Haiti begins official mourning for assassinated president Jovenel Moise

Homes stand densely packed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Matias Delacroix/AP)

Haitians are beginning a series of official ceremonies to honour President Jovenel Moise nearly two weeks after he was assassinated at home.

The body of Mr Moise was to lie in state starting before dawn at the National Pantheon Museum in the capital of Port-au-Prince, officials said.