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Revision as of 17:27, 7 May 2023 by Lettler (talk | contribs) (update)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07) (Sunday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Eritrea-Sudan relations
- Eritrea is accused of forced 'deportation' and 'repatriating' of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to the town of Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese-Eritrean border. (The Guardian)
- Eritrea-Sudan relations
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Africa floods
- The death toll from the May 6 floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 203 people. (AP)
- At least 12 people are killed and 31 others are injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Hatay Province, Turkey. (AP)
- 2023 Brownsville car crash
- Seven people are killed and up to six others are injured after a car crashes into pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, United States. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- A court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences a former police officer to death for the murder of prominent academic Hisham al-Hashimi in July 2020. The court said that the sentence can be appealed. (AFP via France 24)
Politics and elections
- The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member after 12 years of suspension. (Al Arabiya)
- 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election
- Chileans head to the polls to elect the 50 members of the Constitutional Council. (Morning Express)
- 2023 Turkish presidential election
- Ekrem İmamoğlu is attacked during a rally in Erzurum, with the rally being interrupted due to stones thrown from the crowd. (Gazete DuvaR)