Africa Egypt Suez Canal revenues are down 40-50% this year to date due to attacks on shipping by Yemen's Houthi rebels
Africa Morocco Initially scheduled for January-February 2025, a new speculation suggests that the African Cup of Nations 2025 could be held in the summer, with the Confederation of African Football agreeing to hold the competition in July-August 2025 in Morocco
Africa Seychelles The trade department of the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade, in collaboration with the European Union, recently organised a workshop on the identification and screening of potential geographical indications
Africa Tanzania Authorities have developed a five-year strategy to protect and improve the welfare of people with albinism by providing them with health services, protection of their rights and more inclusiveness in the education process
Africa Mauritania Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani officially assumed the rotating presidency of the African Union for 2024
Africa Namibia In response to a request from the government for technical assistance to support the design and implementation of an index-based agricultural insurance programme for small farmers, a diagnostic report was prepared by the World Bank
Africa Niger Last week the country defaulted on a debt of 13,4 billion CFA francs ($22 million), the West African debt management agency said, bringing the total default to about $519 million since the July coup and its suspension from regional financial markets
Africa Republic of the Congo The Bretton Woods Institution has made CFAF 36,4 billion (US$60 million) available to the Republic of Congo to strengthen the performance of the Statistical Capacity Building Project
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The technical coordinator of the Associação Programa Tatô spoke about the state of conservation of sea turtles: "five of the seven species of sea turtles that currently exist in the world are found, four of which lay their eggs on the island of São Tomé"
Africa Senegal Senegalese took to the streets to protest against the possible extension of President Macky Sall's term of office beyond 2 April, the date for the handover of power, after the Constitutional Council rejected a law to postpone the presidential elections
Africa Sierra Leone The launch of the 7th round of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, UNICEF's international household survey programme, by the Sierra Leone Steering Committee marks a major step forward in the country's commitment to advanced data collection and analysis
Africa South Africa The country must begin the transition to a cashless system to curb currency theft, crime experts advise, even though the latest crime statistics show a decline in cash theft
Africa South Sudan UN human rights experts called on South Sudan's leaders to properly manage the conclusion of the country's political transition to achieve lasting peace and prevent violence and gross human rights violations