Africa Benin Benin, Gambia and Côte d'Ivoire - with the support of South Africa-based research ethics non-governmental organisation EthiXpert - have been awarded a €1,5 million grant to build the capacity of research ethics committees
Africa Burundi Among the many humanitarian problems facing the country, malaria is one of the most serious, with numbers rising in 2022 compared to previous years, by 19% from 2021
Africa Sierra Leone The Freetown City Council presented the city's Climate Action Plan to the World Bank's Climate Action Mission, launched in the country three weeks ago
Africa Guinea-Bissau Women's organisations in Guinea-Bissau argue that it is urgent that men accept them as partners and assume that equal rights and opportunities are not a favour
Africa Togo A reminder of the need to obtain authorisation before subdividing plots of land has been issued by local authorities
Africa Sudan Director General of the Ministry of Production and Economic Resources attended the inauguration of the sesame sieve which is a grant presented by the Italian Government to the Union of Co-operative Societies mills in the locality of New Halfa
Africa Malawi South African Airways will resume direct flights between South Africa and Malawi from 16 March, following an agreement reached in Pretoria with the Malawi High Commission
Africa Liberia The work of Liberian Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, has been recognized by Pope Francis, during his recent visit
Africa Djibouti Djibouti's Ibrahim Hassan won the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in Oita, southwestern Japan, with a record 2 hours, 6 minutes and 43 seconds
Africa South Sudan Pope's first ever visit to the youngest recognized country has come to an end; the Pontiff, in front of displaced persons and representatives of humanitarian organisations, openly spoke of the need to stop violence
Africa Mali The Director of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali has been declared 'persona non grata' as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced
Africa Chad The Chadian League for Human Rights denounces that soldiers of the Chadian National Army carried out the hanging of eleven peaceful citizens in the Lake Chad region
Africa Cape Verde The delegate of the Ministry of the Sea for the Southern Region said the government will deliver a set of equipment for fish operators by the end of this month