involving personnel of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, as revealed in the report “Special measures to protect against sexual exploitation and abuse by the Secretary-General of the organization, António Guterres, dated last February. “All of them were founded,” the document says. “This new revelation confirms, once again, that sexual …
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