Portal:Current events/2022 January 23
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January 23, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- The U.S. State Department orders its diplomats' families to leave Ukraine, and authorizes voluntary departure of non-essential embassy staff in Kyiv. "Due to the continued threat" of a Russian invasion on Ukraine, American citizens are also urged to leave the country. (France 24)
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Mali War
- A French soldier is killed in a mortar attack on a military camp in Gao, northern Mali. (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- Yaoundé nightclub fire
- At least 16 people are killed and eight others are injured in a fire caused by fireworks at a nightclub in Yaoundé, Cameroon. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 63,205 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11.1 million. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Politics and elections
- President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian resigns on the grounds that the Constitution does not give him enough influence in the country's decision-making process. (Reuters)