A transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti’s next prime minister was formed Friday, following several weeks of organization. The council was conceived of after Prime Minister Ariel Henry was stonewalled out of his own country by surging gang violence and anti-government protests
Haiti’s National Police agency says that it has recovered a hijacked cargo ship laden with rice following a gunbattle with gangs that lasted more than five hours. Two police officers were injured and an undetermined number of gang members were killed in
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Amid a renewed surge of violence in Haiti this week, armed gangs were reported to have looted the country’s national library in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The library’s director, Dangelo Neard, told AFP that Haiti’s “documentary collection are in danger.” “We
The formation of a council tasked with selecting a temporary replacement for outgoing Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been thwarted by grave security concerns. One member of the nine-member council stepped down Sunday after receiving death threats, leaving organizers scrambling to
Eight members have been nominated to the council that will select an interim successor to Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Haiti has found itself under effective gang control after Henry was barred from re-entry after traveling abroad. Gangs have set fire to
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s grip on power is being tested as he attempts to return to the Caribbean nation from a trip abroad. Gang attacks have shuttered Haiti’s main international airport, and numerous officials have called on Henry to resign. Henry
Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home. Haiti remained largely paralyzed, with schools
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It’s the one question on the minds of all Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the world is Prime Minister Ariel Henry? The embattled leader, who assumed power following
Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry traveled to Kenya on Thursday in hopes of salvaging a plan to deploy 1,000 police officers to combat the Caribbean nation’s gang epidemic. Henry met with Kenyan counterpart William Ruto to “finalize modalities” for a potential