Haiti decrees creation of transition council as tens of thousands flee capital
Haiti’s government on Friday issued a decree in its official gazette formalising the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council one month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down amid a wave of gang attacks. Earlier in the day, the United Nations said that some 95,000 people had fled the Caribbean nation’s capital since early March due to a surge in violence.
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Haiti’s government on Friday issued a decree in its official gazette formalising the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council one month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down amid a wave of gang attacks. Earlier in the day, the United Nations said that some 95,000 people had fled the Caribbean nation’s capital since early March due to a surge in violence.
