Overseas Security Advisory Council Daily News 4/4/2023
April 04, 2023
Today's Headlines - OSAC's daily selection of global security news
Africa
The strategic town of Bunagana in eastern DRC was previously held by M23 rebels for more than nine months.
The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) on Monday, April 3, sent more troops to eastern DR Congo to reinforce the East African Community regional force.
The European Union is watching the settlement of the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and will normalise its relations with authorities there “step by step”, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Tuesday.
The United Nations and humanitarian partners in Malawi are calling for $70.6 million to help more than a million people who were affected by Cyclone Freddy.
Ahead of the May 29 handover, the Defence Headquarters on Monday vowed to resist anything that would truncate democracy.
East Asia & Pacific
At least four people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea, an official said on Tuesday, a day after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is poised to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday – a historic event that comes amid warnings from China. The California Republican’s office shared details of the meeting in a release Monday morning.
Hundreds of would-be lawmakers in Thailand have begun the official registration
Europe
It is a historic shift for a country that once insisted it was safer without NATO membership and a sign of how Russia's war has reshaped European security.
A train has derailed near the Dutch city of The Hague, killing one person and injuring some 30 passengers, many of them seriously, authorities said.
British passport office workers kicked off a five-week strike on Monday, as the latest group of civil servants to demand a pay raise in response to double-digit inflation threatened to cause headaches for travelers ahead of the summer holiday season.
Middle East & North Africa
Israeli police say a suspected Palestinian attacker stabbed two Israeli soldiers near an army base south of Tel Aviv on Tuesday in the latest incident in a yearlong spate of violence
The United Arab Emirates' commitment to a long-term strategic relationship with Israel should survive political turbulence, analysts say, after one of the most right-wing governing coalitions in Israel's history prompted widespread anger.
South & Central Asia
Taliban forces have killed six members of the ISIL armed group (ISIS) in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province during an overnight raid, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday. The raid comes as the Taliban rulers crack down on the regional affiliate o...
Non-profit says charity medic, traveller and unnamed third man ‘being well-treated’ as UK foreign office seeks contact.
A massive fire raged through at least six cloth markets in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka on Tuesday, local media reported citing witnesses and fire officials. A fire service official told Reuters that 47 fire units were working to douse the fire,
According to an initial estimate, about 30 tourists were caught by the avalanche, as per the BRO, out of whom, 22 have been rescued.
Western Hemisphere
Protesting bus drivers punched, kicked and threw rocks at the top law enforcement official of Buenos Aires province Monday, unleashing a level of violence rarely seen in the demonstrations that are common around Argentina’s capital.
Colombian officials began to evacuate 40 families from their homes Monday after a volcano in the center of the country showed high levels of seismic activity that could signal an eruption in the coming days or weeks.
Honduras' government deployed soldiers across the country as part of a plan to fight criminal groups, authorities said Monday, with official images showing hundreds of soldiers being commissioned for the project.
Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun said Monday they have found four dead bodies in the city’s hotel zone near the beach. There was no immediate information on the nationalities or identities of the victims. The announcement of the deaths ca...
OSAC Analysis - Unclassified OSAC analytical reports and other resources
South & Central Asia
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing multiple legal challenges, to include possible arrest, which would likely prompt his supporters to protest across major cities in Pakistan, especially in the Punjab and Khyber Pakthunkwa provinces...
Consular Messages - Department of State travel advisories and alerts
Africa
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Exercise increased caution in Eswatini due to crime and civil unrest.
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Exercise normal precautions in Lesotho.
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Exercise increased caution in Malawi due to crime.
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Exercise normal precautions in Mauritius.
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Do not travel to South Sudan due to crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict.
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Do not travel to Sudan due to civil unrest. Reconsider travel due to crime, terrorism, kidnapping, and armed conflict.
East Asia & Pacific
The RMI has declared a state of emergency due to the suspension of Asia Pacific Airlines, the primary air freight cargo carrier for the county. This suspension has led to a shortage of necessary medical supplies and medications available at hospital...
Western Hemisphere
As the security situation in Rio Grande do Norte state (RN) improves, the travel restriction for U.S. government personnel to RN is lifted effective April 1, 2023.
Events - Upcoming OSAC meetings, webinars, and training courses
Global
Thank you for your interest in attending the OSAC Somalia Country Chapter Meeting.
OSAC Tanzania Country Chapter Meeting
The U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe invites you to attend U.S. Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Country Chapter meeting, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, from 9am to 10:30am at Farmer’s Daughter Café.
The OSAC Academia Sector Committee cordially invites all ASC members to attend the Spring Health, Safety, & Security Seminar hosted by Vanderbilt University, April 13 - 14.
Africa
Tanzania Country Chapter Meeting
East Asia & Pacific
All OSAC Pan-Asia Regional Committee (PARC) members are invited to attend the "Bouncing Back: Security in 2023 & Beyond" PARC Summit on April 26 - 27, 2023 at Bloomberg in Singapore.
OSAC Manila country chapter members are invited to attend a meeting on 20 April 2023.
Middle East & North Africa
REGISTRATION OPEN>>The OSAC Middle East and North Africa Regional Committee (MENA RC) will hold its annual conference May 31 - June 1 on the campus of NYU Abu Dhabi.
South & Central Asia
All OSAC Pan-Asia Regional Committee (PARC) members are invited to attend the "Bouncing Back: Security in 2023 & Beyond" PARC Summit on April 26 - 27, 2023 at Bloomberg in Singapore.
Western Hemisphere
Join OSAC Dominican Republic for their first Chapter meeting in several years on Thursday, April 13 at 8:15 AM ET!
The OSAC Jamaica Chapter is happy to invite all Chapter members to their first Country Chapter meeting in Montego Bay in several years on March 6 at 11:00 AM local.
OSAC FBSC members are invited to participate in our annual conference on 16 - 17 May hosted by the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.
All Full Access OSAC members are invited to participate in OSAC's 1.5 day intensive Crisis Management Forum May 9-10, 2023 at the US Department of State Headquarters in Washington, DC. Registration is required.
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