Portal:Current events/August 2023/Sidebar



 Ongoing events

Disasters
 * 2023 Canadian wildfires
 * 2023 European heat waves
 * 2023 Atlantic hurricane season


 * Opioid epidemic (United States)

Economics
 * 2020–present global chip shortage
 * 2021–2023 global energy crisis
 * 2021–2023 inflation surge
 * 2022–2023 food crises
 * Great Resignation
 * Argentine monetary crisis
 * Lebanese liquidity crisis
 * Pakistani economic crisis
 * South African energy crisis
 * Sri Lankan economic crisis
 * Turkish economic crisis
 * United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
 * United States banking crisis

Politics
 * Belarus–European Union border crisis
 * French pension reform unrest
 * Haitian crisis
 * Israeli judicial reform protests

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 * Libyan crisis
 * Myanmar protests
 * Nigerien crisis
 * Pakistan political unrest
 * Peruvian protests and political crisis
 * Ukrainian refugee crisis
 * United Kingdom railway strikes
 * Venezuelan crisis

 Elections and referendums

Recent


 * August
 * 20: Congo, Senate (indirect)
 * 20: Ecuador, President (1st), National Assembly, Referendum
 * 20: Guatemala, President (2nd)
 * 23: Zimbabwe, President, Senate, National Assembly
 * 26: Gabon,

Upcoming


 * September
 * 1: Singapore, President
 * 9: Maldives, President

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 Trials

Recently concluded


 * United Kingdom: Lucy Letby, Kevin Spacey

Ongoing
 * Guinea: Moussa Dadis Camara
 * Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
 * Italy: Matteo Salvini
 * Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
 * Malta: Yorgen Fenech
 * Philippines: Leila de Lima
 * Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
 * Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
 * ICC: Ali Kushayb, Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

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Sport


 * Association football
 * 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
 * 2023 Copa Libertadores


 * 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
 * 2023–24 Bundesliga
 * 2023–24 La Liga
 * 2023–24 Ligue 1
 * 2023–24 Premier League
 * 2023–24 Serie A
 * 2023 MLS season
 * 2023 Brasileirão
 * 2023 NWSL season


 * American football
 * 2023 NFL season
 * 2023 NCAA FBS college football season


 * Athletics
 * 2023 Diamond League
 * 2023 World Athletics Championships


 * Australian rules football
 * 2023 AFL season


 * Baseball
 * 2023 MLB season


 * Basketball


 * 2023 WNBA season
 * 2023 WNBA season


 * International cricket
 * 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship


 * Canadian football
 * 2023 CFL season


 * Cycling
 * 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships


 * Golf
 * 2022–23 PGA Tour
 * 2023 PGA Tour Champions
 * 2023 Ladies European Tour
 * 2023 European Tour
 * 2023 LPGA Tour


 * Motorsport
 * 2023 Formula One World Championship
 * 2023 MotoGP World Championship
 * 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
 * 2023 IndyCar Series


 * Rugby league
 * 2023 NRL season


 * Rugby union


 * 2023 Rugby Championship


 * Tennis
 * 2023 ATP Tour
 * 2023 WTA Tour


 * Other sports seasons
 * 2023–24 curling season
 * 2023–24 snooker season

More details – current sports events [ edit section]

 Recent deaths

August

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 Ongoing conflicts

Global
 * War against the Islamic State

Africa
 * Cameroon
 * Anglophone Crisis


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil war


 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
 * Kivu conflict


 * Ethiopia
 * Amhara conflict
 * Oromo conflict


 * Mozambique
 * Insurgency in Cabo Delgado


 * Nigeria
 * Boko Haram insurgency


 * Sahel
 * Insurgency in Burkina Faso
 * Insurgency in Niger
 * Mali War


 * Somalia
 * Civil war


 * Sudan
 * SAF−RSF conflict

Americas
 * Colombia
 * Colombian conflict


 * Mexico
 * Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific
 * Afghanistan
 * Islamic State–Taliban conflict
 * Republican insurgency


 * India
 * Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
 * Insurgency in Northeast India
 * Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
 * Manipur violence


 * Indonesia
 * Papua conflict


 * Myanmar
 * Civil war
 * Rohingya conflict


 * Pakistan
 * Insurgency in Balochistan
 * Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa


 * Philippines
 * Communist rebellion


 * Thailand
 * South Thailand insurgency

Europe
 * Russia and Ukraine
 * Russian invasion of Ukraine
 * Foreign involvement

Middle East
 * Egypt
 * Sinai insurgency


 * Iraqi conflict
 * Islamic State insurgency


 * Israel and Palestine
 * Gaza–Israel conflict


 * Nagorno-Karabakh
 * Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis


 * Syrian civil war
 * Foreign involvement
 * Iranian intervention
 * Turkish intervention
 * U.S.–led intervention


 * Turkey
 * Kurdish–Turkish conflict


 * Yemeni civil war
 * Saudi Arabian–led intervention
 * Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars [ edit section]