Haiti to hold elections in November, says transitional council head

The head of Haiti's Presidential Transitional Council, Leslie Voltaire, says elections in the French-speaking CARICOM country will take place in November this year.

Haiti has not had elected representatives since January 2023 and has not held elections since 2016.

The country's capital is almost entirely controlled by armed gangs, and leaders have said security must be provided first to allow for a free and fair vote.

Armed gangs have been seeking to overthrow the government and have taken over a significant portion of the capital, Port-au-Prince, with the United Nations saying that more than a million Haitians have been internally displaced by the conflict.