Portal:Current events/2023 April 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan clashes
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Sudanese military is said to have retaken control of the presidential palace and other key government installations in Khartoum. The military says Khartoum International Airport remains under the control of Rapid Support Forces, but that it was holding back from launching airstrikes to avoid destroying the airport. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • 2023 Hama attack
    • Thirty-six people are killed when Islamic State gunmen ambush a group of truffle hunters in Hama Governorate. Five shepherds are also killed near Deir ez-Zor. (France 24)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Thirty-four VDP and six soldiers are killed during an ambush in the village of Aorema, Ouahigouya, Nord. Thirty-three other people are injured. (Al Jazeera)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • At least 33 people are killed when armed bandits storm a village in Runji, Kaduna. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukraine and Russia conduct a prisoner swap for soldiers who fought in Bakhmut, with 130 Ukrainian soldiers returning and an unknown amount of Russian soldiers returning. (PBS)

International relations

• China–Russia relations
  • Chinese Minister of Defense Li Shangfu meets President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, as part of his four-day visit to Russia. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • Thousands of people protest against rising inflation at Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic, demanding the government's resignation. (VOA)

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 unit at 1.6 GW, begins delivering regular electrical output. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)