Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council the UN would not be able to reduce or terminate its peacekeeping operations

Key Storylines AFRICA: Uganda has signed a military intelligence sharing agreement with Egypt amid rising tensions in the region over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Key Storylines AFRICA: The French government opened up its state archives concerning the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. AMERICAS: Brazil reported more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths

Key Storylines AFRICA: Nigerian police accused the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra group for attacking a prison and breaking out more than 1,800 inmates in

Key Storylines AFRICA: Mozambique’s military said it killed a “significant” amount of jihadists during a battle for the key gas hub of Palma in the

Key Storylines AFRICA: South Africa’s Ministry of Defense and Military Veterans announced that more than 50 South African citizens remained missing after the terror attack

Key Storylines AFRICA: Al Shabaab militants attacked two Somalia National Army military bases. AMERICAS: Liberal activists are increasing demands on corporate America to denounce the

Key Storylines AFRICA: The G7 group has urged Eritrea to withdraw its troops from Ethiopia’s Tigray region. AMERICAS: US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser

Key Storylines AFRICA: Malawi began its coronavirus vaccination campaign with the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccines it received through the WHO’s COVAX scheme. AMERICAS: US President

Key Storylines AFRICA: Nigerien authorities have reportedly arrested soldiers following an “attempted coup”, amid reports of gunfire near the presidency in the capital Niamey. AMERICAS:

Key Storylines AFRICA: Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said Lisbon will deploy 60 troops to Mozambique following the attack by Islamic State-linked jihadists on

Key Storylines AFRICA: The International Criminal Court will decide whether to uphold the acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of