Multinational Security Support Mission

… figure represents roughly seven percent of authorized strength. The Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission, which the GSF formally replaced following the departure of the final Kenyan contingent on April 28, 2026, was …

… decline below 1,000 is a critical threshold breach. HISTORICAL CONTEXT The MSS itself was authorized at 1,000 personnel and never reached its ceiling before withdrawal establishing the template the …

… 0 personnel under UNSC Resolution 2793 in October 2025, replacing the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission. From the outset the GSF operated with only approximately 1,000 inherited MSS personnel, never approaching its …

… relying on approximately 1,000 personnel transferred from the Kenya-led MSS mission. The Bahamas withdrew its contingent on March 13, 2026. Kenya completed the withdrawal of approximately 500 officers by …

… ILESTONE ANALYTICAL BODY The Gang Suppression Force, successor to the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission, is approaching its target deployment of 5,500 military and police personnel plus 50 civilians by October 2026 …

… executable local contests making it an early bellwether for whether the MSS mission can create the conditions it was mandated to produce. The Artibonite Department more broadly is the critical electoral …

… organization. The Gang Suppression Force formally replaced the Kenya-led MSS mission following UNSC Resolution 2793 of October 2025. The final 215 Kenyan officers withdrew on March 20, 2026; the Royal Bah …

… and Centre departments beyond the capital. The Gang Suppression Force, an MSS-supplemental formation, deployed Sri Lankan personnel to Gonaïves in Artibonite by sea in August 2026; a Bangladeshi na …