Africa Equatorial Guinea The country plans to invest to achieve space sovereignty, from a crewed mission in space to the launch of its own information and tracking satellite; the Vice President of the Republic has visited the base of the space mission company Roscosmos
Africa Eritrea Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel granted Israeli residency to Molugata Tsagai, originally from Eritrea, who risked his life to save an IDF officer injured during the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel
Africa Gabon Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon has opened its Batanga Liquefied Petroleum Gas plant, the second phase of a $50 million major gas development project in the country
Africa Ghana The anti-homosexual bill will be passed before the Christmas holidays, said the Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Alban Bagbin; the bill envisages a 10-year prison sentence for Lgbtq+ supporters and three years for people who identify as homosexuals
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The spread of monkeypox, which has killed nearly 600 people, mostly children, in DRC this yea, leaves the WHO 'very concerned'; the country reported over 13.000 cases in 2023, where the last peak in 2020 was less than half
Africa Lesotho His Majesty King Letsie III, Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho, opened the Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Development Trust values-based leadership conference in Rome, Italy
Africa Mali The official closing ceremony of the UN mission Minusma, the Integrated Stabilisation and Peacekeeping Mission in Mali, was held in Bamako; as stipulated by the protocols, the UN flag flying on the highest flagpole was lowered
Africa South Sudan South Sudan withdrew all its peacekeeping forces sent to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo; they had been sent as part of the East African Community Regional Force
Africa Niger A committee of three leaders was set up over the weekend at the Ecowas summit in Abuja to negotiate with Niger's military junta on the transition to a democratic government
Africa Zimbabwe Dozens of elephants have died of thirst in Zimbabwe's popular Hwange National Park and conservationists fear more will be lost to droughts caused by climate change and the global El Nino weather pattern that dries up waterholes
Africa Egypt Facing a very serious internal economic crisis and the war in Gaza on its borders, Egypt, the third most populous country in Africa, will vote this weekend; according to common opinion, head of state Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be confirmed for a third term
Africa Nigeria Owners brought hundreds of dogs in traditional Nigerian costumes during the annual Lagos Dog Carnival; organiser Jackie Idimogu said the theme of this year's carnival was 'Wazobia' to celebrate Nigeria's heritage
Africa Uganda The country has imposed a ban on the sale of beef products as the authorities struggle to contain a severe anthrax epidemic that has originated in the district of Kyotera in the central region