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Portal:Current events/2020 November 27

November 27, 2020 (2020-11-27) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Tigray conflict
    • Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejects talks with the leadership of the Tigray People's Liberation Front but says he is willing to talk to representatives "operating legally". The meeting with African Union (AU) representatives Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa, comes after his announcement of a "final phase" of an offensive on the region's capital Mekelle. (AP)
  • Mali War
    • Six rice farmers are killed by gunmen in the village of Farabougou, Mali, bringing the death toll to 23 since the siege of the village by suspected jihadists began nearly two months ago. (Reuters)
  • Somali Civil War
  • Terrorism in Indonesia
  • Iran's most senior nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated by gunmen in Absard. The attackers blow up a car and then open fire on his vehicle, seriously wounding him; he later dies in a hospital. Three or four of the attackers are later killed during a gunfight with Fakhrizadeh's bodyguards. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called the killing an act of state terror. (BBC News)

Business and economy

Health and environment

Law and crime

  • The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea dismisses a legal challenge against the election of Prime Minister James Marape. The opposition had argued that Marape's election was unconstitutional after the original candidate, Peter O'Neill, withdrew his nomination, paving the way for Marape's election. (RNZ)
  • The United States Department of Justice announces that criminal charges will be brought against 700 gang members in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras for human trafficking. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

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