2024 in Haiti

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2024
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Haiti

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Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.

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Events[edit]

  • 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]
  • 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]

Holidays[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "Gangs target largest neighborhood in capital". The Washington Post. March 21, 2024.
  12. ^ "Prominent Haitian gang leader shot dead by police as political groups near finalisation of transition council". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  13. ^ IV, Antonio Pequeño. "American YouTuber Reportedly Kidnapped In Haiti—What We Know About His Disappearance". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  14. ^ "Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission". March 31, 2024.
  15. ^ "Haiti Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

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