current Events/2023 April 14

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Russian missile strike on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least eight civilians and injures 21 others. (The New York Times)
• Yemeni civil war
  • A major prisoner swap of nearly 900 prisoners begins between rival factions in Yemen. (AFP via France 24)
• Mali War
  • The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara encircles the strategic town of Ménaka in Ménaka Region, Mali. (The Africa Report)
• Ituri conflict
  • At least 42 people are killed by suspected CODECO militants during a raid at a village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Associated Press)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters
  • The death toll from a boat that sank off the coast of Tunisia increases to 33 after eight more bodies are found. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and 70 others are injured after a bridge collapses in Udhampur District, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (AP)
• At least four people are killed and thirteen others are injured after a fire breaks out in a shelter in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• Ghana becomes the first country to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M. (Pharmaceutical Technology)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Tanzania, Capital punishment in Tanzania
  • Tanzanian members of parliament call on the government to tighten laws against homosexual sex with the death penalty. (The Citizen)
• Cannabis in Quebec
  • The Supreme Court of Canada upholds Quebec's provincial ban on homegrown cannabis despite a 2018 federal ruling which allowed small quantities of cannabis to be grown at home. (Reuters)
• Twelve people are killed after riots break out in a prison in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• The United Kingdom's Department for Transport approves Ford Motor Company's hands-free driving vehicles on 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of motorways in England, Scotland and Wales. The UK becomes the first European country to approve hands-free driving technology on public roads. (BBC News)
• Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to search for life in the Jovian system, with an expected arrival date of 2031. (BBC News)