Africa Ethiopia The celebrations of Meskel ('the Cross' in the Amharic language), one of the most important holidays in Ethiopia, were held; about two-thirds of Ethiopia's 120 million inhabitants are Christians
Africa Morocco Morocco has expressed ambitious plans to become North Africa's leading player in the emerging "green hydrogen" sector, with plans to export the clean fuel to Europe
Africa Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's central bank is working to accelerate another form of payment called ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold, through the use of digital tokens backed by gold
Africa Rwanda President Paul Kagame has announced that he will run for a fourth term in next year's presidential election
Africa Ghana A call was recently made by the Ghanaian president that reparations must be paid for the slave trade "to address the historical injustices that have shaped the structure of the world"
Africa Burkina Faso A total of 191.937 Internally Displaced People have returned to their respective localities in the different regions of Burkina Faso as of August 31
Africa Sierra Leone Golley Agricultural Development Sierra Leone Limited, founded by former ambassador to South Korea Omrie Golley, will introduce drip irrigation in an attempt to defy seasonality with minimum water use
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Women in São Tomé account for more than 80% of the cases of domestic violence recorded this year by the Domestic Violence Counselling Centre, which requires human and financial resources to monitor victims
Africa Republic of the Congo Over 400 athletes from seven African countries are taking part in the 44th Club Handball Championships, which started on September 28 in Brazzaville
Africa Malawi The Football Association of Malawi has handed a four-month suspension to referee Godfrey Nkhakananga for the chaos that ensued during the match between Silver Strikers and Mighty Mukuru Wanderers
Africa eSwatini Eswatini voters began voting Friday for legislative elections to be held in Africa's last absolute monarchy, with 500.000 voters selecting the 59 members of the lower house of parliament, whose sole role is to advise King Mswati III
Africa Lesotho Lesotho's third Country Programme Framework, the framework for medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a Member State and the IAEA, has been signed for the period 2024-2029
Africa Algeria 73 local and international bids for 15 solar power projects with a total generation capacity of 2.000 megawatts have been opened by state-owned Sonelgaz, responsible for electricity and gas distribution in the country