Africa

The Eswatini Electricity Company invited tenders for the development and construction of hydroelectric projects as part of the Maguga expansion

The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo, announced that the EPA has imposed fines totalling $965.000 on several companies for violations of environmental laws

A tender was opened for the development of decentralised solar and battery storage systems in the country

A new bill to regulate the celebration of marriages and to address the validation and recognition of certain marriages has been presented by the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Security and Protection

During a hearing in the Ecowas Court of Justice, the government asked to dismiss a $1,5 million lawsuit accusing it of negligence for failing to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the massacre at St Peter's Lutheran Church in Monrovia

A ceremony was held to lay the foundation stone of the future Landja police station in the 9th arrondissement of Bangui, a project of the MINUSCA police in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence and Interior

After over a decade of waiting, Gabonese people will now be able to apply for and obtain a national digital ID after the 'National Electronic Identity Card' was launched by the military chief

The States General of Agriculture and Livestock are taking place in Conakry; scheduled from 3 to 5 July 2024, they aim at mobilizing stakeholders in the sector to transform agro-pastoral potential into an engine for self-sufficiency and nutrition security

The first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country, mainly young children, were sent to the country; a total of 656.600 doses were received

Youth groups across the country organised themselves online and called for the '7 days of justice': seven days of protests across Kenya to ring reminder bells on the corruption and unfairness plaguing the system

A few days before the presidential elections in Mauritania, at least three people died in clashes between security forces and protesters and an unknown number of people were injured

The International Monetary Fund granted an additional $385 million for the Extended Credit Facility to provide financial aid to the country after a six-month drought

A vaccination campaign was recently launched after over 130 people died of cholera; more than 1.300 children received an oral dose of vaccine on the first day of the campaign in Anjouan, the poorest of the nation's three islands