Africa

The Geographical Institute of Burundi has announced the start of the agricultural season, which forecasts say tends to be wetter than the previous year in some areas of the country

The Eduardo Medina primary school, in Pascoal Alves, Porto Novo, reopens its doors from today 16 September after a school year closed due to a lack of students

Farmers are fighting waste by producing wine from overripe bananas; bananas are ripening quickly after plantations were moved to warmer areas because they were being washed away by rising water levels in recent years due to increased rainfall

90% of cancer patients in the country die and this is mainly due to the diagnosis coming in most cases at an already advanced stage of the disease, revealed Nigerian oncologist Samuel Otene, professor at the Benue state university teaching hospital

Arica VR Campus offers rural communities a first glimpse of the metaverse, an initiative that aims to show young people living in disadvantaged contexts an opportunity to learn about the possibilities offered by the technological tools of the future

The country "has made education a priority and it was essential that UNESCO provide its support", stated the Global Partnership for Education as UNESCO pledged to mobilise $44 million to support education in Cameroon through GPE

The company GECOMSA will be audited to find out why it failed, the head of Defence and State Security has ruled, after analysing the preliminary report submitted to the parastatal telecommunications operator

The state intends to disseminate hybrid rice technology on a large scale in order to increase agricultural yields by as much as threefold

A group of organisations, which support the right to social security, praised the Mauritius government for its decision to extend the universal child allowance, called Contribution Sociale Généralisée, for another year, from July 2024 to June 2025

Pravin Gordhan, former finance minister and anti-apartheid activist, has died; presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya remembered him as 'an outstanding leader', recalling his sacrifices and efforts

The President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, officially dissolved, within the terms of the law, the National Assembly of Senegal, and at the same time announced parliamentary elections for 17 November

A dengue epidemic is underway in Bangui, the Central African Ministry of Health has confirmed, saying it is the first time dengue has been reported in Central Africa