Africa Tanzania Tanzania is the happiest country in Africa, the third happiest in the world, behind only Sri Lanka and the Dominican Republic, a report by the Global mind project conducted among 500,000 people in 71 countries reveals
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The government announced the end of the 2003 moratorium on the death penalty, paving the way for the resumption of executions
Africa Egypt Respect for human rights must be at the center of discussions and the bilateral agreement between the European Union and Egypt, which Brussels is preparing to sign, demanded the International Federation for Human Rights and other NGOs
Africa Libya UNDP has announced the participation of thirty female police officers in a program organized by the Supreme Commission on National Elections to train officers in techniques to counter violence against women in elections
Africa Burkina Faso Only a third of the funds needed to cover the most urgent humanitarian needs in Burkina Faso were allocated last year, said director of the forum of international humanitarian NGOs in the country
Africa Nigeria President Bola Tinubu wrote to the Senate calling for the repeal of the Higher Education Access Act of 2023, otherwise known as the Student Loan Act, and submitted a new bill to be enacted into law
Africa Ethiopia Ethiopia's largest bank, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, is reportedly trying to recover more than $40 million after a technical glitch allowed customers to withdraw more than they had in their accounts
Africa Senegal Senegal's only female presidential candidate has little or no chance of winning in Sunday's election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decades-long campaign to achieve gender equality
Africa Kenya Doctors at public hospitals have ended their 7th day of nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement promises contained in the 2017 collective bargaining agreement, signed after a 100-day strike that saw people die from lack of care
Africa Niger Through a statement read on state television by the spokesman for the National Council for the Protection of the Homeland, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, it was announced the break in military cooperation between Niger and the US
Africa Botswana Young Epilepsy Botswana has announced that the ninth Purple Walk will be held in Gaborone on March 23
Africa Ethiopia The country plans to commission the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam hydropower project, which is under construction, by the end of the year, said GERD project manager
Africa Eritrea A Chinese project developer has been selected to build the first photovoltaic solar energy storage facility in Eritrea - photovoltaic solar power plant and energy storage system - financed by the African Development Bank