Kenya says that the East African Community plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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April 23, 2022 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Human rights groups say that eight people were killed during clashes followed by a Janjaweed raid on Thursday and Friday in Kreinik, West Darfur.
The Investigative Committee of Russia announces that they are investigating allegations by RIA Novosti that troops from the British SAS have been deployed to Western Ukraine.
Infrastructure in the Southern Ukrainian city of Odessa is hit by airstrikes, killing at least five people, including a baby, and injuring 18 others, according to the local authorities.
Unknown gunmen from Afghanistan storm a Pakistani military outpost near the border in Pakistan’s North Waziristan District, killing three soldiers.
Disasters and accidents
Over 100 people are killed after an illegal oil refining depot explodes in Ohaji/Egbema, Imo State, Nigeria.
Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
Four people are dead and six more are missing after an accident in a coal mine in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland.
International relations
Turkey closes its airspace to Russian Armed Forces flights to Syria, as well as civilian aircraft that are suspected of carrying Russian troops.
Politics and elections
Thousands of Argentinian farmers protest against President Alberto Fernández's new export taxes on farm goods, which protesters say is a "rope that is being used to choke us". The farmers used tractors to block the road leading to the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.
Sports
In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21-0, the largest defeat in Pirates history and the largest victory in Cubs history since 1901.
Tyson Fury retains the WBC world heavyweight title after defeating Dillian Whyte via technical knockout in round 6 in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, London, a post-war British record. Post-match, Fury suggests that he may now retire from professional boxing.
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