More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Kenya has suffered a major blow following the United States’ decision to cut funding, amounting to more than $13 million (Ksh1.7 billion), for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti.

Latest deployment raises total number of Kenyan personnel in Haiti to 800, moving closer to target of 1,000 officers under UN-backed mission