2024 in Haiti
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Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Ariel Henry (acting, resigned April 12); Transitional Presidential Council (April 12 onwards);
- Prime Minister:
- until 25 February: Ariel Henry (formally resigned April 25)
- 25 February: Michel Patrick Boisvert (acting until May 28)
- Garry Conille; onwards
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- 1 March –
- Kenyan president William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers in a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation.[1]
- The G9 gang launches an offensive within Port-au-Prince, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing the Haitian cabinet and police chief. Four police officers are killed during a shooting outside a police station.[2]
- 3 March – Between 3,700[3] and 4,000 prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government declares a 72 hour state of emergency to recapture them.[4][5]
- 4 March – Gangs exchange gunfire with police and soldiers in an attempt to seize control of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince.[6]
- 6 March – Prime Minister Ariel Henry is stranded in Puerto Rico after an international trip, while unable to get back to Haiti amid gang violence.[7]
- 7 March – Haiti's main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest.[8]
- 10 March – The U.S. military airlifts non-essential personnel from the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, amid escalating violence in the country.[9]
- 12 March – Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is formed.[10]
- 14 March – Streamer Addison Pierre Maalouf, also known as YourFellowArab is kidnapped by members of the 400 Mawozo gang while on a trip to Haiti to interview Jimmy Chérizier.[11]
- 20 March – Gangs attack the neighborhood of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people.[12]
- 22 March – Prominent gang leader Ti Greg, who escaped prison earlier in March, is shot dead by police.[13]
- 31 March – Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.[14]
April
[edit]- 25 April – Ariel Henry formally resigns as Prime Minister of Haiti and is replaced by the Transitional Presidential Council.[15]
May
[edit]- 2 May – Thirteen people are killed in flooding and landslides in Cap-Haitien.[16]
- 20 May – Toussaint Louverture International Airport reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence, as the US military flies in supplies and civilian contractors to help the police in order to pave a way for an intervention.[17]
- 22 May – A tornado strikes Bassin-Bleu, injuring 50 people and destroying 200 houses.[18]
- 24 May – Two American Christian missionaries, one of them the daughter of a Missouri State Representative, and a Haitian pastor are killed in a gang ambush in Port-au-Prince.[19]
- 28 May – Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council.[20]
June
[edit]- 25 June – Kenyan police units arrive in Haiti for a United Nations-backed security mission to restore order.[21]
- 29 June – The Biden administration expands its Temporary Protected Status program to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering the refugees deportation relief and work permits.[22]
July
[edit]- 19 July – A migrant boat travelling from Fort Saint-Michel to the Turks and Caicos Islands catches fire off Cap-Haïtien, leaving at least 40 people dead.[23]
August
[edit]- 16 August – Several inmates escape from a prison in Saint-Marc following a strike by prison staff. Eleven of them are subsequently killed in police operations, while a twelfth is recaptured.[24]
- 20 August – The US imposes sanctions on former president Michel Martelly for alleged involvement in drug trafficking and sponsorship of gangs involved in the Haitian crisis.[25]
- 28 August – Haitian National Police and Kenya Police, along with other foreign police forces as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, launch a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from parts of Port-au-Prince.[26]
September
[edit]- 4 September – The government extends the state of emergency that it had declared in Ouest Department in March due to gang violence to cover the entire country.[27]
- 12 September – Twenty-four police and military personnel arrive from Jamaica to help the UN-backed, Kenyan led operation against gang violence.[28]
- 14 September – At least 26 people are killed and 40 others are injured after a fuel truck overturns and explodes in Miragoane as bystanders were trying to collect gasoline.[29]
- 18 September –
- The Transitional Presidential Council creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for elections expected by 2026.[30]
- Kerwin Augustin, a regional official of the National Office of Migration, is shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Cap-Haïtien.[31]
- 21 September – Kenyan President William Ruto visits Haiti to inspect the Kenyan peacekeeping contingent.[32]
- 27 September – The United Nations reports during the first six months of this year at least 3,661 have been killed in Haiti, including 100 children, amid the ongoing gang violence.[33]
- 30 September – The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes to extend the Kenyan-led multinational police mission to Haiti until 2 October 2025.[34] In addition, an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification declares the presence of famine conditions in Haiti, with nearly 6,000 in starvation and nearly half of the country facing Level 4 "crisis" levels of acute food insecurity due to ongoing gang warfare and economic instability.[35]
October
[edit]- 2 October – The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports that over 700,000 Haitians are internally displaced in the country due to gang violence, with more than half being children.[36]
- 3 October – At least 115 people are killed in an attack by the Grand Grif gang on Pont-Sondé.[37]
- 10 October – An unspecified number of casualties are reported in an attack by the Taliban gang on Arcahaie.[38]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[39]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 2 January - Ancestry Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 12 January - Remembrance Day
- 13 February – Carnival
- 14 February – Ash Wednesday
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 May - Labour and Agriculture Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 18 May - Flag Day and Universities Day
- 30 May - Corpus Christi
- 15 August - Assumption of Mary
- 17 October – Dessalines Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 2 November – All Souls' Day
- 18 November – Battle of Vertières Day
- 5 December - Discovery Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kenya Haiti Sign Agreement". Reuters. March 1, 2024.
- ^ "Gunfire paralyzes Haiti as powerful gang leader says he will try to detain police chief, ministers". AP News. 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ Henri Astier; Gianluca Avagnina (3 March 2024). "Haiti violence: Haiti gangs demand PM resign after mass jailbreak". BBC.
- ^ Suri, Caitlin Hu, Manveena (2024-03-03). "Haiti: Hundreds of prisoners escape Port-au-Prince prison as violence escalates". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Haiti declares curfew after 4,000 inmates escape jail amid rising violence". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites". AP News. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ "Haiti's prime minister is stranded abroad as gangs threaten 'civil war'". NPR. March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Haiti's main port closes as gang violence spirals". BBC News. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "US military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security". Reuters. March 11, 2024.
- ^ Grant, Will (12 March 2024). "Haiti's prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Pequeño, Antonio IV. "American YouTuber Reportedly Kidnapped In Haiti—What We Know About His Disappearance". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "Gangs target largest neighborhood in capital". The Washington Post. March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Prominent Haitian gang leader shot dead by police as political groups near finalisation of transition council". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission". March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power". AP News. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "13 killed as heavy rains unleash landslide in Haiti, force planes near Puerto Rico to land elsewhere". AP News. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Haiti's main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed". AP News. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ "Rare tornado hits Haiti, injuring more than 50 people and leaving hundreds homeless". AP News. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "Two American Missionaries Killed by Haitian Gang". Wall Street Journal. May 24, 2024.
- ^ "Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs". AP News. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "'Much-needed relief': Kenyan police force arrives in Haiti for UN-backed security mission". France 24. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "U.S. offers deportation relief to further 309,000 Haitians". Reuters. June 29, 2024.
- ^ "At least 40 Haitian migrants killed in boat fire, says IOM". France 24. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Police say 11 inmates killed in shootouts following breakout from prison in central Haiti". Associated Press. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Haitian ex-President Martelly hit with U.S. sanctions, accused of facilitating drug trade". Associated Press. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Haitian and Kenyan police try to oust gangs from a rough part of Haiti's capital". AP News. 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "Haiti expands state of emergency over gang violence to whole country". France 24. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Jamaican soldiers and police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs". Associated Press. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "The number of people killed in Haiti after a tanker truck exploded rises to 26". Associated Press. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016". Associated Press. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Unidentified gunmen kill high-ranking migration official in one of Haiti's biggest cities". Associated Press. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs". Associated Press. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "At least 3,661 killed in 'senseless' Haiti gang violence this year: UN". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines call for UN peacekeepers". Associated Press. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond". AP News. 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Over 700,000 internally displaced in Haiti as humanitarian crisis deepens". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "The death toll in a gang attack on a small Haitian town rises to 115, a local official says". Associated Press. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Another town in Haiti comes under attack a week after gangs killed at least 115 people". Associated Press. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Haiti Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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