2026-02-21

Haiti's security environment recorded a significant tactical gain on February 20-21 as PNH's "Operasyon San Kanpe" killed 16 gang members in Kenscoff while 150 additional officers with two armored vehicles reinforced Cap-Haïtien against resurgent insecurity in the North. These operational advances coincide with accelerating governance pressure: Le Nouvelliste published the first major editorial indicting PM Fils-Aime for inaction since February 7, as IOM confirmed 1.4 million internally displaced persons with 23,000 expelled in January alone. The Dominican Republic's arrest of 1,135 Haitians in a single 24-hour window on February 19 signals intensifying bilateral pressure on an already overwhelmed displacement system.