Role since the assassination in 2021 of the countrys last president. Armed groups have been calling for mr henry to step down, leading to widespread violence. Last week he was prevented from returning home to haiti. News of his resignation came during a high level meeting of the Caribbean Community injamaica. To that end we acknowledge the resignation of Prime Minister ariel henry upon the establishment of a transitional president ial council. Harold isaac is an independent journalist based in haiti. He gave us his reaction to the news. It is unclear for pretty much everybody here at this point, although in the past few hours there were serious indications that resignation was imminent. Prime minister ariel henry had been under tremendous pressure to resign in the past couple of weeks after he returned from kenya on a trip to get police support. As of late, you could see people rushing for instance to Money Transfer houses, trying to get some cash, trying to go to do groceries or to th
News of his resignation came from the guyanese president , during a high level meeting of the caribbean community. To that end we acknowledge the resignation of Prime Minister ariel henry. Upon the establishment of a transitional residential council. President ial. Joining me live is harold isaac, an independent journalist based in haiti. We just heard the announcement from the guy and his president about the resignation of ariel henry. Can you tell us anything more about the circumstances . It is unclear for pretty much everybody here at this point, although in the past few hours there were serious indications that resignation was imminent. Prime minister ariel henry had been under tremendous pressure to resign in the past couple of weeks after he returned from kenya on a trip to get police support. He had pledged not to resign, but at that caricom meeting earlier today, the International Community had decided he should resign and be replaced in the short term by a transitional power
Hello, im anna foster, live injerusalem. Let me take you to the skies above gaza, and these are pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by Us Central Command and Jordanian Air force. This is the latest airdrop into gaza, which provided meals, more than 11,500 meal equivalents, food like rice, flour, pasta and canned food. We have seen these airdrops starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks also since the us air force got involved. It is still nowhere near meeting the huge need for humanitarian aid in gaza. The amount getting in by road is far less than it was when the war began and we are focusing today on New Routes Spicy too to try and braid in. This is something the european new routes to bring in aid by c. Similarly, the us is building a Temporary Port Of Gaza so ships can be unloaded but still no detail of how those supplies when they actually get to gaza will be secured and distributed throughout the strip. Even as people look at aid distri
They demand Prime Minister ariel henry resign. Hes in puerto rico and unable to return home. The aid includes 100 million to support an International Security force, bringing the uss contribution to 300 million. It also includes a separate 33 million in humanitarian assistance. Mr blinken says a Multinational Security force is needed to stabilize the country. What weve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult Security Situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the Multinational Support mission even more important than ever. The United Nations Security Council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. Now, all of us know that only the haitian people can, and only the haitian people should determine their own future. Our Central American correspondent, will grant has more. Haiti is in freefall towards total anarchy. The past few days have seen a relentless escalation of violenc
More food into the besieged enclave. A us military ship is also sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza which has no Functioning Port to get aid there by sea. Israel has been accused of preventing aid getting into gaza, and us President Joe Biden says Benjamin Netanyahus conduct in the war is doing israel more harm than good. My colleague anna foster is in jerusalem and gave us this update. First of all, to the Skies Above Gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by Us Central Command and also by thejordanian air force as well. This is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. Things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. Weve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got involved. But of course it is still nowhere near to meeting the huge