Africa

Prudence Tangham Galega, legal expert and judge, was honoured with the Global Biodiversity Law and Governance Leadership Award, a major international environmental award, during Cop 16 on biodiversity in Cali, Colombia

There is growing concern about cross-border crimes at government level; authorities emphasised that these episodes threaten security not only on the Zambian-DRC border but in the entire Central African region

A group of lawmakers presented a bill that aims to impose an absolute ban on all economic relations between Algerian companies and foreign companies with ties to Israel

Emperor Tewodros II's shield, an artefact looted from Ethiopia during the Battle of Magdala in 1868 against the UK, has returned to the country after 156 years

A midwifery training centre has been inaugurated; called the 'Angel of Life Midwife Training Centre', the first of its kind in the country, it has the specific goal of reducing infant mortality rates

To achieve the desired goals in controlling the public procurement process, CAR will receive support from the World Bank, which will mainly concern the reform of the public procurement code and the introduction of digitisation in the process

Angola ranked 4th among the 18 Central and Southern African countries for the best response to HIV-AIDS, according to the Global HIV-AIDS Surveillance Agency, behind Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

Prime Minister Jugnauth acknowledged the 'serious defeat' of his coalition, the Alliance Lepep, in the parliamentary elections held on Sunday; his rival Ramgoolam, leader of the Alliance of Change coalition, thus marks a remarkable political comeback

Artisanal gold miners in the El Uweinat mountain range, near the Egypt-Libya-Sudan tripoint, called for intervention by Sudanese authorities after an Egyptian army unit attacked them 'in Sudanese territory'

Authorities and human rights advocates are under increasing pressure to investigate the recruitment of young Malawian girls into Russia's Alabuga Special Economic Zone, amid reports of exploitation and dangerous working conditions at a local drone factory

From 19 to 21 November, the capital Niamey will host the 'Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel', a three-day event dedicated to the urgent struggles and aspirations of the Sahel peoples

Six months after the introduction of the ZIG, the sixth new currency in Zimbabwe in the past 15 years, pledges of stability failed as the new money was abruptly devalued by 43% in late September, and its black-market value has tumbled even further

Duma Boko, president since 1 November, and his government plan to legalize undocumented Zimbabwean migrants with temporary residence and work permits; Botswana hosts the second-biggest Zimbabwean diaspora in the world and many are farm or domestic workers