Africa Madagascar The IRMAR presidential platform won 84 seats out of the 163 up for grabs, obtaining an absolute majority in the National Assembly, proclaimed High Constitutional Court
Africa Malawi Malawi and Germany signed a financial agreement for an additional €19 million to support the programme, which will significantly strengthen efforts to provide essential aid to the country's most vulnerable families
Africa Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, was captured on video joining other women in a spirited dance to celebrate the passing of a historic law banning child marriages
Africa Senegal The Saudi government allocated 12.860 pilgrimage places to Senegal and, according to the medical authorities, up to 60% of these pilgrims tested positive for Covid-19
Africa Angola The second phase of the polio vaccination campaign took place in 11 provinces of the country for children under the age of five; the goal of the campaign was to immunise more than three million children thanks to 7.000 trained teams
Africa eSwatini Oil producer operations in Eswatini Oil Mills have the potential to create over 100.000 indirect jobs for farmers if Eswatini achieves self-sufficiency in soya production
Africa Mauritania Around 2 million people are expected to vote in the presidential elections in Mauritania; the country's first democratically elected president is seeking a second and final five-year term
Africa Mozambique Until March this year, more than 56.000 travellers from 29 countries have benefited from the eVisa for tourism and business since the implementation of Measure 13 of the Economic Acceleration Package in December 2022
Africa Republic of the Congo The government will continue its efforts to improve the availability of caesarean kits after a free scheme was set up in 2011 for the care of caesarean section, ectopic pregnancy, emergency care of newborns resulting from a caesarean section
Africa Rwanda The Apostolic Nunciature in Rwanda celebrated the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Rwanda alongside the 11th anniversary of Pope Francis' pontificate
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Prime Minister called for support from oil companies operating in the Exclusive Economic Zone to implement the energy transition, stressing that he wanted a country focused on tourism and preserving the environment
Africa Zambia WWF Zambia called for the creation of a special fund dedicated to the development of forestry sector, suggesting to use the resources collected from the carbon tax to recapitalise the industry and ensure the viability of green economy plans
Africa Zimbabwe The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe expects annual inflation to fall sharply to just 5% by the end of the year, supported by the stability of Zimbabwe's currency and exchange rates