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US freezes funding contributions to Kenya-led Haiti security force

A contingent of 70 officers from EL Salvador security forces arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 4, 2025. [AFP]

The United States has frozen its financial contributions to a United Nations fund for a multinational security support mission in Haiti, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday, a move that would stop $13.3 million in pending aid.

"We received an official notification from the US asking for an immediate stop work order on their contribution" to the trust fund for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, said Stephane Dujarric, the UN secretary-general's spokesperson, referring to the already underfunded Kenya-led force.

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