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Haiti Leader Says He Will Step Down Amid Power Struggle

  • Interim Prime Minister Joseph took reigns after Moise murder
  • Tells Washington Post Ariel Henry will be new Prime Minister
Claude Joseph during a news conference in Port-au-Prince, on July 16.
Claude Joseph during a news conference in Port-au-Prince, on July 16.Photographer: Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP via Getty Images
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Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has been leading the nation since the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, will step down in coming days amid an ongoing power struggle.

Joseph told the Washington Post Monday that he will be handing over the country to Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who had been named prime minister two days before Moise’s murder but was never sworn in. Election Minister Mathias Pierre confirmed the news to the Associated Press.