Africa Egypt Dr. Khaled Sofi won the position of Chairman of the Board of the International Organisation for Standardisation for two years, the first Egyptian Arab to hold this position since the organisation's foundation in 1947
Africa Kenya An agreement was signed to allow 250.000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers to migrate to Germany as part of a new labour migration agreement aimed at solving the labour shortage
Africa Ghana A digital platform of the Department of Rent Control was officially launched to digitise essential services and improve the overall experience of tenants and landlords
Africa Guinea A plot of land has been allocated to thousands of people who were forcibly evicted by previous governments, with some victims waiting more than 25 years for compensation
Africa Uganda Technology-led charity Hello World is working in central Uganda to bridge digital gaps in hard-to-reach African communities by creating internet hubs with the support of partners and host communities
Africa Benin All UNIBEN students trapped in the collapse of a three-storey building in a popular student housing estate in Benin have been rescued by emergency responders, said the Edo State Government
Africa Botswana Botswana's future in exporting beef to the EU will depend on proving that the product has not contributed to deforestation practices and biodiversity loss, as the EU formulated the Deforestation Regulation that will come into force on 1 January 2025
Africa Burkina Faso Relatives of the victims of an attack that claimed hundreds of lives in August accused the head of the country's junta, Captain Ibrahim Traore, of being responsible for the tragedy
Africa Burundi The Geographical Institute of Burundi has announced the start of the agricultural season, which forecasts say tends to be wetter than the previous year in some areas of the country
Africa Cape Verde The Eduardo Medina primary school, in Pascoal Alves, Porto Novo, reopens its doors from today 16 September after a school year closed due to a lack of students
Africa Malawi Farmers are fighting waste by producing wine from overripe bananas; bananas are ripening quickly after plantations were moved to warmer areas because they were being washed away by rising water levels in recent years due to increased rainfall
Africa Nigeria 90% of cancer patients in the country die and this is mainly due to the diagnosis coming in most cases at an already advanced stage of the disease, revealed Nigerian oncologist Samuel Otene, professor at the Benue state university teaching hospital
Africa Kenya Arica VR Campus offers rural communities a first glimpse of the metaverse, an initiative that aims to show young people living in disadvantaged contexts an opportunity to learn about the possibilities offered by the technological tools of the future