Africa Madagascar The first tropical storm of the season in Madagascar has flooded 700 homes; no casualties are counted but one person is missing
Africa Ghana Africa's largest photo library recently opened in Accra; the Dikan centre, crowdfunded by filmmaker and photographer Paul Ninson, has a collection of more than thirty thousand photo books
Africa Equatorial Guinea Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue ordered the house arrest of his brother and former deputy director of the national airline Ceiba intercontinental 'for the sale of the Atr-72-500 to the Spanish company Binter'
Africa Morocco Spanish travel and tourism magazine Viajar has named Morocco the 'best emerging sustainable destination for the year 2022-2023'
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Refugees from the Congolese Tutsi community in the Great Lakes region have petitioned the UN Security Council to denounce the human rights violations they suffer in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa Sierra Leone The just approved Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act states that 30% of government and private sector jobs in the country will be reserved for women
Africa Sudan Sudanese protesters tried to march towards Parliament on Thursday, but were intercepted by security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons at the crowd
Africa Nigeria The upcoming presidential elections are approaching and several local celebrities have taken to the streets or social media to urge their fellow citizens to obtain their permanent voter cards in due time
Africa Egypt The Egyptian Lawyers' Association has announced an "indefinite" strike to protest the jailing of six colleagues over a fight with clerks earlier this month
Africa Chad Hundreds of Chadian protesters told of being severely mistreated while in Koro Toro prison, detained following mass protests against the military junta in October last year
Africa Mozambique The Mozambican Basketball Federation needs 9 million meticais (about $140.860) to allow the national women's basketball team to participate in the Afro-Basketball qualifiers to be held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, from 20 to 28 next month
Africa Rwanda Eleven investors will start commercial farming on 4.000 hectares in the Gabiro Agribusiness Hub project in April this year, with the aim of increasing the country's exports and replacing imports
Africa Zimbabwe Economist Gift Mugano has denounced the country's fiscal and monetary authorities, saying their policies and measures are counterproductive and predicting that annual inflation will be 400% by June