Africa Djibouti The Djibouti government rejected its position in a World Bank and S&P port efficiency ranking, the 4th Container Port Performance Index, which saw the port of Djibouti plummet from 29th position in 2022 to number 379 in the 2023 report
Africa Chad In recognition of his intervention in the Chadian transition, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi will have a street named after him in Chad
Africa Liberia Hundreds of women from rural Montserrado County gathered over three days to conclude the Liberia Women Empowerment Project, financed by a World Bank loan, to empower women and girls in climate-vulnerable counties
Africa Mauritania Outgoing President and candidate for his own succession, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani travelled to Bari, Italy, to attend the G7 Summit, just after officially starting his campaign for the 29 June elections
Africa Niger The highest court lifted the immunity of the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, almost a year after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers, opening the door for the army junta to prosecute him for alleged high treason
Africa Nigeria $59 billion will be spent on the construction of rural roads and farmers' markets thanks to a World Bank loan of $500 million to the federal government
Africa Zimbabwe The Council of Ministers received and examined a comprehensive report on the national response to drugs and substance abuse, presented by Interior Minister Kazembe Kazembe, including police operations against the illegal sale of alcohol
Africa Zambia The plan to create a mining investment trading unit was approved, with the government wanting to move from a dividend payment model to a production-based sharing mechanism
Africa Tanzania The Tanzanian railway authorities have started commercial operations of the first standard-gauge electric train from Dar es Salaam to the Morogoro region, a length of 300 km
Africa South Sudan Fundamental requirement of September 2018 peace agreement is the repatriation and resettlement of millions of people forced to flee the 2013 civil war; however, land disputes continue with returning citizens finding occupied homes
Africa Mozambique Mozambique's electoral commission claimed to have included in its register almost one million additional voters who, according to the country's National Statistics Institute, 'cannot exist'
Africa Mauritius A Music Hall in Pamplemousses was inaugurated by President of the Republic Prithvirajsing Roopun, an initiative of the Pamplemousses Village Council in cooperation with the Council of Elders
Africa Libya Skyrocketing meat prices threaten Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of mutton sacrifice: last March Libya's Central Bank imposed a 27% surcharge on the sale of hard currency, with price increases of up to 50%