2023 in Haiti
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
Events in the year 2023 in Haiti.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Ariel Henry (acting)
- Prime Minister: Ariel Henry (acting)
Events[edit]
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti; 2018–2023 Haitian crisis
- 26 January – Ten police officers are killed, one is critically injured and another is missing during a series of attacks in Port-au-Prince, by the Gan Grif gang.[1]
- 1 February – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that his government is willing to send troops to Haiti as part of a "multinational security assistance deployment".[2]
- 16 February – Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country.[3]
- 21 March – The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs. Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country.[4]
- 23 March – Assassination of Jovenel Moïse: A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleads guilty to three murder-related charges in a court in the United States over his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.[5]
- 28 July – The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country.[6]
- 2 October – The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution establishing a Kenyan-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in Haiti.[7]
- 9 October – A court in Kenya blocks the government from deploying police personnel to Haiti.[8]
- 27 October – A retired Colombian army officer who participated in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is sentenced to life in a court in Miami.[9]
- 16 November – The Parliament of Kenya approves the deployment of its police officers to Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed multinational security mission to combat the gang war in Haiti.[10]
Scheduled
Holidays[edit]
- January 1 – New Year's Day and Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.[12]
- January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence.[12]
- February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras.[12]
- October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader.[12]
- November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou religion.[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Tensions soar in Haiti's capital after police officers killed". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti, PM says". Reuters. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Canada to deploy navy vessels to Haiti as violence worsens". AP NEWS. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "UN says that more than 530 killed in gang-related violence in Haiti this year". France 24. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ Morland, Sarah (2023-03-24). "Man behind guns in Haitian president's assassination pleads guilty". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ "US orders government personnel, family members to leave Haiti". Reuters. 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ Robles, Frances; Fassihi, Farnaz (2023-10-02). "U.N. Approves Kenya-Led Security Mission to Help Haiti Stamp Out Gangs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Court blocks Kenya from deploying police officers to Haiti to fight gangs". The Guardian. Reuters. 2023-10-09. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ "Retired Colombian army officer gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president". AP News. 2023-10-27. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Kenya's parliament approves Haiti police deployment". The Times of India. 2023-11-16. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Le Nouvelliste". www.lenouvelliste.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ a b c d e "Independence Day in Haiti in 2022". Office Holidays. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
 Years in Haiti (1804–present) | |
|---|---|
| 19th century | |
| 20th century | |
| 21st century | |
