Africa Togo The funeral of Dedé Rose Gameli Creppy, the last of the 'Nana Benz' and one of the country's most influential (and successful) businesswomen, began yesterday at the royal palace of Lolan in Togo, to end tomorrow 14 July
Africa Guinea The trial at the High Court in Conakry that is to shed light on the 28 September 2009 massacre has reopened; the last time, on 21 June, the dock was empty due to a prison police strike, which prevented the defendants from attending
Africa Liberia Significant progress has been made towards fiscal transparency, as outlined by the US Bureau of Economic and Trade Affairs in its Fiscal Transparency Report 2023
Africa Morocco Protection of intellectual property and targeted support to the various components of Morocco’s economic fabric were emphasised in Geneva at 64th meetings of Assemblies of Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO
Africa Burkina Faso The number of schools closed due to insecurity continues to rise: as of May 31, there were 6.149 schools closed, reports the latest monthly statistic
Africa Kenya A total of 100.000 motorcyclists will use electric bikes within 6 years thanks to a project launched by Kenya Commercial Bank and UN Institute for Training and Research to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector in Nairobi
Africa Somalia The phenomenon of online dating has recently affected even a Muslim country like Somalia: new Guurdoon App, developed by Guryosamo association, supports young people on their marriage path in cases of low financial means
Africa Ivory Coast Cavally Forest is one of the last dense forests in the country, a place of biodiversity threatened by deforestation - from 16 to less than 3 million hectares from 1960 to 2021; new partners have recently joined the reforestation and protection project
Africa Ethiopia The US humanitarian agency told AP last week it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where hundreds of hunger deaths have been reported recently after the U.S. and the UN paused food aid for one-sixth of the country’s population over massive aid theft
Africa Libya The prime minister of Libya's national unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has announced the lifting of the air embargo imposed on Libyan civil aviation over Italian airspace after nearly 10 years
Africa Mauritius For the 15th anniversary of the inscription of the cultural landscape of Le Morne on the World Heritage List, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the International Slave Route Monument, in front of the public beach of Le Morne
Africa Nigeria President Bola Tinubu was elected president of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS at the end of the 63rd Ordinary Session of Ecowas Heads of State and Government, held in Bissau
Africa Tunisia The National Coordination of Social Movements called on Tunisians and national and international organizations to come to the aid of sub-Saharan migrants in the country as they "suffer from thirst, hunger and disease in this period of extreme heat"