March 5, 2017 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North releases 127 prisoners from captivity, mostly troops of the Sudanese military. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- South Korea announces it will be raising its US$217,000 cash reward for classified information from North Korea by defectors to $860,000. (The Guardian)