March 28, 2012 (Wednesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- 2012 Sabha conflict:
- Renewed clashes in Sabha, Libya, raise the death toll to 50. (Reuters)
- Issa Abdel Majid Mansur, the head of the Tubu tribe in Libya, announces the possibility of separatist activities. (Al Arabiya)
- 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: South Sudan's troops pull out of Sudan's oil-producing Heglig area, easing tensions after two days of clashes between the neighbours threatened to escalate a simmering conflict. (Reuters)
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces attack the central town of Qalaat al-Madiq as Arab League ministers meet in Baghdad. (SAPA via IOL) (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Pope Benedict XVI calls for greater openness in Cuba during a speech in Revolution Square, Havana. (Los Angeles Times)
Business and economy
- The Government of Fiji seizes a controlling interest in subsidiary Air Pacific from the Australian airline Qantas. Qantas remains in control of its equity in the airline. (Channel News Asia)
- The Mega Millions jackpot in the United States hits a record $500 million dollars, a world record in lottery history. (CNN)
International relations
- The United States suspends planned food aid to North Korea, after the latter plans to launch a rocket next month. (Times of India)
Politics and elections
- 2012 Malian coup d'état: Coup leaders in Mali unveil a new constitution. (Al Jazeera)
- Annastacia Palaszczuk becomes the Opposition Leader of the Queensland Australian Labor Party, following the party's landslide defeat in last Saturday's election. (Brisbane Times)
- Detained Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is allowed a visit from family, for the first time in two years. (Reuters)