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Haiti postpones first-round elections to 18 July 2027 amid gang violence
Haiti's electoral council has moved the first round of presidential and legislative elections from 13 December 2026 to 18 July 2027, with a possible runoff on 4 October 2027. Gangs control most of the capital, and the country has not held a national vote since 2016.
- yesterday
El Salvador sends over 2,000 troops to Haiti as Haiti sets election dates
Haiti set 18 July and 4 October as dates for its first and second election rounds, while more than 2,000 Salvadoran troops operate in the country to search for four missing aviation technicians.
- Oct 23
Bukele denies bodies found in Haiti are four missing Salvadoran soldiers
Four bodies found in Haiti on Saturday, 24 October, were believed by sources to be four Salvadoran soldiers missing since 18 October, but President Nayib Bukele said they were not his men.
- Oct 21
El Salvador launches military rescue for four technicians abducted by Haitian gangs
Bukele says a rescue operation is under way and warns that a harsher attack will follow if the men are not freed alive. Haiti's government calls the rescue an absolute priority.
- Oct 7
Haiti indefinitely postpones general elections as gang violence displaces 1.5 million
Electoral authorities in Haiti have suspended the December 2026 presidential and legislative vote without setting a new date, citing gang violence and logistical hurdles across the country.
- Oct 2
UN reports 5,700 casualties from Haiti gang violence in 2026 as international force falls short
Between 1 January and 11 September 2026, gang clashes and security operations in Haiti caused at least 5,700 deaths and injuries, alongside more than 230 kidnappings and 1,000 rapes, according to the United Nations human rights office.
- Sep 29
UN Security Council extends Haiti anti-gang force mandate as 11 die in Artibonite reprisal
The United Nations Security Council approved a six-month extension for the Gang Suppression Force through 31 March 2027, maintaining international security operations ahead of scheduled general elections in December.
- Sep 20
US takes custody of 18 suspects in 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse
A US military flight transported 18 suspects, including former Colombian soldiers and a former Haitian justice official, from Port-au-Prince to Miami on 20 September 2026 to face federal conspiracy charges.
- Aug 26
Haitian gangs kill 47 and kidnap over 50 in mountain town of Kenscoff
Gunmen on motorbikes stormed the mountain district of Kenscoff near Port-au-Prince, executing 22 people at a church shelter and threatening to kill dozens of hostages.
- Jun 16
Guterres visits Haiti amid desperate humanitarian crisis: 'Don't look away,' he urges world
António Guterres arrived in Port-au-Prince on a solidarity visit Tuesday, calling the humanitarian situation 'desperate' but noting 'faint glimmers of hope.' He urged the international community to stop ignoring the crisis.
- Jun 16
Chile opens human trafficking probe over hundreds of Haitian children entering under family reunification
Chilean prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected human trafficking after a comptroller report revealed hundreds of Haitian children entered the country in 2025 with unverified family ties.
- Jun 15
Gang violence kills over 2,300 in Haiti this year as UN chief plans solidarity visit
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk reported to the Human Rights Council that at least 2,300 people have been killed, 1,100 injured, and 99 kidnapped since January in Haiti's spiraling gang crisis.
- Jun 13
Haiti's defense chief of staff James Boyard abducted in rare high-level kidnapping, exposing capital's security collapse
James Boyard, the chief of staff to Haiti's newly appointed defense minister and a veteran police inspector, was seized by armed men on Thursday, marking the highest-ranking official abduction in years. Reports disagree on whether his wife and young daughter or his son were also taken.
