Africa Eritrea The Central Region Teachers Association held its 8th congress in Asmara; the head of the region's education office urged the association to establish sustainable training programs aimed at improving teachers' skills
Africa Ghana About 1,3 million high school students are expected to receive a tablet each as part of the "One Student, One Tablet" initiative implemented under the Ghana Smart Schools project
Africa Liberia The government of Liberia, with funding from the World Bank and the Western Region, is expected to build Liberia's first solar park and expand the Mount Coffee hydroelectric plant from 88mw to 126mw
Africa Mauritania India and Mauritania held their first consultations with the Foreign Ministry in the capital Nouakchott, during which a wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest were discussed
Africa Zimbabwe The country is experiencing a historic drought that has jeopardized most crops for the 2024 agricultural season, threatening millions of people with starvation; the World Food Program has said it may not be able to assist families
Africa Mali Malian President Assimi Goita received the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for GNU Political Affairs, Mohamed Issa, who is leading the Libyan delegation to the meeting of the Alliance of African States held in Bamako
Africa Guinea The construction of an alumina refinery by the Alteo Refinery Guinea Company has been declared a Project of National Interest
Africa Gambia The plan to lift the ban on female genital mutilation in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks setting a "dangerous precedent," UN representatives have warned
Africa Equatorial Guinea As part of its national expansion plan, the National Bank of Equatorial Guinea opened the Cumandaquina agency, in Bata, its 35th agency
Africa Djibouti Textron Aviation of Wichita reported that it has been awarded a contract by the Us Army Contracting Command, for the delivery of two Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX turboprop aircraft to the Djibouti Air Force
Africa Botswana The 2024 World Happiness Report surprisingly shows that Botswana is one of the unhappiest countries in the world, ranking 137th out of 143, surpassing even coup-affected countries such as Mali and Chad
Africa Sudan Faced with questions about his disappearance, the Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat claims how former Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was able to move to northern Sudan, to a safe place
Africa Seychelles A census to determine the overall status of endemic Seychelles turtles is being discussed at the Biodiversity and Conservation Unit of the Ministry of the Environment; it has been 16 years since the last census and the current situation is unknown