Haiti's interim prime minister announces resignation. Haiti needs peace and stability, he said in a video message.
A seven-member presidential council is now to be founded to lead the transition to elections and appoint a new interim PM. The situation has escalated completely since the end of February and a nationwide state of emergency is now in effect. The two most powerful gangs joined forces and demanded Henry's resignation - otherwise there would be a civil war, threatened the gang leader Jimmy Chérizier alias "Barbecue"