The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force trying to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti’s government to start talks on transforming it into a U.

The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously renewed a multinational security support mission (MSS) in Haiti to combat armed gangs after the U.S. dropped a push to enlarge the effort into a peacekeeping force.

Prime Minister of Haiti Garry Conille on Saturday, October 5, scheduled to travel to Kenya and the United Arab Emirates to seek security support in response to a gang attack in one of its regions on Thursday,

Members of one of the country's armed groups, the Gran Grif gang, raided a small town forcing residents to run for their lives.

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille embarked on a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya on Saturday to seek security assistance in the aftermath of one of deadliest gang attacks in the Caribbean nation in recent years.