Current events: 2023-02-25

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Nineteen people are injured by small explosions during the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope in Buea, Southwest Region, Cameroon. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Russia halts oil imports to Poland via the northern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, says refiner PKN Orlen. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirteen people are killed and several others are injured when a bus collides with a van in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. (AP)

International relations

• Mexico–Peru relations, 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
  • Mexico says it will maintain its ambassador in Peru despite the latter withdrawing its ambassador from Mexico in protest of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador support for former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Nigerian presidential election, 2023 Nigerian Senate election, 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives election
  • Nigerians head to the polls to elect a new president and members of their National Assembly. (Reuters)

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