Haiti takes step towards holding first elections since 2016

The creation of a provisional election council is seen as a key first step on the road to elections.

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The nine-member provisional electoral council - set up on Wednesday - has been tasked with organising elections by February 2026.

The last time Haitians voted someone into power was in 2016.

Since then, armed gangs have seized control of almost the entire capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as large swathes of rural areas of Haiti.

So far, seven members of the provisional electoral council (CEP) have been named.

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