Africa Botswana Diamond producers De Beers, Anglo American and Okavango diamond company, owned by the state of Botswana, have asked the Group of Seven to reconsider new bans on Russian diamonds, which are having and will have even more 'unintended consequences'
Africa Mali The foundation stone was laid for the Children's Home in Bamako, a project that will extend over 2 hectares and aims to 'create an environment conducive to the training, schooling and development' of orphaned children of the Armed Forces
Africa Mozambique The government is mobilising resources to activate an anti-raids brigade: several groups are being formed inside and outside the country to combat the danger plaguing the country since 2011
Africa Morocco The 80 human footprints discovered in 2022 in Larache, south of Tangier, date from around 100.000 years ago; the footprints were dated by a study recently published in the journal Nature according to which they are Homo sapiens footprints
Africa Djibouti The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation signed a USD 90 million Master Murabaha agreement for the Republic of Djibouti, with the International Hydrocarbons Company of Djibouti as executing agency
Africa Liberia Kula Bonah Nyei Fofana was appointed to head the President's press and communications office: for the first time in Liberia's history, a woman will lead the communications team of the President
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Minister of the Environment of Guinea-Bissau, Viriato Luis Soares Cassamá, presented the candidature of a group of islands in the Bijagós archipelago to become a World Heritage Site at the Unesco headquarters in Paris
Africa Comoros The results of the last examination for teachers in November 2023 are still awaited by the many candidates who sat it
Africa Cape Verde A study presented concluded that child labour affects 4,2% of Cape Verdean children between the ages of 5 and 17; 2,5% work in hazardous conditions, but the majority work for family members
Africa Angola In December 2023, APOPO, with over two decades of history in humanitarian mine action, reached an extraordinary milestone by achieving a total of 100 million square metres of landmines cleared over the years
Africa Tanzania UNICEF has pledged to support Tanzania to improve nutrition and thus end child stunting, which refers to a child being too short for his or her age and is the result of chronic or recurring malnutrition
Africa Tunisia The first photovoltaic solar power plant in Djerba and south-east Tunisia has been inaugurated by the Secretary of State for Energy Transition; the plant will provide electricity to 500 households
Africa Zambia The country aims to produce 3 million tonnes of copper per year within a decade, up from the current 830.000 tonnes, said the Minister of Mines and Mining Development