Haiti is about to get a new set of foreign boots on the ground. The goal sounds simple: fight the gangs that have brought life to a standstill.
But the violence-wracked nation has been here before and Haitians could be forgiven for wondering whether the outcome this time will be any different.
The latest initiative, a UN-backed multi-national effort to be known as the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), will in April take over from where its Kenyan-led predecessor – the Multinational Security Support (MSS) – left off.
While the year-long Kenyan-led mission ended in what was widely perceived as a failure in October last year, it’s hoped that this time around the force will benefit…