Amid escalating gang violence, new leader takes over Haiti’s rocky transitional council
A U.S. educated economist and former head of Haiti’s Central Bank assumed the presidency of the country’s embattled ...
US bans flights to Haiti’s capital until Sept. 8 as UN expert says gang violence is more dire
The United States has extended its ban on flights to Haiti’s capital until Sept. 8 because of escalating gang violence.
Haitian Economist Takes Over as Transition President in Friendly Ceremony
(Reuters) - Haitian economist and former central bank chief Fritz Alphonse Jean took over the rotating presidency of Haiti's ...
Fritz Alphonse Jean becomes new president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council
Fritz Alphonse Jean, representative of the Montana Accord, was officially sworn in as president of Haiti’s Transitional ...
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Haiti swears in new leader amid din of gang violence
Fritz Alphonse Jean, an economist and former central bank governor, replaces Leslie Voltaire in the rotating presidency of ...
Airport in southwest Haiti ready for international flights after violence halts flights to capital
Haitian officials say an airport in the country’s southwest region is ready to receive international flights for the first ...
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New leader takes over Haiti's transitional presidential council as violence persists
The council tasked to prepare eventual presidential elections in Haiti swore in a new leader Friday, as the country keeps struggling with a persistent gang violence. Fritz Alphonse Jean, an economist ...
International flights can land at airport in Haiti's southwest for the 1st time
Haitian officials say an airport in the country’s southwest region is ready to receive international flights for the first ...
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US bans flights to Haiti's capital until Sept. 8 as UN expert says gang violence is more dire
Supporters celebrate the installation of Fritz Alphonse Jean, an economist and former central bank governor, who replaces Leslie Voltaire in the rotating presidency of the transitional ...
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Haitian economist takes over as transition president in friendly ceremony
Jean took over from architect Leslie Voltaire in a friendly ceremony, following a more fraught transition in October when the first president refused to sign the transition decree over an ...