April 20, 2011 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Renowned photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros are killed and four others injured in Misrata. (CBC)
- France and Italy are to send military officers to Libya to train rebels. (IBN Live)
- 2011 Syrian protests:
- Protests continue in Syria despite the lifting of the state of emergency law. (Al Jazeera)
- Opposition figure Mahmud Issa is arrested after giving a television interview. (Times of India)
- 2011 Yemeni protests:
- The United Nations Security Council fails to come up with an agreed public statement at its first meeting to discuss the crisis in Yemen as violence continues. (BBC)
- Second Ivorian Civil War
- Pro-Ouattara forces attempt to remove remaining militia loyal to deposed President Laurent Gbagbo. (AFP via Google News)
Law and crime
- Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers Jiang Tianyong and Liu Xiaoyuan are released. (BBC) (Angola Press) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria wins the presidential election held on 16 April. (This Day Live)