Trente ans, douze missions, une leçon difficile : la crise d’Haïti ne se résoudra pas par la force seule
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...