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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced he will resign once a transitional presidential council is created, bowing to international pressure that seeks to save the country overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war.

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Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table
By DÁNICA COTO AND EVENS SANON - Associated Press
Mon,03/11/24-11:32PM , 106 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created.
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AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Haiti's leader is trying to get back to the island, amid spiraling violence.

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Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and repel widespread gang attacks
By DÁNICA COTO AND EVENS SANON - Associated Press
Thu,03/07/24-11:19AM , 161 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce battle for political power.
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Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 7, 2020. A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

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The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing
By DÁNICA COTO AND EVENS SANON - Associated Press
Mon,02/19/24-5:02PM , 156 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow,
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A National Police officer patrols an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. A court in Kenya on Friday blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

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Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment
By DÁNICA COTO AND EVENS SANON - Associated Press
Sat,01/27/24-12:00AM , 228 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Radio stations across Haiti got jammed with calls just hours after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.
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