April 2, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- 2023 Saint Petersburg bombing
- Russian pro-government war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky is killed by a bombing at a café in Saint Petersburg owned by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. Sixteen others are injured. (TASS)
- 2023 Saint Petersburg bombing
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces shell Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing six civilians and injuring eight others, according to the Ukrainian government. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Kivu conflict
- South Sudanese troops arrive in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, becoming the fourth country to join a coalition of peacekeeping missions to fight insurgencies. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 21 people are dead and others are missing after a landslide in the locality of Bolowa (Bulwa village/Masisi Territory), North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Al Jazeera)
- Fifteen people are killed after two Gold pits are flooded in Cibitoke Province, Burundi. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Andorran parliamentary election
- Andorrans head to the polls to elect the 28 members of the parliament. (elPeriódico)
- 2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election
- Bulgarians head to the polls to elect the 240 members of the parliament. Exit polls show former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's party GERB narrowly defeating former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov's party We Continue the Change by 0.2%. (DW)
- 2023 Finnish parliamentary election
- Finns head to the polls to elect the 200 members of the parliament. Centre-right National Coalition Party wins the most votes at 20.7%, while the ruling Social Democratic Party places third with 19.9%. (Euronews 1) (Euronews 2)
- 2023 Montenegrin presidential election
- Former economic minister Jakov Milatović defeats incumbent Milo Đukanović to become the new President of Montenegro, with 60.1% of the vote. (Reuters)
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announces his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election during an interview with ABC News. (ABC News)