Authorities reported that Ariel Henry, Haiti’s acting head of state, survived an assassination attempt during an independence day event on January 1

According to reports, kidnappings increased by 300% across Haiti and over 19,000 people were internally displaced in Port-au-Prince alone this year

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been implicated in the assassination of de-facto president Jovenel Moïse, setting off major changes in the government and the judiciary and aggravating the political crisis

On July 28, 1915, a day after then president Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam was assassinated, the US Marines occupied Haiti and ruled until August 1, 1934. Following the recent assassination of de-facto president Jovenel Moïse, civil society organizations fear that international interference by the US and allies could increase in Haiti

While police and government authorities seem to be withholding key facts in the investigation into the assassination of de-facto President Jovenel Moïse, Haitian organizations are working to build a transition to rebuild democracy and institutions

Jovenel Moïse, whose term ended on February 7, has refused to transfer power and plans on carrying out an electoral process that has been deemed illegitimate by the millions of Haitians mobilizing on the streets for the last several months

School teachers across Haiti are on a national strike from April 19 to April 23 against the rampant insecurity and violence in the country

School teachers across Haiti have embarked on a week-long national strike in rejection of the rampant insecurity and violence in the country and the lack of action by Jovenel Moïse’s de-facto government

Jouthe’s resignation has come at a time when Haiti is experiencing severe social and political crisis with high levels of insecurity and violence

Haitians demand that the US government withdraw its support for the illegitimate government of the de-facto president Jovenel Moïse, whose term officially ended on February 7, and respect the self-determination and sovereignty of the Haitian people

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets on February 28 to demand that Jovenel Moïse, whose term officially ended on February 7, respect the constitution and step down, and that the international community respect the self-determination and sovereignty of the Haitian people

According to the article 134-2 of the Haitian Constitution of 1987, Jovenel Moïse’s presidential term ended on February 7, however, he has refused to leave power and has unleashed brutal police repression against protesters