Portal:Current events/2023 May 7
May 7, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Eritrea–Sudan relations
- Deportation of Eritreans from Sudan during the 2023 Sudan conflict
- Eritrea is accused of forced deportation and repatriating of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese–Eritrean border. (The Guardian)
- Deportation of Eritreans from Sudan during the 2023 Sudan conflict
- Eritrea–Sudan relations
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Africa floods
- The death toll from the May 6 floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 401 people. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 12 people are killed and 31 others are injured in a multi-automobile crash in Hatay Province, Turkey. (AP)
- At least 22 people are dead after a boat carrying tourists capsize in Kerala, India. (BBC)
International relations
- Chile–Venezuela relations, Venezuelan migrant crisis, Chile–Peru relations
- The government of Chile announces that 115 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight, after being stranded at the border with Peru, raising tensions between Peru and Chile. (Reuters)
- The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member, after being suspended 12 years ago due to the Syrian civil war. (Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brownsville crash
- Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a driver crashes into a group of pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, United States, in what is believed to be an intentional act. (KVEO-TV)
- A court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences a former police officer to death for the murder of prominent academic Hisham al-Hashimi in July 2020, although the sentence can be appealed. (AFP via France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election
- Chileans head to the polls to elect the 50 members of the Constitutional Council. (Morning Express)
- 2023 Turkish presidential election
- Ekrem İmamoğlu is attacked during a rally in Erzurum, with the rally being interrupted due to stones thrown from the crowd. (Gazete DuvaR)