Africa Libya The UN said it was 'deeply concerned' about the allegations of human rights violations, while emphasising the 'determination and unity' of the Libyan people, whose majority expressed the need for political agreement for national elections
Africa Rwanda The country, through the Rwanda TVET Board, partnered with the Luxembourg government, represented by LuxDev, to launch a €5 million project to improve digital skills in technical and vocational education and training
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The São Tomé Medical Association has recently denounced an 'unprecedented medical crisis' that puts citizens' lives at risk and has forced professionals to perform medical actions outside the rules, 'in a desperate attempt to save lives'
Africa Senegal An Interfaith Council for Peace has been established: with representatives from Islam, Catholic Church, Protestant Churches and traditional religions; it will defuse conflicts and promote peace, reconciliation and development in Senegal and West Africa
Africa Sierra Leone The Fashion Design and Textile Association was launched with the aim of unifying and strengthening the country's fragmented fashion and textile industry, creating a collaborative platform for the advancement of the sector
Africa Gabon Among Gabonese youth, N'Tcham has ousted the Nigerian afrobeat and the South African amapiano; in slang, N'Tcham means 'brawl' and is a dance born in prisons that expresses all the violence that exists in working-class neighbourhoods
Africa Eritrea The 11th annual Asmara College of Education festival concluded with a series of programmes highlighting the progress of quality education and the development of the teaching profession
Africa Equatorial Guinea The new format of the National Games has been presented and explained by the Equatorial Guinea Olympic Committee; the Games will begin with preliminary stages at the end of August
Africa Botswana SafariBookings.com, the online marketplace for safaris in Africa, studied almost 3.600 reviews and announced that Botswana has been awarded the best safari country in Africa
Africa Angola Growing use of minors in gold mining in the municipalities of Jamba and Chipindo, in the central province of Huila, has been reported by the National Institute for Children
Africa Benin Relations with Niger have deteriorated further and Niger has stopped exporting oil to China via its pipeline on the Benin coast
Africa Burkina Faso Last year, Burkina Faso overtook Afghanistan as the country most affected by terrorism, with almost 2.000 deaths, further demonstrating how the epicentre of global Islamist terrorism is moving from the Middle and Far East to the Sahel
Africa Ethiopia UNICEF is leading efforts to ensure education for all children in Ethiopia: according to recent estimates, around 17 million children between pre-primary, primary and secondary level are currently out of school and almost half of them are girls