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Kenya is deploying a force of 1,000 police officers to Haiti to fight criminal gangs that have taken control of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.
However, Kenya is not the first foreign intervention in Haiti; Brazil led a mission from 2004 to 2016, with a mixed outcome.
But can Kenya succeed where others have failed? And what awaits them?
The BBC News Africa's Ian Wafula and BBC News Brasil's Mariana Sanches explain.
Produced by Anthony Irungu & Tom Heyden