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.

A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti has signed a decree firing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille.

Gun fights broke out between police and gangs in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Monday, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take over as the country faces a surge of violence.