Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced his resignation upon the selection of an interim replacement from a new presidential council that will determine the country’s leadership amid the deteriorating security situation in the country.
In recent weeks, gangs have shut down Haiti’s two international airports, freed more than 4,000 inmates from two of the country’s biggest prisons, and carried out violent attacks in the capital. The gangs had demanded Henry’s resignation, but it’s unclear if they will support the plan for the transnational council to appoint an interim prime minister and a council of ministers.
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