Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.
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Incumbents
- President: Ariel Henry (acting)
- Prime Minister:
- until 25 February: Ariel Henry (formally resigned April 25)
- starting 25 February: Michel Patrick Boisvert (acting)
Events
- 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]
- 20 March – Gangs attack the neighborhood of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people.[11]
- 22 March – Prominent Haitian gang leader Ti Greg, who escaped prison earlier this month, is shot dead by Haitian police.[12]
- 29 March – It was reported that the notable streamer Addison Pierre Maalouf know as, YourFellowArab was kidnapped while on a trip to Haiti to interview prominent Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier. Just 24 hours after he arrived in the country, Maalouf and a Haitian colleague were taken by members of the 400 Mawozo gang on March 14.[13]
- March 31 – Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.[14]
- April 25 – Ariel Henry formally resigns as Prime Minister of Haiti in a letter released today,and signed yesterday in Los Angeles. He is replaced by the Transitional Presidential Council.[15]
Holidays
Source:[16]
- 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
References
External links
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