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Portal:Current events/2023 April 29
April 29, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- Warplanes bomb Khartoum and heavy anti-aircraft artillery is heard in the city as the conflict enters its third week, with the United Nations warning that Sudan is "collapsing". (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
- A Turkish evacuation plane is fired at in Khartoum, allegedly by the Rapid Support Forces. No injuries or deaths have been confirmed. (BBC News)
- The former Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok, calls the conflict in his country a "nightmare", stating that it could become worse than those in Syria and Libya. (BBC News)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes against targets near the Syrian city of Homs in a pre-dawn raid. Syrian state media reports that three civilians were injured in the attacks. (Times of Israel)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A huge fire engulfs a fuel depot in the port of Sevastopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea, in what governor Mikhail Razvozhaev says was a drone attack. (Al Jazeera)
- Laotian human rights activist Anousa Luangsuphom is shot at a coffeehouse in the capital Vientiane. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Nayarit bus crash
- Thirty-four people are injured in a roof collapse near the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. (BNO News)
Health and environment
- Senegal confirms a case of the Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
Sports
- The final day of the 2023 NFL Draft is held in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, with Toledo defensive tackle Desjuan Johnson selected as "Mr. Irrelevant". (CBS Sports)
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