Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–2023 Dnipro missile strikes
A Russian missile strike on Dnipro damages a medical facility, killing two people and injuring 23 others. (Ukrainska Pravda) (The Guardian)
Somali Civil War
Fifty-four Ugandan soldiers are killed after Al-Shabaab gunmen storm an AMISOM base in Bulomarer. (Al Jazeera)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict
Seventeen civilians are killed by Allied Democratic Forces members in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Mali War
Germany's Bundestag votes 375–263, with one abstention, to approve the Bundeswehr's deployment in Mali as part of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission until May 31, 2024. (DW)
International relations
Foreign nationals detained in Iran
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs swaps Asadollah Asadi for Belgian prisoner Olivier Vandecasteele. (CNN)