The 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships took place from April 19 to 24 in:

General elections took placed in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024, which was controversial and by the current constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within 90 days before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangsad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, won the election for the fourth consecutive time with less than 40% of the eligible voters voting according to an Election Commission, which is run by the ruling political party. The party won 223 seats while independent candidates, most of whom were Awami League members propped up as dummy candidates to give a semblance of competition, won 62 seats

The current head of state of Burkina Faso is Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, the military junta which took powered on 24 January 2022, following the coup d’état.