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Chad Forces Arrive in Haiti to Battle Gang Crisis
Is the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force Haiti's best hope for stability or just another underfunded placeholder?
Above: Police on patrol in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 31. Image credit: Guerinault Louis/Anadolu/Getty Images
The Spin
Narrative A
The U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force is exactly what Haiti needs — a real, arrest-empowered mission to crush the gangs that control 90% of Port-au-Prince and have killed thousands. The previous Kenyan-led force was chronically underfunded and understaffed, proving that half-measures don't work. With Chad's forces now on the ground and a robust force on the way, Haiti finally has a fighting chance to hold elections and reclaim its future.
Narrative B
Chad's advance team arriving in Haiti sounds promising, but the GSF is already showing the same warning signs that doomed the last mission — no troop count disclosed, unclear commitments from other nations and a mandate expiring in September 2026. The prior Kenyan-led force hit less than 40% of its staffing goal while 800,000 more Haitians fled their homes. Showing up isn't the same as solving anything, and Haiti's people deserve more than another underfunded placeholder.
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