Situation Reports

Somali opposition figures, including the Somali Future Council coalition, or SFC, and former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, said the term of Somalia's parliament had expired, and both the SFC and Farmajo stressed that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term would expire on May 15, Somalia Today reported on April 15.

The chief administrator of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede, said he would not step down after Ethiopia's federal government extended his term for one year, Addis Standard reported on April 15.

A special session of India's Parliament beginning on April 16 is expected to discuss a constitutional amendment that would increase the size of the lower house from 543 to 850 members, Bloomberg reported on April 15.

Russia and Azerbaijan said they had agreed to settle the consequences of the December 2024 crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 near Aktau, Kazakhstan, including compensation payments, and stated the incident resulted from the unintended operation of a Russian air defense system, a joint foreign ministry statement published on April 15 said.

The United States issued two new general licenses allowing financial transactions with some Venezuelan banks and ‌government officials, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on April 13.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, where the two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in defense procurement, defense industrial cooperation and energy transition work, AFP reported on April 15.

Saudi Arabia will extend an additional $3 billion in support to Pakistan to assist with its upcoming debt repayment to the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported on April 14.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam signed cooperation documents covering agriculture, education and railway construction, and China pledged deeper cooperation on artificial intelligence, semiconductors, digital infrastructure and state technology systems, Reuters reported on April 15.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the Rwandan-backed M23 signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC, providing for the transfer of an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 Congolese soldiers held in areas under M23 control, RFI reported on April 15.

The United States and Iran reportedly agreed to an "in principle agreement" to extend their two-week ceasefire, which is set to expire on April 22, to provide additional time for diplomacy, AP reported on April 15, citing unnamed regional officials.