Africa Rwanda Theofrida Muginga, a student at the University of Rwanda, is creating 'Mkulima GPT', a chatbot in Swahili led by ChatGPT, to empower smallholder farmers by detecting crop diseases and providing culturally sensitive agricultural advice
Africa Kenya A plan to delineate the boundaries of all the country's forests and fence them off "to curb human encroachment and illegal activities" was announced by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry to combat illegal logging and charcoal burning
Africa Cameroon 1,4 million children are in need of educational assistance in the far north, northwest and southwest due to insecurity and climate change disasters, according to UN report, with over 2000 schools forced to close for non-state armed groups
Africa Madagascar Preparations for the first round of the presidential elections, scheduled for 16 November, are proceeding; 9 million ballots, or 84% of the ballot papers, have already been distributed
Africa Guinea-Bissau The National Financial Inclusion Strategy, launched by the government through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, aims to enable 90% of the Guinean adults population to have access to the financial system
Africa Nigeria The 12th International African Film Festival will be held from 5 to 10 November in Lagos; the Lagos State authorities plan to invest USD 100 million in the construction of a film studio complex
Africa Somalia A bill to strengthen efforts to combat maritime crimes such as piracy and kidnapping at sea was passed to secure the country's extensive coastline for economic activities
Africa Angola Nigerians living in the Republic of Angola have been urged not to engage in acts that would tarnish the country's image; the note has come from the Senate President and leader of the Nigerian delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, Akpabio
Africa Sudan Khartoum University decided to resume in presence studies in all faculties at the various levels, provided that all faculties complete their preparations by the end of this month, after classes in April were only in online mode
Africa Morocco After being awarded the organisation of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, the country is considering the construction of the second largest stadium in the world with a capacity of 113.000 seats
Africa Ghana Seeds have been deposited in Arctic Circle's "doomsday vault" to ensure the long-term protection of the country's major food crops, including maize, rice and peas; Ghana's deposit was made by West African country's plant research institute, Csir-Pgrri
Africa Senegal The public prosecutor claims to have been informed by central commissioner of Kaolack that a corpse of an alleged homosexual boy had been exhumed and set on fire opening an investigation for "extremely serious acts of barbarism concerning the authorities"
Africa Botswana New manganese deposits have been discovered in the southwestern villages of Lobatse, Ramotswa and Kanye; the country is known worldwide for diamond, gold, copper and nickel mining