2024 in Haiti

Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.

Incumbents

 * President: Ariel Henry (acting)
 * Prime Minister:
 * until 25 February: Ariel Henry (formally resigned April 25)
 * 25 February: Michel Patrick Boisvert (acting until May 28)
 * Garry Conille; onwards

March

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 3 March – Between 3,700 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 March – Gangs exchange gunfire with police and soldiers in an attempt to seize control of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince.
 * 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 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.
 * 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.
 * 12 March – Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is formed.
 * 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.
 * 20 March – Gangs attack the neighborhood of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people.
 * 22 March – Prominent gang leader Ti Greg, who escaped prison earlier in March, is shot dead by police.
 * 31 March – Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.

April

 * 25 April – Ariel Henry formally resigns as Prime Minister of Haiti and is replaced by the Transitional Presidential Council.

May

 * 2 May – Thirteen people are killed in flooding and landslides in Cap-Haitien.
 * 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.
 * 22 May – A tornado strikes Bassin-Bleu, injuring 50 people and destroying 200 houses.
 * 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.
 * 28 May – Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council.

June

 * 25 June – Kenyan police units arrive in Haiti for a United Nations-backed security mission to restore order.
 * 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.

July

 * 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.

Holidays
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 * 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