January 31, 2010 (Sunday)
- Gunmen open fire on a student party in Ciudad Juárez, killing at least 13. (BBC) (Times of India)
- President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika becomes the Chairman of the African Union. (AFP)
- Roger Federer beats Andy Murray to win the men's singles title at the 2010 Australian Open. (BBC Sport)
- Egypt become African Cup of Nations champions for a record third consecutive title after beating Ghana 1-0 in Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola, in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations final. (BBC Sport)
- A Mw 5.2 earthquake in Sichuan province, China, kills one person and injures 11 others, destroying at least 100 homes. (BBC News) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link] (Times of India)
- The death toll from flooding in southern Peru rises to 20. (BBC News)
- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), a militant group in the Niger delta region of Nigeria, announces the end of its unilateral ceasefire. (The Punch)[permanent dead link] (BBC News)
- Thirteen soldiers in Burundi have been arrested for allegedly plotting a coup to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza. (BBC News) (Afrique en ligne)
- The remains of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died in the Battle of Fromelles during World War I are reburied in the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery to be constructed in 50 years. (BBC News)
- A suicide bomber kills at least sixteen people in a market in Khar in north-western Pakistan. (Daily Times of Pakistan) (BBC News)