22SEP20 Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: The UN’s World Food Program warned of food insecurity in Mozambique due to growing violence in the country’s north by militants linked to the Islamic State. AMERICAS: Canadian police searched an apartment linked to the person detained for sending a ricin-filled envelope to the White House and five other addresses in the […]

21SEP20 Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: EU Foreign Ministers are reportedly set to agree to new sanctions on three firms from Turkey, Jordan and Kazakhstan, for breaching an arms embargo related to Libya. AMERICAS: Confidential documents submitted by global banks to the US government reportedly show banks moving allegedly illicit funds despite red flags about the origins of […]

20SEP20 Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: The Libyan Center for Disease Control reported 796 additional COVID-19 cases, as the total confirmed cases in the country exceeded 27,000 AMERICAS: President Trump said that he will nominate a woman in the next week to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court, foreshadowing a critical political battle that […]

06SEP20 Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was evacuated to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment. AMERICAS: Colombia registered 8,394 new COVID-19 cases and 268 more deaths in the past 24 hours, increasing the country’s total to 658,456 cases and 21,156 fatalities.  ASIA: The next Japanese prime minister could demand a snap […]

30AUG20 Global Overnight Overwatch Report

Key Storylines AFRICA: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stressed the need for an inclusive return to the country’s political process. AMERICAS: The United States’ top intelligence official has told lawmakers it will largely stop holding in-person briefings on election security, signaling that it does not trust lawmakers to keep the information secret. […]