Aleksandr Ankvab Former president Aleksandr Ankvab announces his intentions to run in the upcoming elections.
Syrian president Voters in Syria go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Bashar al-Assad all but certain to win amidst an opposition boycott. On Wednesday, the Syrian government claimed that he had won with 88.7% of the vote.
Police Nigerian police in Abuja ban all protests planned in support of the 276 girls kidnapped from northern Nigeria by Boko Haram.
London police London police arrest the leader of Pakistan's MQM party, Altaf Hussain, on suspicion of money-laundering.
Rebel Amid the crisis in Ukraine, President of the United States Barack Obama announces the European Reassurance Initiative—a $1bn plan to fund the increase of the United States military presence in Europe and step up defense capabilities of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia announces 113 previously unreported cases of MERS, revises the death toll to 282, and fires its minister of health.
Rural Development India's Rural Development Minister, Gopinath Munde, dies in a road accident while on his way to Delhi Airport.
Ukrainian Heavy fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian militants takes place in and around the rebel-held eastern city of Sloviansk.