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Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.

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Events

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March

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  • 1 March –
  • 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

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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  • 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 –
  • 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

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  • 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]
  • 12–14 October – Twenty members of the Kraze Baryè gang are killed during police operations against the group in Torcelle.[39]
  • 17 October – Gangs launch attacks on the Solino, Saint Michel and Tabarre 27 neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince.[40]
  • 18 October – The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes to expand its preexisting arms embargo on Haiti to include all kinds of weapons and ammunition.[41]
  • 22 October – A boat carrying members of the Viv Ansanm gang capsizes after hitting a reef near Arcahaie, killing at least 12 passengers.[42]
  • 23 October – A UN helicopter is shot at shortly after taking off from Port-au-Prince, forcing it to land again with no injuries recorded among the 18 people onboard.[42]

November

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December

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  • 6–11 December – At least 207 people are killed in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince as part of a series of attacks targeting elderly people and voodoo practitioners conducted by the Wharf Jeremie gang, whose leader Micanor Altès accused the victims of causing his son's fatal illness.[47]
  • 10 December – Nine people are killed in an attack by gangs on Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite.[48]
  • 24 December – Three people, including two journalists, are killed in a gun attack on the general hospital of Port-au-Prince.[49]
  • 26 December – The transitional government dismisses Duckenson Lorne as health minister over the attack on Port-au-Prince general hospital.[50]

Holidays

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Further information: Public holidays in Haiti

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kenya Haiti Sign Agreement". Reuters. March 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Henri Astier; Gianluca Avagnina (3 March 2024). "Haiti violence: Haiti gangs demand PM resign after mass jailbreak". BBC.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Haiti declares curfew after 4,000 inmates escape jail amid rising violence". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Haiti's prime minister is stranded abroad as gangs threaten 'civil war'". NPR. March 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Haiti's main port closes as gang violence spirals". BBC News. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  9. ^ "US military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security". Reuters. March 11, 2024.
  10. ^ Grant, Will (12 March 2024). "Haiti's prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  11. ^ Pequeño, Antonio IV. "American YouTuber Reportedly Kidnapped In Haiti—What We Know About His Disappearance". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  12. ^ "Gangs target largest neighborhood in capital". The Washington Post. March 21, 2024.
  13. ^ "Prominent Haitian gang leader shot dead by police as political groups near finalisation of transition council". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  14. ^ "Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission". March 31, 2024.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Haiti's main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed". AP News. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  18. ^ "Rare tornado hits Haiti, injuring more than 50 people and leaving hundreds homeless". AP News. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  19. ^ "Two American Missionaries Killed by Haitian Gang". Wall Street Journal. May 24, 2024.
  20. ^ "Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs". AP News. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  21. ^ "'Much-needed relief': Kenyan police force arrives in Haiti for UN-backed security mission". France 24. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  22. ^ "U.S. offers deportation relief to further 309,000 Haitians". Reuters. June 29, 2024.
  23. ^ "At least 40 Haitian migrants killed in boat fire, says IOM". France 24. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Police say 11 inmates killed in shootouts following breakout from prison in central Haiti". Associated Press. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Haitian ex-President Martelly hit with U.S. sanctions, accused of facilitating drug trade". Associated Press. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "Haiti expands state of emergency over gang violence to whole country". France 24. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Jamaican soldiers and police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs". Associated Press. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  29. ^ "The number of people killed in Haiti after a tanker truck exploded rises to 26". Associated Press. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  30. ^ "Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016". Associated Press. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Unidentified gunmen kill high-ranking migration official in one of Haiti's biggest cities". Associated Press. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs". Associated Press. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  33. ^ "At least 3,661 killed in 'senseless' Haiti gang violence this year: UN". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ "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.
  36. ^ "Over 700,000 internally displaced in Haiti as humanitarian crisis deepens". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  37. ^ "The death toll in a gang attack on a small Haitian town rises to 115, a local official says". Associated Press. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  38. ^ "Another town in Haiti comes under attack a week after gangs killed at least 115 people". Associated Press. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  39. ^ "A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police". Associated Press. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  40. ^ "Gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti's capital in new wave of violence". Associated Press. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  41. ^ "UN expands arms embargo on Haiti to all types of arms and ammunition". Associated Press. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  42. ^ a b "Gangs in Haiti open fire and hit a UN helicopter midair as violence surges". Associated Press. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  43. ^ "Haiti's prime minister ousted after six months". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  44. ^ "Haiti's main airport shuts down as gang violence surges and a new prime minister is sworn in". Associated Press. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  45. ^ "Haitian authorities say 28 alleged gang members killed by police, residents". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  46. ^ "MSF suspends operations in Haiti amid fresh wave of violence". Africanews. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  47. ^ "UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti". Associated Press. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  48. ^ "Nine killed in Haiti in latest gang attack". France 24. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  49. ^ "Three shot dead as gunmen attack Haiti hospital". BBC. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  50. ^ "Haiti's health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital". Associated Press. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  51. ^ "Haiti Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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