January 20, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Northern Mali conflict
- At least ten United Nations peacekeepers are killed and several others injured in an Islamist militant attack on their base in Mali's northern Kidal Region. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people died and 25 more were injured, four seriously, in a fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps. (RTE)
International relations
- Chad–Israel relations
- Chad and Israel restore diplomatic relations with each other after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Chadian President Idriss Déby in N'Djamena. Chad severed ties with Israel in 1972. (i24 News)
Sports
- 2018–19 NFL playoffs
- In American football, the Los Angeles Rams defeat the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game, 26-23, to advance to Super Bowl LIII and play the New England Patriots, who defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. The NFC Championship game is best known for an unpenalized pass interference committed by cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman on wide receiver Tommylee Lewis, which is nicknamed as the NOLA No-Call. (CBS Sports) (CNN)