Situation Reports

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party led five opposition parties in proposing an impeachment bill against acting President Choi Sang-mok over his failure to appoint all three National Assembly-nominated justices to the Constitutional Court, KBS reported on March 21.

Nigeria's former presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, who respectively led the Peoples Democratic Party's and Labour Party's presidential tickets in the 2023 general election, announced the formation of an opposition coalition with former Kaduna state Gov. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai to beat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election, The Punch reported on March 21.

The Autonomous Region of Bougainville's government, which governs Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island, declared it will unilaterally proclaim independence by September 2027, BenarNews reported on March 20.

Brazil's National Congress approved the 2025 budget after a three-month delay amid political tensions and a legal dispute over the executive's payment of budgetary grants to legislators, g1 reported on March 20. 

EU leaders, with the exception of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, pledged to continue supporting Ukraine and expressed readiness to ramp up pressure on Russia with additional sanctions during a summit in Brussels, Belgium, Reuters reported on March 20.

The Indian government decided not to extend its $23 billion production-linked initiative scheme aimed at incentivizing domestic manufacturing and luring companies away from China, limiting the program to its original 14 pilot sectors, Reuters reported on March 21.

The Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, captured Sudan's presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, dealing a significant blow to the rival Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, which had controlled the palace since the start of the civil war in April 2023, Sudan War Monitor reported on March 21.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 20 invoking the Defense Production Act to spur financing for U.S. production of critical minerals.

Vietnam plans to fundamentally restructure its administrative localities, reducing its 63 provinces and centrally run cities by about 50%, districts by 100%, and communes and wards by 60% to 70%, Bao Chinh Phu reported on March 20.

China has executed four Canadian dual nationals thus far in 2025, all on unspecified drug-related charges, AP reported on March 19.