PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti's government on Sunday declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew in a bid to regain control of the country after a deadly gang assault on Port-au-Prince's main prison that allowed thousands of inmates to escape.
The curfew will be enforced from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the central Ouest region, which includes the country's capital, through Wednesday, the government said in a statement, adding that both the curfew and the state of emergency could be extended.
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