As killings and hunger soar in Haiti, a political power struggle has cost the prime minister his job, another setback for a country plagued by gang violence.

Haiti's transitional presidential council will appoint a new prime minister, replacing Garry Conille who was named prime minister of the Caribbean nation in May, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters which is expected to be published Monday in the official gazette.

Haiti’s ruling presidential council has fired the country’s prime minister, Garry Conille, after barely six months and named businessman Didier Fils-Aimé to replace him in an act that some political leaders say is illegal.