Haitian prime minister sacks prosecutor who links him to president’s murder

Haiti’s government has banned its own prime minister, Ariel Henry, from leaving the country. That’s because prosecutors want to question Henry about the July assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Phone records show a key suspect in the assassination called Henry twice just hours after the killing. The World’s Carol Hills talks with Widlore Mérancourt, editor of the Haitian news outlet Ayibopost, in Port-au-Prince.

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