Portal:Current events/April 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Africa / Middle East Darfur conflict; Fourth Chadian Civil War; Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Niger Delta conflict; South Yemen insurgency; Somali Civil War; Turkey–PKK conflict; War in Afghanistan; Asia Balochistan conflict; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Insurgency in the Philippines; Ethnic conflict in Nagaland; Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; South Thailand insurgency; War in North-West Pakistan; Americas Colombian conflict; Mexican drug war; Internal conflict in Peru;

Recent deaths
	April 30: Paul Mayer; 30: Gerry Ryan; 28: Stefania Grodzieńska; 28: Furio Scarpelli; 25: Alan Sillitoe; 24: Paul Schäfer; 24: Dudley Strasburg; 23: Natalia Lavrova; 23: Peter Porter; 21: Juan Antonio Samaranch; 19: Guru; 19: Carl Williams; 17: Dede Allen; 17: Alexandru Neagu; 16: Rasim Delić; 15: Benjamin Hooks; 10: Lech Kaczyński; 08: Jake Wheeler;

Ongoing events
	Economics Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis; Greek economic crisis; ; Worldwide recession; Medical West African meningitis outbreak; HIV/AIDS in Africa; Political Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal; Nigerian presidential power crisis; Philippine presidential elections; Protests and political crisis in Kyrgyzstan; Thai political protests; United Kingdom general election; Scientific 2010 China drought and dust storms; Expedition 23; Humanitarian Haiti earthquake response;

Elections
Recent: April 4: Bolivia, Regional 8: Sri Lanka, Parliament 11: Hungary, Parliament (1^st round) 11–15: Sudan, General 18: Northern Cyprus, President 24: Nauru, Parliament 25: Austria, President 25: Hungary, Parliament (2^nd round) Upcoming: May 5: Mauritius, General 6: United Kingdom, General 10: Philippines, General 16: Central African Republic, General 16: Dominican Republic, Parliament

Trials
Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon United Kingdom: Peter Chapman Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays and observances
Ongoing March 30 evening – May 18: Sefirat Ha'omer (Judaism) April 4–11: Easter (both Western and Eastern Christianity) April 20 evening – May 2: Riḍván (Baháʼí Faith) 30 evening – May 1: Walpurgis Night (Neopaganism, Satanism) April 2010 Current 30: Queen's Birthday (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 30: Admission Day (Louisiana) 30: Children's Day (Mexico) 30: King's Birthday (Sweden) 30: Arbor Day (United States) 30: Honesty Day (United States) 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam) May 2010 1: International Workers' Day