U.N. considering removing military peacekeepers from Haiti: official

A United Nations (U.N.) car drives along a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The United Nations is considering removing military personnel from its peacekeeping mission in Haiti, a U.N. official said on Thursday, indicating a possible scaling back of one of the body's longest-running and widely-criticised missions.

The U.N. mission in Haiti, often locally called by its French acronym MINUSTAH, has been in the country since 2004, when a rebellion led to the ouster and exile of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.