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Following a three-month forced shutdown, Haiti’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince reopened, sparking hopes for shipment of essential products.
However, gang violence persists in the capital, though most of the gangs’ demands have been addressed.
Meanwhile, after months of delay due to legal obstacles and violence, an advance team of the Kenyan special forces police landed in Haiti to combat the instability.
Haiti
Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.
It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and the most populous Caribbean country.
The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince.
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