Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille has asked the Haitian police, with the support of the countryβs small armed forces and the Kenya-led multinational security force, to begin launching operations gradually in areas controlled by armed gangs.
Conille made the announcement late Wednesday in an address to the nation in which he also announced that 14 communities currently under the control of criminal armed groups, will be placed under a state of emergency. The decision, he said, was made in concert with the transitional presidential council.
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