Portal:Current events/February 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; ; Eritrea and Ethiopia Second Afar insurgency; ; Ethiopia Ogaden insurgency; OLF insurgency; ; Libya Civil war; ; Mali Northern Mali conflict; ; Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram; Conflict in the Niger Delta; ; Somalia Civil war; ; South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War; ; Sudan War in Darfur; South Kordofan conflict; Sudanese nomadic conflicts; ; Americas Colombian conflict; Internal conflict in Peru; Mexican War on Drugs; Asia Afghanistan War Taliban insurgency; ; 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; ; 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
	February 2015 28: Yasar Kemal; 27: Boris Nemtsov; 27: Leonard Nimoy; 25: Eugenie Clark; 25: Terry Gill; 24: Rakhat Aliyev; 24: Gérard Ducarouge; 24: Donald Keough; 24: Dori J. Maynard; 23: Mirjana Puhar; 23: Rana Bhagwandas; 23: John Rowlands; 23: R. C. Sakthi; 22: Carmine Schiavone; 21: Robert O. Marshall; 21: Bruce Sinofsky; 21: Sadeq Tabatabaei; 21: Clark Terry; 21: Daniel Topolski; 20: Frank Prendergast; 20: Henry Segerstrom; 20: John C. Willke; 19: Harold Johnson; 19: Yutaka Katayama; 19: Harris Wittels; 18: Cass Ballenger; 18: Mele Carroll; 18: Claude Criquielion; 18: Jerome Kersey; 17: Richard Alan Enslen; 17: George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie; 16: Lesley Gore; 16: Uri Orbach; 16: Lorena Rojas; 16: Evan Walker; 15: Arnaud de Borchgrave; 15: Barbara Darling; 15: Wendell Kim; 15: Steve Montador; 14: Michele Ferrero; 14: Alan Howard; 14: Louis Jourdan; 14: Philip Levine; 14: Finn Nørgaard; 13: John McCabe; 13: Nguyễn Bá Thanh; 12: Sam Andrew; 12: Faith Bandler; 12: David Carr; 12: Movita Castaneda; 12: John Piña Craven; 12: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat; 12: Gary Owens; 12: Ernest J. Sternglass; 12: Steve Strange; 11: Ray Hathaway; 11: Anthony Low; 11: Michael Raupach; 11: Bob Simon; 11: Jerry Tarkanian; 10: Deng Liqun; 10: Bill Enyart; 10: Dane A. Miller; 9: Jon Jerde; 9: Marvin David Levy; 9: Ed Sabol; 8: Kenji Ekuan; 8: Mario Vázquez Raña; 8: Andrew Rosenfeld; 7: Billy Casper; 7: Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron; 7: Joe B. Mauldin; 7: Dean Smith; 7: John C. Whitehead; 6: André Brink; 6: Assia Djebar; 6: Kayla Mueller; 6: Alan Nunnelee; 5: K. N. Choksy; 5: Henri Coppens; 5: Stay Gold; 5: Anne Moody; 4: Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly; 4: Sajida al-Rishawi; 4: Norman Yemm; 3: Frank Borghi; 3: Koos Van Den Akker; 3: Christophe Gbenye; 3: Martin Gilbert; 3: Mary Healy; 3: Hay List; 3: Charlie Sifford; 2: Dave Bergman; 2: The Jacka; 2: Stewart Stern; 1: Aldo Ciccolini; 1: Udo Lattek; 1: Ann Mara; 1: Molade Okoya-Thomas; 1: Monty Oum;

Ongoing events
	Economic Eurozone crisis; Financial crisis in Russia; Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa; Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL; ; War in Afghanistan; Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger; More details on ongoing conflicts below ;

Elections
Recent: January–February 25: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (1st round) 25: Greece, Parliament 28: Lebanon, President (18th round) 29–31: Italy, President (1st–4th rounds) 7: Slovakia, Referendum 16: Saint Kitts and Nevis, National Assembly 18: Greece, President (1st round) 18: Lebanon, President (19th round) 22: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (2nd round) Upcoming: February–March 28: Lesotho, National Assembly 1: Andorra, General Council 1: El Salvador, Legislative Assembly 1: Estonia, Parliament 1: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives 3: Micronesia, Congress 8: Switzerland, Referendum 11: Lebanon, President (20th round) 17: Israel, Knesset

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, Bo Xilai 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, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Ji Jianye, Ni Fake 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 International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming 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, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 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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