Tag: Alix Didier Fils-Aimé

• Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 06:32 UTC

  US airliner shot at when trying to land in Haiti's main airport

  

  Violence-torn Haiti keeps making headlines worldwide as a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale was shot at when trying to land at noon local time by gangs surrounding Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport on the same day that the new interim Prime Minister was sworn in.

• Monday, November 11th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  Haiti's Council sacks interim PM and appoints a successor

  

  Haiti's Presidential Transitional Council decided Sunday to appoint Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as interim Prime Minister in lieu of Garry Conille, it was reported in gang violence-torn Port-au-Prince. The transitional council was an emergency body created on April 25, 2024, in an effort to restore democratic order in a country deep in havoc, particularly since the July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. It is made up of members from various political parties, civil society, and observers.