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Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated: interim PM

Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, October 22, 2019. He was assassinated on July 7, 2021. PHOTO | AFP 

By  AFP

Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home early Wednesday morning by a group of armed individuals, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced.

Joseph said he was now in charge of the country.

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