Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: Algeria closed its airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircraft amid an escalating diplomatic row. AMERICAS: Leaders of Costa Rica, the

Key Storylines AFRICA: Explosions in Burundi’s largest city of Bujumbura killed at least five people and injured fifty others AMERICAS: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Key Storylines AFRICA: Tunisian President Kais Saied said he had instituted transitional governing rules and would introduce a new electoral law, eight weeks after seizing

Key Storylines AFRICA: A Rwanda court is expected to rule on Monday in the case of a hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a

Key Storylines AFRICA: ECOWAS imposed sanctions on Guinean junta leaders and called for new elections within six months, as well as the release of ousted

Key Storylines AFRICA: The UN Security Council adopted a statement urging Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to resume negotiations on Ethiopia’s mega-dam project on the Blue

Key Storylines AFRICA: Russia has reportedly blocked the renewal of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) over disagreements on the withdrawal of foreign

Key Storylines AFRICA: President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa has benefited from being a member of the BRICS over the last decade. AMERICAS: UN High

Key Storylines AFRICA: President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address that South Africa will ease COVID-19 restrictions and shorten its nationwide curfew from Monday

Key Storylines AFRICA: Morocco’s early election results indicate that the ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party (JPD) may have lost control of Parliament. AMERICAS: The

Key Storylines AFRICA: Sudan summoned Ethiopia’s ambassador to Khartoum to inform him that 29 corpses found on the banks of a river abutting Ethiopia were

Key Storylines AFRICA: Politicians from dozens of political parties campaigned for the last day, trying to reach out to millions of Moroccans despite social distancing