Haiti's transitional presidential council is set to appoint a new prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aime, replacing Garry Conille. The appointment is part of a draft resolution expected to be released soon in the official gazette.

As the United Nations warned Friday that famine is spreading to new areas of Haiti amid the country’s worsening hunger and gang crises, the country’s top politicians are engaged in a high-stakes blame game that is setting the stage for another crisis.