Portal:Current events/2020 May 9
May 9, 2020 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- The National Oil Corporation of Libya reports that forces loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar fired multiple rockets toward Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli's only functioning airport. The rockets hit jet fuel tanks and damaged a plane. (Al Jazeera)
- Ethiopia admits shooting down a Kenyan private aircraft, killing all six on board. The Ethiopian National Defense Force says they believed the plane was a "potential suicide mission". (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan
- Four civilians are killed in Ghor, Afghanistan, when police open fire on protesters who grew angry at the local distribution of food which they said favored those with political connections. Two policemen are also assaulted and killed. Police say they responded when protesters tried to enter the governor's house. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan