Africa

The Guinean justice system is a 'big sick body', admitted current Justice Minister Yaya Kairaba Kaba, claiming that it has never been independent and impartial since 1958

China-Aid's solar power project has been handed over to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; it will supply the Ministry itself and 8 provincial post offices with a reliable and environmentally friendly power

The government set up a commission of enquiry to investigate the prisoner escape and alleged torture of inmates at the Maseru Central Correctional Institution in December 2023

The USAID administrator in a recent visit to the country promoted investment in the Lobito corridor, a vital component of the Global Partnership for Infrastructure and Investment

The Mauritius Digital Promotion Agency and the Digital Lab on the Go project have been launched by the Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation

A UN-backed court in the Central African Republic has issued an international arrest warrant for the country's exiled former president François Bozizé, wanted for human rights violations

The opposition is divided over a measure proposed at the national dialogue to suspend nearly 200 political parties until further notice and prevent members of President Ali Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party from participating in elections for three years

The Palestine Solidarity Movement in Malawi called on President Lazarus Chakwera to cut ties with Israel

A very ancient petrified tree was recently discovered at Adi-Kinzinab, located in the Adi-Quala sub-zone; this discovery could provide evidence of the migration of large mammals 27 million years ago, before the formation of the Red Sea

May has been designated as 'Purple Month' by Mental Health Authority, an initiative to promote mental health wellbeing - to the issue is given much attention and it's likely to come back in October to celebrate the existing World Mental Health Day

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie signed an agreement during the spring meetings of the IMF and WB Group to jointly explore the development of a CBDC of the national currency Ouguiya

At least 300 goats were killed by lightning that struck their pasture in the Hiiraan region following heavy rains in the area in recent days

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid, an exhibition of high political and identity value with artworks, artefacts and objects produced during apartheid era and repatriated is open to the public at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg