Portal:Current events/2022 November 25
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November 25, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- The military of Somalia carries out a series of counterterrorism operations in southern Somalia, killing 15 al-Shabaab members who survived a previous operation two days ago, in which 49 fighters were killed. The military also says that they stopped an attack in Qayib, Galmudug, killing dozens of militants. (Xinhua)
- 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt
- São Tomé and Príncipe prime minister Patrice Trovoada reports that his officials had thwarted a coup d'état attempt led by the President of the National Assembly, Delfim Neves, after they arrested Neves and another individual for infiltrating the headquarters of the armed forces in São Tomé. Four people were killed in the attempt. (AP via The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- At the 19th CITES Conference of the Parties in Panama City, member states adopt stricter measures on the trade of 54 requiem and hammerhead shark species. (AFP via Voice of America)
Law and crime
- Aracruz school shootings
- Four people are killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting targeting two schools in Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, is later arrested. (AP)
- Mount Isa Murders
- An Indian Australian citizen, Rajwinder Singh, is arrested in New Delhi as the prime suspect in the murder of Australian woman Toyah Cordingley on a beach in Far North Queensland in October 2018. (AP)