Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of the United Nations security force to the Caribbean country to combat gang violence, according to a letter from the president to the legislature.
In the letter read out to lawmakers of the Central African country on Monday, Chadian President Mahamat Déby Itno said two battalions of 750 troops each will be deployed from this month for one year, following a request by the United Nations.
Last year, the UN Security Council approved the expansion of the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti to 5,500 troops, called the Gang Suppression Force, and expanded its power to include arresting suspected gang members, which the previous force did not have.
Deadly gangs control as much as 90 percent of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, and swaths of land in the country’s central region. In 2021, a squad of gunmen assassinated the country’s former president, Jovenel Moïse, in his home.
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Chad Will Deploy 1,500 Troops to Haiti to Help Combat Gang Violence
21/04/2026
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