Overview

• The transitional council in Haiti has dismissed Prime Minister Garry Conille, replacing him with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé amid allegations of corruption.
• Armed gangs in Haiti, controlling much of the capital, have reacted to the political changes by threatening renewed violence.
• Recent gang attacks have included firing on a passenger flight, forcing the closure of Haiti's international airport.
• The Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission, present since June, has struggled to curb the escalating violence.
• Haiti remains in a severe institutional crisis, lacking a parliament and an elected president, with no elections held since 2016.