Portal:Current events/April 2015/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency; ; Central African Republic Civil war; ; Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict; ADF insurgency; Katanga insurgency; Ituri conflict; Lord's Resistance Army insurgency; ; Libya Civil war; ; Mali Northern Mali conflict; ; Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram; ; Somalia Somali Civil War (2009–present); ; South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War; ; Sudan War in Darfur; South Kordofan conflict; ; Americas Colombian conflict; Internal conflict in Peru; Mexican War on Drugs; Asia Afghanistan War; China Xinjiang conflict; ; India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; Insurgency in Northeast India; ; India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict; ; Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan; Balochistan conflict; ; Philippines Communist insurgency; Moro insurgency; ; Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma; Papua conflict; South Thailand insurgency; ; Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict; Georgian–Ossetian conflict; ; Dissident Irish Republican campaign; Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency; War in Ingushetia; ; Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; ; Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine; ; ; Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; ; Egypt Sinai insurgency; ; Iran Iran–PJAK conflict; ; Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq; Iranian intervention in Iraq; ; Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria; Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon; ; Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict; ; Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion; Al-Qaeda insurgency; South Yemen insurgency; ;

Recent deaths
	April 2015 30: Gregory Mertens; 29: Andrew Chan; 29: Rodrigo Gularte; 29: John G. Heyburn II; 29: Jean Nidetch; 29: Calvin Peete; 29: Myuran Sukumaran; 29: Dan Walker; 28: Antônio Abujamra; 28: René Féret; 28: Ashura Hara; 28: Keith Harris; 27: Suzanne Crough; 27: Jack Ely; 27: Gene Fullmer; 27: Verne Gagne; 27: Andrew Lesnie; 27: Harvey R. Miller; 26: Marcel Pronovost; 26: Jayne Meadows; 25: Jim Fanning; 25: Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester; 25: Don Mankiewicz; 25: Mike Phillips; 24: Władysław Bartoszewski; 24: Sabeen Mahmud; 24: Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill; 24: Sid Tepper; 23: Philip Carter; 23: Richard Corliss; 22: M. H. Abrams; 21: Steve Byrnes; 21: John Moshoeu; 21: Betsy von Furstenberg; 21: Elizabeth Weaver; 20: Doug Buffone; 20: Aharon Lichtenstein; 20: Bob Maloubier; 20: Roy Mason; 20: Frederic Morton; 20: Bob St. Clair; 19: Uche Chukwumerije; 19: Tom McCabe; 19: Bernard Stollman; 19: Elio Toaff; 19: Freddie Gray; 18: Mario Pirani; 17: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri; 17: Francis George; 17: Robert P. Griffin; 17: Johnny Kemp; 17: Don Quayle; 17: A. Alfred Taubman; 16: Stanislav Gross; 16: Lee Remmel; 15: Jonathan Crombie; 15: Surya Bahadur Thapa; 14: Homaro Cantu; 14: Mark Reeds; 14: Percy Sledge; 13: Eduardo Galeano; 13: Günter Grass; 13: Bruce Alger; 13: Thelma Coyne Long; 13: Elizabeth Brown Pryor; 13: Herb Trimpe; 12: Jože Ciuha; 12: Patrice Dominguez; 12: André Mba Obame; 11: Jimmy Gunn; 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman; 11: Sheila Kitzinger; 11: Viv Nicholson; 10: Paul Almond; 10: Richie Benaud; 10: Raúl Héctor Castro; 10: Ray Graves; 10: Lauren Hill; 10: Jin Youzhi; 10: Peter Walsh; 9: Nina Companeez; 9: Ivan Doig; 9: Margaret Rule; 9: Tut Taylor; 9: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin; 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte; 7: Tim Babcock; 7: José Capellán; 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito; 7: Richard Henyekane; 7: Stan Freberg; 7: Jean Germain; 7: Stanley Kutler; 7: Geoffrey Lewis; 7: Richard F. Post; 6: James Best; 6: Milton DeLugg; 6: Art Powell; 6: Ben Powers; 6: Dollard St. Laurent; 6: Dave Ulliott; 6: Gertrude Weaver; 5: Fredric Brandt; 5: Richard Dysart; 5: Victor Gotbaum; 5: Norman B. Leventhal; 5: Lon Simmons; 5: Gardner C. Taylor; 5: Tom Towles; 5: Julie Wilson; 4: Elmer Lach; 4: Klaus Rifbjerg; 4: Lisa Simon; 4: Dick Wood; 3: Mathias Gnädinger; 3: Terdell Middleton; 3: Kayahan; 2: Manoel de Oliveira; 2: Robert H. Schuller; 1: Cynthia Lennon; 1: Misao Okawa; ; ; ;

Ongoing events
	Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL; ; Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger; 2015 military intervention in Yemen; 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine; Law and Crime 2015 Baltimore riots; More details on ongoing conflicts below ;

Elections
Recent: March–April 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 11: Malta, Referendum 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President (1st round) 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round) 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 26: Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round) Upcoming: April–May 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President 11: Guyana, National Assembly 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round) 22: Ireland, Referenda 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 25: Suriname, National Assembly 26: Burundi, National Assembly

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Chen Baihuai Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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