Haitian lawmakers voted Friday to dismiss Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis, citing her poor performance in shepherding the poverty-wracked country's economic recovery. After a 10-hour debate a majority of 18 senators in the 29-member body voted just after midnight to dismiss Pierre-Louis, an economist who has led the impoverished Caribbean nation for just over a year. "We will inform the ...

Haiti's internal security has improved but remains fragile because of rampant poverty, rising kidnappings and a weak government, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report released Wednesday. Ban suggested U.N. peacekeepers should remain in Haiti after their current mandate ends in October, warning against a "premature disengagement ...