Haiti's security forces were locked in a fierce gun battle with assailants who assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his home.
About
Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
It lies to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
It occupies the western three-eighths of the Hispaniola island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
To its south-west lies the small island of Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration.
Capital: Port-au-Prince.
The island was originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people, who originated in South America