2024 in Haiti
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Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Ariel Henry (acting)
- Prime Minister:
- until 25 February: Ariel Henry (acting)
- starting 25 February: Michel Patrick Boisvert (acting)
Events[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 remains 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]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[10]
- 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". March 11, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Haiti Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
External links[edit]
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