Portal:Current events/2023 August 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • 2023 DRC anti-MONUSCO protests
    • At least 48 people are killed during a crackdown on anti-United Nations protests in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (i24 NEWS)
• 2023 Gabonese coup d'état
  • Officers of the Gabonese military depose president Ali Bongo and annul the results of the general election in which Bongo was declared the winner. They also dissolve the government and close all borders. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Bombing of Kyiv
    • Two people are killed and three others are injured in a Russian drone and missile strike on Kyiv. Ukraine says that it shot down several missiles and drones during the strike. (Reuters)
  • Russia says that its aircraft destroyed four military boats carrying up to 50 members from landing groups of the special forces of Ukraine operating in the Black Sea as well as two Ukrainian military speedboats carrying military personnel east of Snake Island. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • Rojava conflict
    • Clashes in Deir ez-Zor between Arab tribal fighters and Kurdish-led fighters kill and injure several people. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute
    • Global Witness reveals that EU countries increased their imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia despite committing to reductions, rising by 40% in 2023, accounting for 22 million cubic meters. (Reuters)
  • Economic sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • India asks the United States to release $26m belonging to at least two Indian diamond firms that has been frozen due to alleged trade links with sanctioned Russian diamond mining company Alrosa. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in the U.S. state of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. Flooding is reported in the Tampa Bay area, including Tampa and other parts of Hillsborough County. Two deaths are reported with both being due to vehicle accidents. (The Washington Post) (Spot On Florida)
• The death toll from torrential rains in Tajikistan increase to 21, as flooding, landslides, and mudflows affect towns near Dushanbe. (AFP via Barron's)

International relations

• Mali War
  • Russia vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution to extend targeted sanctions on Mali for one year and maintain a team of UN rapporteurs investigating abuses. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Colombian conflict
  • Former Colombian National Army General Mario Montoya Uribe is charged for his role in the "false positives" scandal. Montoya is accused of carrying out extrajudicial executions of 130 people. (La Prensa Latina)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that the Australian Indigenous Voice referendum will be held on 14 October. (ABC News)
• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • President of Congress Shirley Rivera dissolves the parliamentary group of Movimiento Semilla and declares them "independent". President-elect and member of Congress Bernardo Arévalo is also affected by the decision. (La Hora)
• 2024 Mexican general election
  • The Broad Front for Mexico fields Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate for president. (AFP via RFI)

Science and technology

• Censorship of TikTok
  • Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy announces that it will ban the TikTok platform in an effort to protect the health of young children. (RFE/RL)

Sports

• In an event billed as "Volleyball Day in Nebraska", 92,003 people fill the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium for a match between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Omaha Mavericks, setting a new verified attendance record for a women's sports event. (ESPN)