Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment

Radio stations across Haiti got jammed with calls just hours after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.

Many callers wondered and demanded: What’s next?

Few know.

Uncertainty and fear have been spreading since Friday’s ruling, with violence reaching new records as gangs tighten their grip on Haiti’s capital and beyond.

“Absent a robust external mission that would be deployed very soon, we are facing quite a tragic scenario in Haiti,” warned Diego Da Rin with International Crisis Group.

Gangs that control an estimated 80% of Haiti’s capital have in recent weeks attacked and seized power of previously.