Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: African peace envoys will meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a day after he said the military was beginning the “final phase”

Key Storylines AFRICA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the federal government’s forces launched the “final phase” of their operations in the Tigray region with

 Key Storylines AFRICA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office dismissed growing international calls for dialogue over the country’s conflict in the Tigray region, saying the

Key Storylines AFRICA: Rebel forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region claimed to defeat a federal army division in battle as international concerns grew over the conflict

Key Storylines AFRICA: Voting in Burkina Faso’s general election ended, with only a few polling stations in eastern areas affected by a jihadist conflict forcing

Key Storylines AFRICA: The Ethiopian military plans to use tanks to encircle Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, and is warning civilians it

Key Storylines AFRICA: Ethiopia denied that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former presidents

Key Storylines AFRICA: Tigray region rebels in Ethiopia have fired rockets on Bahir Dar, the capital city of the neighboring Amhara province. AMERICAS: The number

Key Storylines AFRICA: The death toll from Uganda’s ongoing protests over the arrest of presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to seven. AMERICAS:

Key Storylines AFRICA: The DR Congo declared the Ebola outbreak in the Equateur province over, nearly six months after the first case was discovered, marking

Key Storylines AFRICA: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned the country’s Tigray state that an ultimatum to the region’s rebel forces expired. AMERICAS: Lawmaker Francisco

Key Storylines AFRICA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the federal government’s forces captured another town in the Tigray region, with the conflict now also