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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2023

In Gabon, President Ali Bongo Ondimba is deposed by a military coup shortly after his re-election.

On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in the Gabonese Republic shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba had won the general election held on 26 August.

In Johannesburg, South Africa, a residential fire kills more than 70 people.

On 31 August 2023 at around 01:30 SAST, a fire engulfed a building in Johannesburg, South Africa; 76 people died and 88 others were injured. It is one of the deadliest fires in South African history.

Canadian wildfires (ongoing)

Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada has been affected by an ongoing, record-setting series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories have been affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. The 2023 wildfire season had seen the most area burned in Canada's recorded history, surpassing the 1989, 1995, and 2014 fire seasons, as well as in recorded North American history, surpassing the 2020 Western US wildfire season.

Nigerien crisis (ongoing)

On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in the Republic of the Niger, in which the country's presidential guard removed and detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Presidential guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a military junta shortly after confirming the coup to be a success.

Russian invasion of Ukraine (ongoing)

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War which began in 2014. The invasion has killed tens of thousands on both sides. Russian forces have been responsible for mass civilian casualties and for torturing captured Ukrainian soldiers. By June 2022, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced. More than 8.2 million had fled the country by May 2023, becoming Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. Extensive environmental damage, widely described as ecocide, contributed to food crises worldwide.

timeline (ongoing)

This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 8 June 2023, as the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive began, to the present day.

Sudan conflict (ongoing)

An armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rival factions of the military government of Sudan, began on 15 April 2023, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region. Later, a faction of the militant Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, also fought the SAF in regions bordering South Sudan and Ethiopia. As of 15 August 2023, between 4,000 to 10,000 people had been killed and 6,000 to 8,000 others injured, while as of 15 August 2023, 3.4 million were internally displaced and more than a million others had fled the country as refugees.