Haiti’s president takes office amid corruption scandal
By AlJazeera
07 February 2017 |
11:24 am
Jovenel Moise is set to be sworn in as Haiti's new president. He says he will modernise agriculture and tackle climate change and corruption, but allegations of fraud already hang over him.
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