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  Haiti’s Transition Faces a Deadline. What Comes Next? By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson (Le Français suit) PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s transition is running on borrowed time. With roughly three months left before the mandate of the nine-member Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) expires in early February, the question that has stalked this process from the beginning has returned to the center: who governs after February 7 — and on what authority? The Caribbean Community’s Eminent Persons Group, which helped midwife the current arrangement, has written to the April 3, 2024 Accord signatories asking them to state, in writing, how they believe the transition should end and what should come next. The note, conveyed this week by Ambassador Colin Granderson and seen by Haitian media, comes after months of private prodding. The signatories, many of whom have not met collectively since 2024 to review the CPT’s performance, are now being asked to take public positions. Inside the CPT...

  Thirty Years, Twelve Missions, One Hard Lesson: Haiti’s Crisis Won’t Be Solved by Force Alone By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson * (Le français suit) PORT-AU-PRINCE — The uniforms change. The mandates shift. The violence stays. For three decades, Haiti has hosted a procession of United Nations missions and foreign coalitions that promised stabilization, justice reform and, lately, the dismantling of armed groups. They delivered tactical gains. They did not deliver durable security. The latest turn is the most muscular yet. The U.N. Security Council has authorized a new Gang Suppression Force to replace the Kenya‑led Multinational Security Support mission. The move comes amid spiraling gang brutality, widespread human rights abuses and a humanitarian emergency touching nearly every facet of daily life. The new force — up to 5,550 personnel — is tasked to work alongside Haiti’s national police and armed forces, using intelligence‑driven operations to neutralize gang networks, secu...