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Portal:Current events/2017 November 16
November 16, 2017 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- South Sudanese Civil War
- Rival factions within the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement sign the "Declaration of Unification" in Cairo, Egypt. (Sudan Tribune)
- Northern Rakhine State clashes, Rohingya persecution in Myanmar (2016–present)
- Human Rights Watch releases a report detailing the alleged systematic rape of Rohingya women and girls by Myanmar's security forces in Rakhine State. (Al Jazeera) (Human Rights Watch)
Business and economy
Politics and elections
- Politics of Cambodia
- The opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party is dissolved by the Cambodian Supreme Court. (BBC)
- Tongan general election, 2017
- About 67% of Tonga's registered voters participate in the country's general election. (Matangi Tonga)
- The Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands wins 14 of the 17 electoral seats, and all but 2 of the 9 noble representatives are re-elected. (Radio New Zealand)
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