Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema has come under attack from the opposition because of his frequent trips abroad. AMERICAS: Xiomara Castro is scheduled

Key Storylines AFRICA: Ousted Burkina president Roch Marc Christian Kabore “is physically well” and is being held by the army in a villa. AMERICAS: The

Key Storylines AFRICA: More than 1,000 people gathered in the main square in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou to celebrate Monday’s coup with some burning the

Key Storylines AFRICA: Senegalese President Macki Sall’s alliance acknowledged defeat in two local polls seen as a key test of support ahead of an eagerly-awaited

Key Storylines AFRICA: Liberian officials said that at least 29 people, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, died in a stampede of worshippers at

Key Storylines AFRICA: The UN has grounded all non-emergency flights in Mali as the military government refuses to grant flight clearances. AMERICAS: US President Joe

Key Storylines AFRICA: Former Guinean President Alpha Condé has flown to the UAE for medical treatment. AMERICAS: Brazil’s foreign ministry said President Jair Bolsonaro will

Key Storylines AFRICA: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi urged Sudanese parties to engage in talks and denied backing the military coup which overthrew the civilian

Key Storylines AFRICA: Russia and China blocked a UN Security Council resolution to support new ECOWAS sanctions against Mali after next month’s elections were delayed

Key Storylines AFRICA: Kenyan police arrested 91 Ethiopian nationals suspected to be in the country illegally. AMERICAS: Venezuela’s opposition prevailed in the gubernatorial race in

Key Storylines AFRICA: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that Beijing would appoint a special envoy to the Horn of Africa. AMERICAS: President Joe Biden

Key Storylines AFRICA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Eritrea on his first stop of a three-nation Africa tour that will also take him