It’s been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on its members is rapidly growing.

Haiti’s National Police, the last visible semblance of a state, have ceded control over most of the nation’s capital to vicious gangs

Haiti's transition council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalizing the resignation of former Prime Minster Ariel Henry as the Caribbean country seeks to establish security after years of gang violence wreaking chaos and misery.

The nine-member presidential council acknowledged the challenges it faces after it was sworn in early Thursday

Prince, and though they have long depended on powerful politicians and the country’s economic elite for their survival, they are increasingly becoming self-sufficient.