Current events: 2023-04-29

Wikipedia Current Events · Apr 29, 2023

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 expands into 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 are confirmed. (BBC)
- The former Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok, calls the conflict in his country a "nightmare", stating that the conflict could be worse than those in Syria and Libya. (BBC)
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 three civilians are injured in the attacks. (Times of Israel)
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)

Politics and elections

2023 Niuean general election
- Citizens of Niue head to the polls to elect their 20 members of the Assembly. (RNZ)

Sports