Haiti – Attack in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region fuels displacement and casualties (DG ECHO, IOM, Local human rights organisations) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 April 2026)
70 people killed, 30 injured, 50 houses set on fire, and more than 13 500 people displaced as a result of armed attacks of 29 March.
Civil protection and humanitarian actors, such as ECHO funded Rapid Response Mechanism consortium (ACTED & AVSI), have been mobilized to provide assistance to displaced households.
The Artibonite region, a key agricultural area, has seen some of Haiti’s worst violence. In October 2024, an attack on the town of Pont-Sonde left 115 dead.
Nearly 20 000 people have been killed in Haiti since 2021, and more than 1.4 million people have been displaced by the conflict with armed groups, worsening an economic crisis and access to food while Haiti’s humanitarian plan remains among the world’s least funded (19%).