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Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024

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🇭🇹 Haiti’s PM resigned following two weeks of gang violence. PM Ariel Henry has served as Haiti’s de facto ruler since former President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021. The prime minister’s resignation came in response to Haiti’s main gang leader (a man who goes by the name “Barbecue”) threatening “civil war” if he doesn't resign. PM Henry will step down once a transitional presidential council is installed, which will hold future presidential elections for the first time since 2016.

🇬🇧🇷🇴 Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Romania for UK sexual offense charges. The Tate brothers, who style themselves as men’s self-help gurus, were detained in Romania on Monday over a UK arrest warrant for sexual aggression allegations dating back to 2012-2015, which they deny. A Romanian court ruled the Tate brothers can be extradited to the UK once domestic legal proceedings over 2022 charges of rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to exploit women are complete. The judge’s order also released the pair from prison.

🇳🇬🪙 Nigeria reportedly detained two top Binance employees after accusing the firm of causing a currency crisis. The Nigerian government hasn’t publicly discussed the Binance employees, though their families say they’re being held in a guarded house and haven't been charged with any crimes. Residents of Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, have flocked to crypto exchanges like Binance in recent years due to rising inflation and a sharp decline in the value of its local currency, the naira. The government’s issue with Binance stems from the platform’s exchange rate between the naira and the dollar, which has been much weaker than the official government-set rate in recent years.

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