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Haiti: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in Haiti in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 30P. The low estimate is 28 and the high estimate is 31P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for March 2026 was 9 eventsP.

The count for April 2025 was 18 events. The change from April 2025 to April 2026 is down 56 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Haiti, April 2026 has the 20th highest count of events. Haiti holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in April 2026. In April 2025, the share was 1 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Haiti, April 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
L'Artibonite department15
Nord department11
Ouest department48
Sud-Est department216

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Haiti, April 2026. The map shows 8 events with 30 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Haiti has each event.

Table 2. Haiti, April 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Apr 2026Dessalines arrondissement, L'Artibonite departmentGran Grif; CiviliansOne-sided555
6 Apr 2026Port-au-Prince arrondissement, Ouest departmentViv Ansanm; CiviliansOne-sided101
13 Apr 2026Sud-Est departmentGovernment of Haiti; Viv AnsanmState-based667
16 Apr 2026Cap-Haïtien arrondissement, Nord departmentActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111
18 Apr 2026Port-au-Prince arrondissement, Ouest departmentActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state222
19 Apr 2026Port-au-Prince arrondissement, Ouest departmentGovernment of Haiti; Viv AnsanmState-based323
20 Apr 2026Sud-Est departmentGovernment of Haiti; Viv AnsanmState-based101010
24 Apr 2026Arcahaie arrondissement, Ouest departmentViv Ansanm; CiviliansOne-sided222

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Haiti: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P3P
Government of Haiti3P19P
Gran Grif1P5P
Viv Ansanm5P22P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Haiti: events by type of violence, April 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict4P50%
Non-state conflict1P13%
One-sided violence against civilians3P38%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Haiti, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20268P26PCandidate Events
August 20266P52PCandidate Events
July 202610P99PCandidate Events
June 202612P31PCandidate Events
May 202617P131PCandidate Events
April 20268P30PCandidate Events
March 20269P83PCandidate Events
February 202611P40PCandidate Events
January 202611P36PCandidate Events
December 20251035GED
November 202513126GED
October 202523179GED
September 202514113GED
August 2025630GED
July 202522191GED
June 2025817GED
May 202515180GED
April 202518447GED
March 202516176GED
February 202521283GED
January 202522671GED
December 202414336GED
November 202413139GED
October 202413268GED
September 202420GED
August 2024527GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Haiti: events and estimated deaths in April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/haiti/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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