Thirteen people are killed after a bus hit a roadside bomb planted by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera, Kenya, near the border with Somalia.
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January 31, 2022 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Flash flooding and landslides caused by torrential rains kill at least 19 people and leave hundreds more homeless in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. This brings the total death toll from flooding in the country to more than 50 people since the start of the wet season.
Health and environment
The Ecuadoran environmental ministry reports that approximately 2 hectares (4.9 acres) of the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve have been contaminated following an oil spill attributed to a ruptured pipeline.
Russia reports a record for the 11th consecutive day of 124,070 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11.86 million.
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind announces that 90% of adults in India have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
South Africa scraps the mandatory self-quarantine period for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and cuts the mandatory self-quatantine period for symptomatic patients to seven days because 60% to 80% of its population now had COVID-19.
International relations
The Malian military junta orders the French ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours in response to "outrageous comments" made by the French authorities about Mali's transitional government.
Law and crime
Gregory and Travis McMichael, two of the three people convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, have reached plea agreements with federal prosecutors on hate crimes charges. However, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood rejects the plea deal.
Two police officers are shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Politics and elections
The initial findings of a report by senior civil servant Sue Gray into allegations of rule breaking at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns are published.
Peruvian Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez resigns in response to a reshuffle of the government by President Pedro Castillo.
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