Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign as violence and chaos grip country
Haiti's unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president.
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![Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry after giving a public lecture at the United States International University (USIU) in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday March. 1, 2024. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said Friday elections in his country need to be held as soon as possible in order to bring stability to the troubled Caribbean nation facing gang violence that threatens to overran government. Henry is in Kenya trying to salvage the deployment of a foreign armed force to Haiti to help combat gangs. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku) A man in a blue suit, wearing wire glasses, walks among a crowd of people.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7140910.1710216021!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/kenya-haiti-armed-force.jpg)
Haiti's unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president.