Haiti schedules December presidential election despite security concerns

Haiti's electoral council has scheduled the country's first presidential election in a decade for December thirteenth, with a runoff planned for late February. France 24 reports the original timetable was postponed due to widespread security concerns. The vote remains contingent on improved security and adequate funding, both uncertain given ongoing gang violence that continues to threaten the electoral process.

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