New government formed in restive Haiti

Police outside the hospital where Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille was briefly hospitalized in Port-au-Prince. [AFP]

A new government was formed in Haiti on Tuesday, tasked with restoring security and stability in the Caribbean nation that is ravaged by gang violence and political chaos.

The decree appointing members of the new cabinet was published in Haiti's official gazette, two weeks after the country's transitional government council named Garry Conille as interim prime minister.