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April 29, 2023 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Sudan (2023)
- 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)
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)
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
- At least 18 people are killed and 33 others are injured after a bus plunges into a ravine in Nayarit, Mexico. (Reuters)
Thirty-four people are injured in a roof collapse near the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. (BNO News)

Health and environment

Politics and elections

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

Sports