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Haiti’s transitional presidential council elected UNICEF regional director Garry Conille as interim prime minister to lead the Caribbean state out of the serious political crisis. The council unanimously elected Conille on Tuesday, announced council president Edgard Leblanc Fils on social media platform X. Conille served as Haiti’s prime minister from September 2011 to May 2012. Amidst a serious crisis involving political conflicts, security, and supply problems, Conille is tasked with paving the way for the first elections since 2016. Violence by armed gangs, which according to UN figures alr…