Portal:Current events/2023 April 16
April 16, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Thirty-four VDP and six soldiers are killed during an ambush in the village of Aorema, Ouahigouya. Thirty-three other people are injured. (Al Jazeera)
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- At least 33 people are killed as armed bandits storm a vollage in Runji, Kaduna. (Associated Press)
- Syrian civil war
- Sixteen people are killed as Islamic State gunmen ambush a group of truffle hunters in Hama. (Associated Press)
Science and technology
- Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant
- After 18 years under construction, the Olkiluoto 3 reactor in Finland, Europe's most powerful nuclear power plant at 1.6 GW, starts delivering regular electrical output. Construction was started in 2005, and originally scheduled for completion in 2009. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)