Kenya postpones deployment of police officers to Haiti. The UN Security Council had already approved the mission to support the Haitian police in October.
Half of the residents suffer from acute hunger. The World Food Program (WFP) warned that the country is on the brink of a devastating hunger crisis. The humanitarian situation is serious. A multinational security mission that has long been approved has not yet been able to start. The U.N. fears that the already insufficient efforts to provide humanitarian aid could come to a standstill because of the poor security situation.