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Portal:Current events/2021 March 3

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Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2021 Myanmar protests
  • Thirty-eight protesters are shot dead and 30 more are wounded by the military and police as protests against the February 1 coup continue across the country. A meeting of ASEAN nations called for restraint of the security forces but failed to unanimously call for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56265962 (BBC News)]
  • Vetlanda stabbing attack
  • Seven people are wounded, three of them critically, after being attacked by a man with an axe in Vetlanda, Sweden. Authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. The perpetrator, a man in his 20s, is shot by police and arrested. [https://www.euronews.com/2021/03/03/eight-people-stabbed-in-suspected-terrorist-attack-in-sweden-say-police (Euronews)]
  • Colombian conflict
  • Ten FARC dissidents are killed and three others are wounded when the Colombian Army bombs a base housing them in Calamar, Guaviare. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/3/colombia-military-operation-kills-10-farc-dissidents (Al Jazeera)]
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Suspected ADF militants kill eight civilians during a shooting attack at a market in Mambelenga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ADF attacks have increased, with more than 140 people killed by the group since the beginning of the year. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-security/suspected-islamists-kill-eight-in-attack-on-northeast-congo-village-market-idUSKBN2AV1X9 (Reuters)]
  • Second Libyan Civil War
  • The bodies of four Filipinos, an Austrian, and a Czech, all oil workers who were kidnapped and then murdered in Libya in 2015 by Islamic State terrorists, are found at a cemetery. [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1818806/world (Arab News)]
  • Aftermath of the Zamfara kidnapping
  • Three people are shot after armed forces open fire at a reunion of students, kidnapped in Zamfara a week ago, and their parents in Jangebe, Nigeria, while the parents protest the kidnapping. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56230525 (BBC News)]
  • Ten rockets hit the al Asad Airbase hosting US-led coalition forces in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. No one is directly killed or wounded by the strikes, but an American civilian contractor dies of a heart attack during the impact. [https://www.bbc.com/news/56249926 (BBC News)]
  • Tigray War
  • Following pressure from the international community, Ethiopia releases three reporters working for the BBC, AFP, and Financial Times, alongside two local news reporters and two translators, without charge. No reason was given for their arrest, and it is still unclear if four other journalists have been released. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56263704 (BBC News)]

Businesses and economy

Disasters and accidents

  • Ten people are killed in a plane crash in Jonglei State, South Sudan. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/3/10-killed-in-south-sudan-plane-crash-governor (Al Jazeera)]
  • A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes central Greece and is felt in neighbouring countries. Most of the damage is reported in the Greek region of Thessaly. [https://apnews.com/article/europe-kosovo-montenegro-earthquakes-greece-5cbaa10cebbbad65964966b7a276420c (AP News)]

Health and environment

Law and crime

Politics and elections

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