Wyclef Jean, former Fugees singer to run for president of Haiti

Perhaps the most formidable opponent is Jean's uncle, Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the United States, who has already announced that he is running.

"I'm the only man who can stand in the middle and get the diaspora and Haiti's elite families to co-operate that same way," Jean said.

Haitian elections will take place on 28 November, with the new president sworn in on 7 February 2011.