Africa

A growing number of corpses are being found in public spaces; Freetown started burials for sanitary and humanitarian reasons and asked government to investigate on the use of drugs as cause of death, but the matter was solved issuing 'removing' policies

The Djibouti International Free Trade Zone DIFTZ recorded a significant acceleration in its activities in the first quarter of 2026, driven by sustained increase in land sales, occupancy rates, employment, according to data released by the DIFTZ Authority

UNDP in Sao Tomé has published two notices: the hiring of a national consultant to promote training in women's leadership with a dedicated project and a list of items on sale due to office renewal

Provisional results declared Sassou Nguesso re-elected to a fifth term with 95% of the vote, on a reported turnout of 85%; the figure was notably in contrast to eye witness observations of short queues at polling stations in the capital Brazzaville

Liberia and Barbados signed a historic visa waiver agreement; with political consultations, it is expected to unlock new opportunities in trade, labor mobility, and cultural exchange in a wider frame of strengthening South-South cooperation

World Tuberculosis Day has been celebrated at Gasabo District headquarters in Kigali under the theme “Together we can end tuberculosis”; the number of deaths has declined from 77 per 100.000 people in 2000 to 3,4 in 2024, a 95,6% reduction

Agricultural policy is taking a new direction with a deliberate transition towards industrialization; following a year 2025 of exceptional harvests, administration is now focused on transformation, with agro-industrial parks as the main driver

UnIA, the Independent University of Angola, will host today the Grand Lecture on Angolan Diplomacy, a meeting to promote an in-depth analysis of the advances, challenges, and perspectives of national diplomatic action

Journalist Loughty Dube, head of the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe, has been elected as the first chairperson of the Southern African Press Councils; the newly formed body supports regional efforts for media accountability and press freedom

Arctic Metagaz, Russian gas tanker ferrying 700 tonnes of fuel and LNG from Russia to Egypt that was drifting in the Mediterranean after suffering a series of explosions weeks ago, will be towed to a Libyan port, said state-owned oil company

Rodrigues island, suffering from a chronic water deficit, recorded over 100 mm of rain in less than 12 hours - with a record 124,2 mm in Plaine-Corail, and was heavily flooded forcing national airline Air Mauritius to cancel inter-island flights

A drone hit a hospital in East Darfur, killing 64 people and wounding 89, in the latest episode of strikes on health facilities in Sudan; WHO says the ongoing war is can be considered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world

Egypt aims to generate over €10 billion in fashion exports by 2031 according to AECE data; Egyptian apparel exports grew 11% year-on-year in January, with a boom to EU countries, reaching €114,4 million in the opening of 2026 (+26%)