November 21, 2023 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Rapid Support Forces seize the Sudanese Armed Forces 20th Infantry Division headquarters in Ed Daein, East Darfur, effectively capturing the city.

(Sudan Tribune)

Darfur campaignWar in Sudan

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The Arakan Army assaults Pauktaw, Rakhine State, for a second time. The town has switched hands twice between the rebel group and the military.

(The Irrawaddy)

Operation 1027Myanmar civil war

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Congolese Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula announces that the DRC has signed agreements for the complete withdrawal of the MONUSCO United Nations peacekeeping force. The UN has around 15,000 peacekeepers stationed in the Central African country.

(AP)

Kivu conflict

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The United Nations Human Rights Office says that more than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, though it expects the actual death toll to be "significantly higher".

(Reuters)

Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian WarRussian invasion of Ukraine

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Four Hamas members are killed by Israeli shelling in Tayr Harfa, Lebanon; the pro-Hezbollah Al Mayadeen television station says that two of its journalists and a civilian were also killed, shortly after the Israel Defense Forces said it struck several Hezbollah anti-tank missile squads in southern Lebanon and other sites in response to missile fire toward Metula in northern Israel.

(The Times of Israel)

2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes2023 Israel–Hamas war

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At least 40 civilians are killed and more than 50 others are injured when Sudanese army warplanes bomb the vicinity of the 20th Infantry Division in East Darfur.

(Sudan Tribune)

Darfur campaignWar in Sudan

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Business and economy

Cryptocurrency company Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering in the United States. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and Zhao will step down as CEO.

(Reuters)

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Disasters and accidents

Thirty-seven people are killed and several others are injured in a stampede during a military recruitment event at a stadium in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

(AFP via Barron's)

2023 Brazzaville stampede

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Twenty-five people are killed when a truck carrying over 200 people and food items crashes in Magama district, Nigeria.

(AP)

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The bodies of four missing teenagers are found in an overturned car near Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom.

(BBC News)

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Law and crime

Three people are killed and another is critically injured in a shooting over a property dispute in Custer County, Colorado, United States.

(ABC News)

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Science and technology

North Korea claims to have successfully launched its first spy satellite, Malligyong-1.

(AP), (Reuters)

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