Haiti opened a new political chapter Thursday with the installation of a transitional council tasked to pick a new prime minister and prepare for eventual presidential elections, in hopes of quelling spiraling gang violence that has killed thousands in the Caribbean country.
Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday after less than three years of governing the Caribbean country as a transitional council takes charge in the face of a gang-fuelled security crisis.
(Reuters) -Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, his office said on Thursday, as a transitional council prepares to lead the country aiming to bring back tranquility amid the havoc caused by widespread gang violence.
Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced his resignation, passing the baton to a transitional council tasked with restoring order to the violence-plagued nation. In his resignation letter dated Wednesday,
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry officially resigned on Thursday morning, with violence forcing the transitional council’s swearing-in ceremony to be moved from the presidential palace for its members’ safety.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, his office said on Thursday, as a transitional council took power with the aim of returning stability to a country where gang violence has caused chaos and misery.
Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence.
Haiti has opened a new political chapter with the installation of a transitional council tasked with picking a new prime minister and preparing for eventual presidential elections, in hopes of
A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in Thursday in violence-wracked Haiti, while the Caribbean nation's embattled prime minister Ariel Henry submitted his formal resignation.
The nine-member council will be tasked with naming a new prime minister and helping set up a new government ahead of planned elections. Henry announced his resignation in March amid a wave of attacks by gangs in Haiti’s capital.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on Thursday, handing power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation.