2024 EFL Cup final Liverpool defeat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time at Wembley Stadium to win the 2023–24 EFL Cup.
President of Belarus Incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announces that he will run in the next Belarusian presidential election.
2024 Belarusian parliamentary election Voting begins in elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the Coordination Council in May.
Israel–Hamas war protests An active-duty United States Air Force member sets himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. as a form of protest against the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and dies later that day.
Bus Nine people are killed and 17 others are injured in a bus crash near Paulpietersburg, South Africa.
Ferry Ten people are killed and five more injured after a ferry carrying workers sank in Monshat el-Kanater, Egypt.
Kurdish–Turkish conflict Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members.
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a mosque in Natiaobani.
Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso.