Africa Ghana Ghana's cocoa regulator plans to increase the state-guaranteed price to cocoa farmers for the 2024/25 season by almost 45%, which would be the second consecutive increase
Africa Zambia In a press note, the Zambian government announced a crackdown on the misuse of social media, invoking Sec 54 of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act No 2/2021 adding it 'will not tolerate any form of online misconduct that threatens peace and security'
Africa Guinea-Bissau The review of Guinea-Bissau's Extended Credit Facility agreement has been completed; subsequently, the IMF unblocked the disbursement of aid amounting to approximately €6,3 million
Africa Ethiopia A new site, Aftit, in the Amhara region, has been created for people fleeing Sudan's civil war, which will replace two other sites, Awlala and Kumer, recently closed, Ethiopia's Refugee and Returnee Service and UNHCR announced
Africa Madagascar Faced with recurring water supply problems in Antananarivo, Prime Minister Ntsay met with officials from the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, but no immediate solution was adopted
Africa Tanzania Households that have voluntary moved out of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and set in Msomera Village have been provided with a 3 bedroom house on 2,5 acres of land a 3 acres farm and foodstuff for 18 months, says Supervisor of Voluntary Relocation Exercise
Africa Namibia Approximately 400 timber planks were confiscated in the Kavango West region in August according to Kavango West police regional commander Julia Sakuwa-Neo, who said planks were seized after establishing that no permits or authorisation was granted
Africa Mali Denmark has declared its intention to close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso because military coups have 'severely limited its reach into the Sahel region'
Africa Nigeria Interpol arrested more than 300 people as part of an international investigation against one of the world's largest criminal networks, the Nigerian Black axe, seizing $3 million in illicit assets and freezing more than 700 bank accounts
Africa Libya The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces, Khalifa Haftar, met with a US delegation, praising the development of friendly relations between the Libyan Armed Forces General Command and the United States
Africa Somalia The militant group Al-Shabaab is now 18 years old, as it emerged in 2006 as an alternative to the degradation of the state; born out of a network of Islamic fundamentalist movements, it joined al-Qaeda in 2012 and counts between 7.000 and 12.000 soldiers
Africa Morocco More than four thousand people convicted, wanted or facing prosecution for cannabis-related activities have been granted a pardon by King Mohammed VI, enabling a massive accession of cannabis farmers, producers and cultivators to the regulatory process
Africa Mauritania PM Mokhtar Ould Ajay met with the Ambassador of Qatar to Mauritania to discuss cooperation actions between the two countries and the means to develop them; diplomatic relations had been re-established last March after a break of almost four years