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Twenty-eight suspected gang members are killed by police and residents in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2024-11-19

Kenyan foreign minister Alfred Mutua announces the country's plan to deploy 1,000 police officers to Haiti, leading a multinational force to assist local law enforcement and restoring stability, pending mandate approval from the United Nations Security Council and local authorities.
2023-07-29

The Government of Colombia reports that 13 of the 26 Colombian mercenaries who killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were retired members of the National Army of Colombia. Two were killed during the gunfight with the police while the eleven others were arrested.
2021-07-9

Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc), leader of Haiti from his father's death in 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986, dies of a heart attack.
2014-10-4

Amnesty International announces that authorities are investigating alleged crimes against humanity committed during Jean-Claude Duvalier's 1971-86 rule over Haiti. Duvalier sneaks out of his upmarket hotel via a rear exit, avoiding journalists.
2011-01-21

Haiti's former president Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, now facing charges of corruption and theft of funds, hopes to becomes president again, according to his lawyer.
2011-01-20

Haitian authorities arrest former president Jean-Claude Duvalier.
2011-01-18

Former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier returns to the country.
2011-01-16

The cholera epidemic which has killed more than 1,100 people in Haiti spreads to the largest prison in the country.
2010-11-19

A severe 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti. Tsunami watches issued across the Caribbean.
2010-01-12