Fritz Alphonse Jean officially became the new President of the Transitional Presidential Council on Friday, March 7, 2025. He replaces Leslie Voltaire in the position and will remain at the head ...

The fate of Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council is a matter of ongoing debate both inside the country and outside.Many in the international community believe the council’s time is ...

In early April, Canapé-Vert leaders organized a large protest that became violent as they, too, demanded that Haiti’s prime minister and its transitional presidential council resign.

A transitional presidential council was then created and tasked with holding presidential elections by February 2026. The assassination of Moïse had left a major political vacuum.

It's also dealing with the need for Port-au-Prince, the government itself, the Transitional Presidential Council, to have a keener sense of urgency about what needs to be done," said Robert Rae ...

Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council plans to temporarily suspend the rebooting of a commission to disarm gangs after a human rights blasted the appointee of one of its members over his ...

Jean, a U.S.-educated economist and former head of Haiti’s Central Bank, assumed the helm of the presidential council in March as part of the rotation presidency.

In early April, Canapé-Vert leaders organized a large protest that became violent as they, too, demanded that Haiti’s prime minister and its transitional presidential council resign.

Meanwhile, Haiti's National Police, bolstered by a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police, has struggled in its fight against gangs as the mission remains underfunded and understaffed, with only ...