2025 in Haiti
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Events in the year 2025 in Haiti.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing:
January
[edit]- 12 January – Former MP Prophane Victor is arrested in Port-au-Prince on charges of colluding with gang members operating in Artibonite Department.[4]
- 22 January – Colombian president Gustavo Petro arrives in Jacmel as part of his visit to Haiti.[5]
February
[edit]- 4 February – A Salvadoran military contingent arrives in Haiti to assist in the UN-backed security mission there.[6]
- 13 February – The general hospital of Port-au-Prince is set on fire.[7]
- 23 February – A Kenyan police officer is killed in an operation against gangs in Artibonite Department.[8]
- 25 February – An unspecified number of people are killed in an attack by gangs on the Delmas 30 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.[9]
March
[edit]- 2 March – Police launch a massive security operation on the Lower Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, killing multiple gang members.[10]
- 25 March – A Kenyan police officer is killed in an ambush by gangs in Pont-Sondé.[11]
- 31 March – Around 530 inmates escape the local prison following an attack by gangs on Mirebalais.[12]
April
[edit]- 20 April – Three soldiers are killed in an ambush by gangs in Kenscoff.[13]
- 23 April – Eight people, including four soldiers are killed in attacks by gangs in the Port-au-Prince area.[14]
- 24 April – Four people are killed in attacks by gangs in Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite.[15]
May
[edit]- 2 May – The United States designates the Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.[16]
- 16 May – A jury in the United States convicts Germine Joly, leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, of kidnapping 16 Americans in Haiti in 2021.[17]
June
[edit]- 4 June – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation barring Haitian nationals from entering the United States.[18]
- 12 June – Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince reopens following a seven-month closure due to gang violence in November 2024.[19]
- 20 June – Jean Morose Viliena, the former mayor of Les Irois, is sentenced to nine years' imprisonment by a court in the United States for lying about committing atrocities in office during his US visa application.[20]
July
[edit]- 6 July – The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince is destroyed in an arson attack by armed gangs.[21]
- 15 July – Three suspects are killed in a shootout with police following a raid on a boat near Tortuga that results in the seizure of 1,000 kilograms of cocaine.[22]
- 17 July – Businessman and former presidential candidate Reginald Boulos is arrested in the United States on charges of involvement with the Viv Ansanm gang.[23]
- 18 July – Colombian president Gustavo Petro arrives in Port-au-Prince for his second visit to Haiti, in which he announces the opening of a Colombian embassy in the country.[24]
- 23 July – Five people, including three police officers, are killed in a gang attack in Artibonite Department.[25]
August
[edit]- 2 August – Former senator Nenel Cassy is arrested in Petionville on charges of conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations who launched an attack in Kenscoff in February that killed dozens.[26]
- 3 August – Nine people, including an Irish missionary and a child, are abducted from the Sainte-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff by suspected gangs.[27]
- 9 August – The government imposes a three-month state of emergency in Artibonite, Centre and Ouest Departments due to gang violence.[28]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[29]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 2 January – Founders Day
- 4 March – Carnival
- 5 March – Ash Wednesday
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 1 May – Labour and Agriculture Day
- 29 May – Ascension Day
- 18 May – Flag Day and Universities Day
- 19 June – 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
Deaths
[edit]- 15 January – Rosny Smarth, 84, prime minister (1996–1997).[30]
- 20 February – Frankétienne, 88, writer (Dézafi), poet and painter (Désastre (12 janvier 2010), Difficile émergence vers la lumière).[31]
- 31 March – Mario Joseph, 62, human rights lawyer.[32]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dyer, Evan (8 May 2023). "In Haiti, a grassroots vigilante movement is fighting back against gang warfare". cbc. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Chéry, Ons (18 November 2022). "Bwa kale: Protests still draw people fed up in Haiti, despite risks". The Haitian Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Haiti: Thousands protest against corruption". Deutsche Welle. 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Haitian police arrest ex-lawmaker long accused of arming gangs to influence elections". AP News. January 14, 2025.
- ^ "Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence". AP News. January 23, 2025.
- ^ "Soldiers from El Salvador join UN-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence". AP News. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "Haiti's shuttered main public hospital is set on fire in latest attack on the institution". AP News. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan police officer sent to Haiti to help rein in violent gangs is killed in fighting". AP News. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Gangs launch a new and deadly attack on Haiti's capital as dozens flee". AP News. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Haiti police raid gang leader's stronghold in capital". BBC. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan police officer killed after gang ambush, Haiti says". BBC. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Gangs strike in Haiti's heartland as hundreds flee under heavy gunfire". AP News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "3 Haitian soldiers warring with gangs are slain outside of Port-au-Prince". AP News. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Gangs in Haiti kill 4 soldiers and 4 civilians in bid to seize full control of the capital". AP News. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Gangs attack another town in Haiti's central region, killing an 11-year-old child and three others". AP News. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ "US designates two Haitian gangs as terror groups". France 24. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "US jury convicts once powerful Haitian gang leader in kidnapping of US missionaries". AP News. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "What we know about Trump's latest travel ban". BBC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Haiti's first domestic flight takes off since gangs halted commercial air travel last year". AP News. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Former mayor from Haiti gets prison time for lying to get into the US". AP News. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "L'Hôtel Oloffson réduit en cendres : un symbole de Port-au-Prince s'effondre". Le Quotidien 509 (in French). 2025-07-06. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Police in Haiti seize a ton of cocaine in a boat raid that leaves 3 suspects dead". AP News. 2025-07-16. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ Charles, Jacqueline; Weaver, Jay (July 21, 2025). "Prominent Haitian businessman, former presidential hopeful arrested by ICE in South Florida". Miami Herald.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Colombia's Petro visits Haiti for a 2nd time to help bolster security as gang violence surges". AP News. July 19, 2025.
- ^ "3 Haitian police officers and 2 civilians killed as gangs overrun a central region". AP News. July 23, 2025.
- ^ "Haitian police arrest a former senator accused of working with gangs to attack a peaceful community". AP News. August 2, 2025.
- ^ "Irish missionary and child, 3, among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage". BBC. August 5, 2025.
- ^ "Haiti declares three-month state of emergency as gang violence spikes". Al Jazeera. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Haiti Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ "Haïti : Décès de l'ancien premier ministre Rosny Smarth". Alter Presse. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88". AP News. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "Mario Joseph, a renowned human rights attorney in Haiti, dies after a car accident". My Journal-Courier. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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