Africa Senegal 3.000 employees in the parastatal sector and public administration have been laid off due to the country's economic crisis and years of mismanagement of government funds
Africa Malawi The Malawi Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced plans to host the country's first National Eucharistic Congress, a historic gathering of Catholics from across Malawi
Africa Nigeria 'Dream Count', the latest book by renowned Nigerian-American writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been included in the official shortlist of the international Women's Prize for Fiction 2025
Africa Tunisia Trial begun for 40 opposition figures accused of conspiring against state security for criticising President Kais Saiedhas, including politicians, activists, diplomats, journalists and businessmen
Africa Gabon The transitional president, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, will run in the presidential elections on 12 April 2025; among the achievements he has claimed are the construction of 1.969 kilometres of roads and the distribution of 417 taxis
Africa Ethiopia The country called for more investment and international collaboration to address growing pressures on global ecosystems and biodiversity; the address has been made during celebrations for World Wildlife Day
Africa Benin The fall armyworm has devastated thousands of hectares of maize in Benin; to detect the insects early enough to manage them, farmers have been turning to technology based on remote-sensing methods
Africa Malawi Economic growth forecast for 2025 have been lowered in the government's annual budget, while citizens protested in major cities over rising prices: street vendors say Malawi double-digit inflation is forcing them out of business
Africa Republic of the Congo Government officials from Brazzaville and Antananarivo, Madagascar, met for a reforestation operation, planting 3.000 trees, on the occasion of African Environment Day celebrated on 3 March
Africa Guinea-Bissau A mission of the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, left the country saying the president had threatened to expel it, after being invited to reach a 'political consensus' on how to conduct elections this year
Africa Morocco King Mohammed VI urged Moroccans "to refrain from performing the rite of sacrifice" during this year's Eid al-Adha, due to prolonged drought that decimated livestock and increased the price of meat
Africa Liberia In an effort to strengthen the role of women in the fisheries sector, the Liberia Sustainable Management of Fisheries Project launched a Women Empowerment Grant to support more than 1.400 fishmongers in four coastal counties
Africa Zimbabwe 72% of paternity tests carried out by couples in the country show that those who claim to be fathers raise children who are not their own, data from Global DNA Zimbabwe revealed