Haiti's Senate has agreed on a new prime minister after more than three months of political deadlock.
Senators ratified the premiership of Michele Pierre-Louis by a 12-0 vote. Five senators abstained. The 61-year-old economist is the second woman to become prime minister of the Caribbean nation. Lawmakers ousted her predecessor Jacques Edouard Alexis on April 12 after food riots left seven dead.
(Deutsche Welle)
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