
19MAY22 Global Overnight Overwatch Report
Key Storylines AFRICA: Guinea’s largest political parties vowed to defy the ruling junta’s ban on protests and demonstrations. AMERICAS: Chile’s Congress voted to approve an
Key Storylines AFRICA: Guinea’s largest political parties vowed to defy the ruling junta’s ban on protests and demonstrations. AMERICAS: Chile’s Congress voted to approve an
Key Storylines AFRICA: Uganda’s military will withdraw hundreds of troops it sent last year to help the Democratic Republic of Congo combat an Islamist insurgency.
Key Storylines AFRICA: Clashes between competing militias in Tripoli have forced one of Libya’s rival prime ministers to abort his attempt to seat his government
Key Storylines AFRICA: Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets in Tunis to protest against President Kais Saied’s political measures and rising food prices. AMERICAS:
Key Storylines AFRICA: Ethiopia’s government-appointed human rights body accused security forces of killing 11 people and wounding at least 30 others in the eastern Somali
Key Storylines AFRICA: Ghana and Togo started a historic initiative to replace fast-disappearing border markers in the face of rising insecurity and cross-border crimes in
Key Storylines AFRICA: Tunisian president Kais Saied appointed new members of the election commission, entrenching his one-man rule and casting doubt on electoral integrity. AMERICAS:
Key Storylines AFRICA: Tanzanian President Samia Hassan held an emergency meeting of her cabinet on Sunday night over price hikes of fuel in the country.
Key Storylines AFRICA: Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe agreed to act as a mediator in Mali’s political crisis as the West African country’s military junta faces
Key Storylines AFRICA: African Union (AU) chairperson Moussa Faki has condemned an attack by al-Shabab militants on a military base in central Somalia staffed by
Key Storylines AFRICA: Mali’s ruling junta announced it was breaking off defense accords with France, claiming “flagrant violations” of its sovereignty by French troops. AMERICAS:
Key Storylines AFRICA: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had to leave a May Day rally after workers stormed the stage where he was speaking. AMERICAS: