Africa

A plant for the production of calcium carbonate, used in agriculture and industry, will soon open in the northeastern province of Constantine with a planned annual production capacity of 100.000 tons

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service will stop working in South Africa: the company has informed its local users that from the end of April they will no longer be able to access the internet via Starlink

Uganda signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency the Country Programme Framework for 2024-2029 for medium-term planning of technical cooperation

The World Bank will provide nearly 8 million euros to fund a five-year project to make São Tomé's tourism evolve, by providing training, infrastructure upgrades and cleanup

On the occasion of World Art Day, which is celebrated every year on April 15 in honor of Leonardo Da Vinci, an exhibition was opened at Lespas Lar in La Tour Koenig, featuring a range of Mauritian and international artworks

A new eye health project has successfully brought essential services to the grassroots level; the initiative, supported by Sightsavers, reached over 122.000 people in rural and economically disadvantaged areas of the Southwest Health Zone

"Feast Ghana," a project aimed at promoting local foods throughout the country and showcasing the country's culinary diversity, is launched today by the Ghana Tourism Authority

The first Russian Language Festival at the Center for Open Education and Russian Education of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has begun in Malabo

The Barea Mahamasina Stadium, which was supposed to host the third and fourth days of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, has not been approved by the Confederation of African Football and FIFA

Senators voted to establish a war crimes tribunal, two decades after the end of the civil conflict, and will investigate and try crimes against humanity and corruption committed between 1989 and 2003, which killed up to 250.000 people

A warning to the public regarding illegal land sales and transactions within the Koto Balli Community Forest has been jointly issued by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources and the one of Lands and Regional Government Affairs

Gabon's transitional president asked his Ivory Coast counterpart to help him get African Union sanctions lifted

3-year Rapid Rural Transformation project will begin in Ha-Mohlakoana area; initiative of WFP and other partners, it aims to create a hub powered by solar energy, adequate water resources, and information and communication technologies in remote areas