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Haitian PM Announces Resignation, but Timeline is Unclear Amid the Country's Collapse

Gang violence in Haiti's capital forces residents to flee their homes. (Credit: Photo by: Reuters/Ralph Tedy Erol)

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced late Monday that he will step down from his role to facilitate the fight against armed gangs, which control large swaths of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and have plunged the country into chaos.

Henry said he will do so once a transitional presidential council is created, but a timeline for that is still unclear, as well as who will be included in the group tasked with dealing with the country's security crisis.

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