Situation Reports

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the creation of a constitutional commission to prepare amendments that would abolish the Senate, establish a unicameral Parliament and create a vice presidency, Tengrinews.kz reported on Jan. 20.

Syria's provisional government said it had reached a four-day ceasefire with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, in an attempt to negotiate the final integration of the remaining SDF forces, Al Jazeera reported on Jan. 20.

A citizen-filed impeachment complaint accuses Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of constitutional violations and betrayal of trust with respect to the country's ongoing flood control embezzlement scandal and the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, respectively, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 19.

The value of Indonesia's rupiah fell to its weakest level since the 1998 Asian financial crisis after President Prabowo Subianto nominated his nephew, Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Djiwandono, as deputy governor of the country's central bank, the Financial Times reported on Jan. 20.

The United Kingdom and China established a forum to discuss cyber attacks, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 20.

Peru's Attorney General Tomas Galvez confirmed he has opened a preliminary investigation into interim President Jose Jeri over alleged influence peddling for concealed meetings with a Chinese businessman, El Pais reported on Jan. 19.

Pro-government forces reentered the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern city of Uvira after the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group began withdrawing its remaining forces from the area on Jan. 17, Reuters reported on Jan. 20.

Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilem said Ethiopia should pay Egypt compensation due to its management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, claiming that the dam had reduced Egypt's use of Nile waters from its allocated 55 billion cubic meters to 38 billion cubic meters, Addis Standard reported on Jan. 20.

Provisional results from Benin's Jan. 11 parliamentary elections show that the ruling coalition won all 109 seats, leaving no opposition party represented in the next National Assembly, RFI reported on Jan. 19.

Uganda's main opposition leader Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, reportedly in hiding, has claimed that around 100 of his supporters have been killed, alleging a postelection campaign of violence and intimidation by state forces, BBC reported on Jan. 20.