Sources: CNN
President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros drug cartel, from prison. Gangsters subsequently storm a TC Televisión newsroom in Guayaquil and launch a series of riots, kidnappings, and explosions across the country. Eight civilians are killed, including two at Centro Comercial Albán Borja, and three more injured during random shootings in Guayaquil, while two police officers are killed in Nobol. As a result, schools are closed and the military is called to stop gang activities. 2024-01-9
Two years after Myanmar's military overthrew the country's democratically-elected government, the State Administration Council extends the country's state of emergency for another six months, thereby postponing the general election initially scheduled for August 1. 2023-02-1
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country to the Maldives and declares a state of emergency and a curfew as the military fires tear gas at the protesters. 2022-07-13
Algerian citizens head to the polls to vote for a new session to the People's National Assembly for the first time since former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was deposed in 2019. Turnout is the lowest in 20 years due to boycotts over the arrest of seven Hirak movement leaders. 2021-06-12
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declares a state of emergency for 46 counties as the National Weather Service predicts a severe weather outbreak and possible tornado outbreak. 2021-03-25
Thailand's cabinet agrees to extend a state of emergency until the end of November to contain its COVID-19 outbreak. 2020-10-28
The Governor of Virginia declares a state of emergency due to the protests. 2017-08-12
The Government of Egypt imposes a three-month state of emergency in response to the bombings. 2017-04-9
Mali declares a 10-day state of emergency effective at midnight, following a series of threats from unnamed jihadist groups, and last month's siege at a Bamako hotel, where 20 people were killed. 2015-12-22
Mourad Medelci, the foreign minister of Algeria, announces that the 19-year-old state of emergency will end "within days". 2011-02-14