Situation Reports

Tanzanian prosecutors have charged at least 145 people with treason for their alleged roles in violent unrest during and after the country's disputed Oct. 29 general elections, Reuters reported Nov. 7, citing court filings.

Sri Lanka's President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake presented the 2026 budget, pledging reforms to keep the $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout on track, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 7.

The Pakistan People's Party, or PPP, a major coalition ally in Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's government, rejected several key provisions of the proposed 27th constitutional amendment, Arab News reported on Nov. 7.

The CEO of German car parts supplier AUMOVIO said shipments of chips from Dutch-headquartered semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia's China unit have resumed and that the company received an exemption from Chinese export controls, the Financial Times reported on Nov. 7.

Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian military, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, told troops in the city of Maiduguri that they should prepare for a new offensive against jihadist groups in the northeast of the country, the Daily Post reported on Nov. 7.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, said that it had accepted proposals by the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for a humanitarian truce and that it was looking to begin talks on a cessation of hostilities agreement, Sudan Tribune reported Oct. 6.

During an Oval Office meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Nov. 6 confirmed his country's decision to join the Abraham Accords in a trilateral call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

At U.S. urging, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution lifting sanctions on Syria's provisional President Ahmad al-Sharaa and interior minister Anas Hasan Khattab that were designed to target members and supporters of terrorist groups like the Islamic State and al Qaeda, AP reported on Nov. 6.

Belgium's government reached an agreement in principle over a package of measures to protect the country from the increasing number of drone incursions into its territory, Belga News Agency reported on Nov. 7.

The U.S. Geological Survey added 10 new materials to its List of Critical Minerals when it published the final version of the list on Nov. 6, bringing the total to 60.