Kenya has offered to lead a police force to help restore order to Haiti, where gangs that control vast parts of the country’s capital have fomented violence.

Ousmane Sonko, a fiery figure with a loyal youth following, was charged with fomenting insurrection, and his party dissolved.

As France prepared to evacuate its citizens, Burkina Faso and Mali said they would take any military operation by other West African nations to reinstate the president as a “declaration of war.”