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Haiti's interim PM stable after hospitalization for 'slight illness'

Haiti's transition council on Tuesday tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who briefly led the country over a decade ago, to return to the role as the Caribbean nation works to restore stability and take back control from violent gangs.

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.

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.

By Ralph Tedy Erol PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Operations at Haiti's main fuel import terminal were suspended on Monday as armed men seized trucks and demanded the port be shut down, according to a source with information on the matter, likely exacerbati...

By Michelle Nichols and Ralph Tedy Erol UNITED NATIONS/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most l...

UNITED NATIONS/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the U.N. children's agency warned on Monday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said two-thirds of Haiti's children need aid, women and girls are being targeted with "extreme levels" of gender-based and sex...

The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported and largely unpunished” in a harrowing report released Thursday that documented cases of rape and forced sexual relations with gang members, as well surging levels of gang violence in the country.

Violence has erupted in Haiti this month amid tensions between rival gangs and the Canadian government says people should avoid all travel to the country. People in Waterloo with ties to the country say they're concerned about their family, friends and colleagues.

With Haiti plagued by gang violence and anarchy, many of the roughly 3,000 Canadians registered in the island nation want to leave. But some say they've had no help from Canadian authorities.