Portal:Current events/2019 January 19
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Dissident Irish Republican campaign
- A New IRA dissident organisation. (BBC News)
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Arts and culture
- American singer R. Kelly is dropped by RCA Records following the release of Surviving R. Kelly, a Lifetime documentary detailing alleged sexual assaults committed by him. (Variety)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018–19 North American winter
- A state of emergency is declared in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as a large winter storm makes its way to the northeastern United States. Three people have already been killed due to it. (AccuWeather) (The Weather Channel)
- List of earthquakes in 2019
- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile. Light damage is reported and thousands of homes lose power. (Devdiscourse)
Law and crime
- 2019 Indigenous Peoples March Incident
Politics and elections
- President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré announces in a televised statement that Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba and the cabinet have resigned from their positions effective immediately. No reason is given. (BBC News)
- 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
- The Constitutional Court of DR Congo rejects an appeal for a vote recount of the 30 December 2018 election by second-place candidate Martin Fayulu, upholding Félix Tshisekedi as the winner. (France24)
- Martin Fayulu claims to be the "legitimate president" and calls on the international community to not recognize the result. (Deutsche Welle)