Africa Uganda Over 6.000 students failed nursing and midwifery exams; the results of the June 2023 Kampala exams have just been released
Africa Ivory Coast The National Park of the Ehotiles Islands, in the southeastern department of Adiaké, is on the verge of being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Africa Kenya MV Logos Hope, a 132-meter-long ship and the biggest floating library with a collection of more than 5.000 books, has docked in Mombasa, opening its doors to the public for 45 days
Africa Algeria China and Algeria are collaborating to build 6.000 km of railway lines within the North African nation, a move praised by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune as crucial for socio-economic progress
Africa Zambia Inflation accelerated to a 16-month high in August, a week after the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the third consecutive time to contain pressures on price growth that are expected to persist through the first half of 2025
Africa Tunisia Every year about 7.000 tons of plastic waste ends up littering the beaches of the Kerkennah Islands, and new eco-sustainable Tunisian brands are investing in producing clothes made from a fiber composed of an increasingly high percentage of marine plastic
Africa Mali A Victim Compensation Authority Steering Committee has been created: it will be responsible for compensating and supporting all Malians who have suffered human rights violations
Africa Liberia The country could grant the United Arab Emirates a portion of forest equal to 10% of its territory, one million hectares, which the Gulf country would use as "offsets" for carbon credits to sell back to the most polluting companies
Africa South Africa Questions have been raised about the dilapidated and dangerous state of informal housing accommodating asylum seekers in Johannesburg, after a fire led to the deaths of over 70 people, forcing many to jump out of windows
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Ugandan peacekeepers deployed in the war-torn North Kivu province have started a large tree planting campaign in Rutshuru territory to promote environmental conservation
Africa Lesotho The Lesotho Highlands Water Treaty is under review and the Parliamentary Natural Resources Cluster is receiving an induction on the 1986 Treaty between Lesotho and South Africa
Africa Gabon Gabonese military officials said they seized power and put the president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest, after his win at the recent elections
Africa Mozambique Two million Mozambicans are in dire need of support and another 900.000 remain displaced by violence caused by terrorist groups or the effects of recent cyclones according to latest UNHCR reports