Protesters who hold UN soldiers from Nepal responsible for a deadly outbreak of cholera which has killed nearly 1,000 people have barricaded Haiti’s second-largest city, burned cars and stoned a peacekeeping base.

Singer Wyclef Jean plans to govern Haiti in English and Creole if he is elected president, setting him apart from his political rivals in the former French colony.

Supporters of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide called for a third day of demonstrations to demand his return today and hurled rocks at passing cars on streets littered with debris and overturned vehicles in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Violence erupted again yesterday in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince as the decapitated bodies of three police were found, bringing the death toll to at least seven people in two days of protests by Haitians demanding the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

The US sent combat-ready Marines into Haiti’s capital and messages to rebel leader Guy Philippe, prompting him to announce his men would lay down their arms, signalling an end to a rebellion that claimed at least 130 lives.