Senior police officers have said that another 200 Kenyan police officers have left for Haiti under a UN-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violence in that country

They said this this Tuesday, saying that they are joining their colleagues who are already on the ground

A first batch of about 400 Kenyan police officers had arrived in Haiti in June, with Kenya leading a force expected to number a total of some 2,500 personnel.

They say more will be departing soon until they have all the 1,000.

Other countries, mostly in Africa and the Caribbean, are also contributing to a mission.

The UN Security Council approved the Kenyan-led multinational security force last year, but it faced months of delays due to court challenges in Nairobi, and then the political turmoil around the resignation of former Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry.