Wonani kulemba kwambula kuona kwa Portal:Current events/2022 December 16

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'''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
*[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
**[[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
***[[2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure]]
****[[Russian forces]] launch a barrage of at least 76 missiles across [[Ukraine]], damaging at least nine [[power station]]s and killing at least three [[civilian]]s, with many more civilians being injured. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63997749 (BBC News)]
*[[2022 Jordanian protests]]
**Protests and [[riot]]s over high fuel prices occur across [[Jordan]], with a policeman being shot dead by protestors in [[Ma'an]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/16/police-officer-killed-in-jordan-as-anger-over-fuel-prices-spreads (Al Jazeera)]
*[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]]
**Nine people are injured by a [[car bomb]]ing in [[Diyarbakır Province]], [[Turkey]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/car-bomb-blast-southeast-turkey-wounds-eight-police-officers-cnn-turk-2022-12-16/ (Reuters)]
*[[Mali War]]
**Two [[United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali|MINUSMA]] police personnel are killed and four others are injured after a [[United Nations Police]] patrol is attacked in [[Timbuktu]], [[Mali]]. [https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/1216/1342386-mali-mission/ (AFP via RTÉ)]

'''Disasters and accidents'''
*[[2022 Batang Kali landslide]]
**A [[landslide]] hits a [[campsite]] on the outskirts of [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]], killing 21 people and leaving twelve more missing. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/around-100-people-feared-trapped-malaysia-landslide-fire-department-2022-12-15/ (Reuters)]
*[[Vaulx-en-Velin fire]]
**Ten people are killed and 14 others are injured in a [[residential building]] fire in [[Vaulx-en-Velin]], [[Lyon Metropolis]], [[France]]. [https://www.euronews.com/2022/12/16/france-10-killed-including-5-children-in-apartment-block-fire-near-lyon (Euronews)]
*[[2022 West Java earthquake]]
**The death toll in the [[list of earthquakes in Indonesia|earthquake]] that struck near [[Cianjur, Cianjur Regency|Cianjur]], [[West Java]], [[Indonesia]], in November increases to 602. [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1706022/indonesia-quake-death-toll-jumps-to-602-after-new-count (AFP via ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'')]
*Four people are injured, two of whom later died after a [[stampede]] at [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] singer [[Asake]]'s concert at the [[Brixton Academy]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. [https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-c22217c59ab3ad646dca7e08abdef77e (AP)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64019806 (BBC News)]
*The [[AquaDom]] aquarium in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], home to 1,500 [[tropical fish]] of more than 100 different species, bursts, flooding local streets. The majority of the fish die during the incident, and two people are injured. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63996982 (BBC News)]

'''International relations'''
*[[Burkina Faso–Ghana relations]]
**[[Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso]]
***[[Burkina Faso]] summons [[Ghanaian]] [[ambassador]] [[Naa Bolinaa Saaka]] over [[President of Ghana|Ghanaian president]] [[Nana Akufo-Addo]]'s remarks alleging that the [[Politics of Burkina Faso|Burkinabè government]] had amalgamated with Russian [[paramilitary]] organization [[Wagner Group]] in their [[civil war]] against [[Islamist]] rebels. [https://www.barrons.com/news/burkina-calls-in-ghana-envoy-after-russian-mercenary-claim-01671191408?tesla=y (AFP via ''Barron's'')]

'''Law and crime'''
*[[Humanitarian impact of the Russo-Georgian War]]
**The [[International Criminal Court]] concludes its [[International Criminal Court investigation in Georgia|investigation in the situation in Georgia]], delivering arrest warrants for three ''de facto'' [[South Ossetia]]n officials believed to bear responsibility for war crimes against Georgian civilians during the [[Russo-Georgian War|2008 war]]. The fourth suspect, Russian general [[Vyacheslav Borisov]], is not indicted as he died in 2021. [https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/prosecutor-international-criminal-court-karim-aa-khan-kc-announces-conclusion-investigation (ICC)]

'''Politics and elections'''
*Aftermath of the [[2022 Fijian general election]]
**[[Law enforcement in Fiji|Fijian police]] detain [[Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)|opposition leader]] and former [[Prime Minister of Fiji|prime minister]] [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] for interrogation over his claims of [[electoral fraud]] in the recent election. [https://www.urdupoint.com/en/miscellaneous/fiji-election-opposition-leader-summoned-for-1611218.html (AFP via UrduPoint)]
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