April 9, 2009 (Thursday)
- Shia Islamists under cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protest in Baghdad, Iraq, on the anniversary of its capture by the United States Armed Forces in 2003. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- Algeria's presidential election takes place. (VoA) (BBC)
- Indonesia's legislative election takes place. (New York Times)
- Riots occur after Baloch National Movement President Ghulam Mohammed Baloch is discovered dead near Turbat, Pakistan. (BBC)
- Kim Jong-il appears publicly for the first time since August 2008 for reelection as North Korea's Great Leader. (Irish Times) (BBC)
- Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling resigns as patron of Scotland's Multiple Sclerosis Society. (BBC)
- Forty-six foreign nationals depart Belfast, Northern Ireland, after riots during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. (BBC)
- Demonstrators assemble in Tbilisi, Georgia, to demand the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili. (Sky News)
- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency allegedly decommissions its black sites worldwide. (BBC)
- Bishop Harold Miller of the Church of Ireland advises a boycott of television on Good Friday. (BBC)