UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country.
Haiti's presidential council stepped down on Saturday after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister, who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade.
Member of Haiti's transitional council, Leslie Voltaire, says the end of Haitian's 'Temporary Protective Status' by the United States could lead to major economic and social disaster in his country.