WEDNESDAY LOCKDOWN SESSION-BLINKEN PLEDGES $100 MILLION TO FUND HAITI POLICE MISSION

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force mission to Haiti. Blinken made the pledge during a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to discuss the crisis in Haiti.The US has persuaded Kenya to deploy police personnel to the Caribbean country despite a court order blocking the mission.