Haiti’s transitional council announced it’s ousting interim Prime Minister Garry Conille after six months in the position, a move labeled by Conille as “illegal” and which is likely to further destabilize the country. The former U.N. official had been expected to see Haiti through its long-awaited election for a new president. The council named businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the new interim prime minister. Fils-Aimé is a businessman, former Senate candidate and son of the prominent Haitian activist Alix Fils-Aimé.

The political shakeup comes amid worsening gang violence and a dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti. On Friday, the U.N. warned famine is spreading to new areas as an international, Kenyan-led security force struggles to contain the bloodshed.