Portal:Current events/2020 May 18

May 18, 2020 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
  - Turkish-backed GNA forces capture the strategic al-Watiya airbase from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, and seize a Russian Pantsir missile system. (Al Jazeera) (Libyan Express)
War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- A car bombing at an intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni kills at least seven people and wounds another 40. The Taliban claims responsibility. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2020 East Africa floods
- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in the flash floods that hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia. (CTV)
In Sweden, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 strikes near Kiruna. No injuries are reported. (The Local)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- In an unprecedented move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings. (NPR)

Law and crime

COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
- Ugandan police arrest Stella Nyanzi, a prominent academic and vocal critic of President Yoweri Museveni, for inciting violence as she protested against lockdown measures taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2019–20 Hong Kong protests
- Fifteen pro-democracy activists are released on a HK$1000 bail. Notable political figures, including Benny Tai, University of Hong Kong academic and one of the Occupy Central founders; Civil Human Rights Front convener Jimmy Sham; former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau; and others, flock to the court to show support for the activists. (The Standard Hong Kong)
2019–20 Chilean protests; COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- Protests against the government resume in Santiago due to food shortages in the poorest neighborhoods of the city created by the lockdown to control the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters)
Politics of Monaco
- The office of Minister of State announces that Serge Telle will leave the Headship of the Monegasque government on 31 August. (L'Observateur de Monaco)

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