Choose photographs from Haiti’s Feb. 7, 2026, switch of government authority ceremony at Villa d’Accueil, the place the Transitional Presidential Council handed energy to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé beneath tight safety and political pressure over the transition course of.
Heavy safety surrounded Villa d’Accueil in Port-au-Prince throughout the main political turning level on Feb. 7, 2026, with the switch of government authority from the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. Specialised Haitian Nationwide Police items and bolstered safety forces secured the world amid heightened alert, pushed by tensions over competing transition proposals — together with objections from some outgoing CPT members and opposition teams who favor a handover led by the Excessive Court docket of Justice. Contained in the compound, officers carried out the ceremony as uncertainty and division continued to form the broader political panorama.
Listed here are choose photographs of the scenes from Haiti’s Feb. 7, 2026
Safety items safe the perimeter of Villa d’Accueil forward of Haiti’s switch of government energy from the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, the CPT’s mandate expiration date. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions Specialised Haitian Nationwide Police (PNH) items had been deployed across the compound earlier than the ceremony started, with managed automobile entry and layered perimeter checks. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions Elite police items secured Villa d’Accueil forward of the switch of energy from the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions Tanks blocked the perimeter of Villa d’Accueil forward of Haiti’s switch of government energy on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions Three members of the Haitian Nationwide Police items had been seen in entrance of the Villa d’Acceuil earlier than the ceremony started, with managed automobile entry and layered perimeter checks. Photograph by Dieugo André for The Haitian Occasions Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé throughout his speech on the energy handover ceremony at Villa d’Accueil, Port-au-Prince, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Photograph by Patrice Noel for The Haitian Occasions The coordinator of the outgoing presidential council, Laurent Saint-Cyr, throughout the handover of energy to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, at Villa d’Accueil in Port-au-Prince, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Photograph by Patrice Noel for The Haitian Occasions From left to proper, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, accompanied by the 5 (5) presidential advisers: Frinel Joseph, Régine Abraham, Laurent Saint-Cyr, Emmanuel Vertilaire and Smith Augustin, for the handover of energy in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, February 07, 2026. Photograph by Patrice Noel
