Eritrea is accused of the forced deportation and repatriation of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese–Eritrean border.
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May 7, 2023 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
At least 12 people are killed and 31 others are injured in a multi-automobile crash in Hatay Province, Turkey.
The death toll from the 6 May floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 401 people.
At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
International relations
The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member, after being suspended 12 years ago due to the Syrian civil war.
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.
Law and crime
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.
Eight people are killed and nine others are injured when a driver crashes into a group of pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, United States.
Politics and elections
Ekrem Ä°mamoÄźlu is attacked during a rally in Erzurum, with the rally being interrupted due to stones thrown from the crowd.
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