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Gang-plagued Haiti sets election dates for 2027

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Billeane WilliamsJournalist at Jamaica Observer

October 29, 2026

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti will hold elections in July and October next year, authorities said, in what would mark the first polls in the crisis-stricken country in more than a decade.

Elections are seen as a crucial step to stabilising the government and tackling rampant crime in Haiti, which has been engulfed for years by gang warfare and political chaos.

Full coverageHaiti’s Gang Violence Kills and Injures Thousands as Elections Loom16 reports

Its last president was assassinated in 2021 and has not been replaced, and it has previously postponed scheduled ballots.

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