Africa South Sudan Muzamil Sebi, director of Save the Children, reported on the aid agency's work to reunite the 7000th child separated from his family due to the conflict in South Sudan
Africa Algeria Algeria has agreed to host the next matches of the Palestinian national football team and to bear all associated costs until further notice, following a request made by the Palestinian Football Association
Africa Mauritania The Mauritanian General Prosecutor's Office has requested a 20-year prison sentence against former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is on trial at the criminal court specialising in corruption cases, in what is called 'trial of the decade'
Africa Sudan 100 delegates from Sudan civil society groups, neighbourhood resistance committees, women's organisations, trade unions, political parties and religious and traditional leaders met in Addis Ababa to establish a Democratic Civil Front to end the war
Africa Zambia The Lusaka Hospital for Oncological Diseases is undergoing rehabilitation, replacing old radiotherapy equipment and introducing new advanced diagnostic equipment
Africa Madagascar A collective of opposition candidates participating in Madagascar's presidential elections held a large demonstration in Antananarivo, denouncing what they called "an illegitimate electoral process"
Africa Comoros A project was launched to promote civic education for women and young people to increase their participation in public and political life in 6 pilot municipalities, supported by UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry of Elections and USAID
Africa Algeria Algeria is in talks with Germany to become one of its key suppliers of green hydrogen and to upgrade its pipeline connections to reach a wider swathe of Europe
Africa Mali Trials of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, recently authorised and approved by the World Health Organisation, are about to begin in the country
Africa Rwanda The construction and equipping of a new aviation training facility in Kigali will be possible thanks to a $23,6 million loan from the African Development Bank
Africa Morocco The country is the largest automotive production centre in Africa, with more than 250 automotive suppliers, many of them subsidiaries of foreign companies, employing some 220.000 people
Africa Ethiopia The country listed ports in Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland as facilities that could be peacefully obtained; with the cession of Eritrea in 1993, the country has no access to the sea and it is dependent on Djibouti for 85% of imports and exports
Africa Central African Republic The International Criminal Court has released Maxime Mokom, a former militia leader in the Central African Republic, dismissing the case against him for war crimes, after the prosecutor dropped all charges