Haiti’s Senate has approved Garry Conille as Prime Minister, with authorities hoping the appointment will jump-start stalled earthquake reconstruction efforts.

A storm set off mudslides and flooding that killed at least 11 people in impoverished Haiti.

MICHEL “Sweet Micky” Martelly, a pop star known for his bad-boy antics on stage, became earthquake-devastated Haiti’s new president and urged his countrymen to set aside their divisions and raise the nation from rubble.

Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, a pop star known for his bad-boy antics on stage, became earthquake-devastated Haiti's new president and urged his countrymen to set aside their divisions and raise the nation from rubble.

Officials have published final results that show a popular singer won Haiti’s presidential elections.

Musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly scored a come-from-behind victory in Haiti's presidential run-off, according to preliminary results from last month's election showing he easily defeated a former first lady for the leadership of a country facing enormous challenges.

Haitians scarred by decades of poverty, political corruption and natural disasters have cast their ballots for a new president.

THOUSANDS of protesters rampaged through the streets of Haiti’s capital yesterday to contest election results, and they torched the headquarters of the ruling government coalition they accused of rigging the results, witnesses said.

Furious supporters of eliminated candidates set fires and put up barricades in the streets of Haiti's capital after officials announced that government protege Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a second round run-off in presidential elections.

Haiti’s election ended in discord with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for it to be disallowed over fraud and claims that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country.