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**[[Sudan]]ese Interior Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman announces that 816 protesters have been arrested amidst anti-government protests held across the country since December of last year. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/800-detained-ongoing-sudan-protests-minister-190107161145823.html (Al Jazeera)] |
**[[Sudan]]ese Interior Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman announces that 816 protesters have been arrested amidst anti-government protests held across the country since December of last year. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/800-detained-ongoing-sudan-protests-minister-190107161145823.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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**[[Chen Gang (born 1966)|Chen Gang]], the former vice-mayor of Beijing, is detained for corruption. [https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2180978/former-vice-mayor-beijing-detained-corruption-charges-links-guo (South China Morning Post)] |
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Revision as of 18:51, 8 January 2019
January 7, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt
- The government of Gabon quashes a coup d'état by soldiers. The attempt took place while the country's president, Ali Bongo, was undergoing medical treatment in Morocco. (CBC)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2016 Kalamazoo shootings
- Jason Dalton, the suspect in six murders and two attempted murders during a rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in February 2016, pleads guilty to all counts. (MLive), (WOOD-TV)
- United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal
- Former youth football coach Michael "Kit" Carson is killed in a car crash on the day he was due to stand trial for multiple counts of sexually abusing minors. The trial subsequently ended without a verdict. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
- The government of Guatemala denounces the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and gives it 24 hours to leave the country. (BBC News)
- 2018–2019 Sudanese protests
- Sudanese Interior Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman announces that 816 protesters have been arrested amidst anti-government protests held across the country since December of last year. (Al Jazeera)
- Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
- Chen Gang, the former vice-mayor of Beijing, is detained for corruption. (South China Morning Post)