Africa Guinea-Bissau In recent years, Guinea-Bissau has been used for the transit of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, said the Director General of the Intergovernmental Action Group against money laundering in West Africa
Africa Gambia The Independent Electoral Commission will begin nominations of candidates for the upcoming mayoral and presidential elections today
Africa Equatorial Guinea The country was elected to hold the Executive Secretariat of the Gulf of Guinea Commission at the Third Extraordinary Summit of Member Countries
Africa Cape Verde Naviera Armas Cabo Verde has reported that it is 'actively collaborating' with the local authorities to elaborate on a new cargo tariff with a 'better balance' to be applied on the São Vicente/Santo Antão route
Africa South Africa The world's largest rhino herd is about to be auctioned off in South Africa, as the owner ran out of money after 30 years
Africa Togo The new market in Kara was inaugurated by President Faure Gnassingbé as part of a one-day tour to celebrate Togo's 63rd anniversary of independence
Africa Sao Tome and Principe West African Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project started the construction of a school in the community of Micoló, Lobata district, in a World Bank-funded climate change mitigation project in coastal regions
Africa Nigeria At least 746 Nigerians die each year from complications of oral cancer, with a high rate of cases recorded
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The National Assembly declared admissible a bill exempting victims of sexual violence, as well as other categories of people considered vulnerable, from legal fees
Africa Malawi Extreme weather events in Malawi have caused a "very sharp" increase in malaria infections and deaths, the Global Health Officer said ahead of World Malaria Day celebrated today
Africa Comoros The president of the Comoros archipelago said he wanted talks with Paris about plans to expel all illegal migrants from the French island of Mayotte, most of whom are Comorians
Africa Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit France in June, his office said, weeks after a diplomatic spat over a Franco-Algerian activist
Africa Tanzania Moody’s gives Tanzania favourable credit rating; the positive outlook is due to lessened political risks in Tanzania, the country’s engagement with the international community and its structural reform agenda