Africa Botswana Road accidents claimed lives of 22 people over the just ended festive period; 440 accidents were recorded, -19,7% with respect to the festive period 2021, according to latest statistics statement from Botswana Police Service
Africa Libya Director of the CIA Burns visited the country on the eve of a meeting convened in Washington by the US Ambassador and Special Envoy for Libya, Richard Norland, to discuss the steps to be taken to facilitate elections in the country
Africa Kenya Women from the Ilpolei Twala Cultural Manyatta Women group are taking action against an invasive cactus that kills their livestock and makes their land difficult to cultivate, using a machine to grind it to a pulp, which they use to produce biogas
Africa Burkina Faso World Food Programme will conduct a study on school feeding in the country, the first of 11 African countries selected by WFP to carry out this study
Africa Cameroon The country has been declared a non-cooperating country by the European Commission in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, due to inadequate control of the national fleet and the absence of sanction mechanisms
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The country has accused Rwanda of using refugees for political purposes, after its neighbour said it would no longer take in people fleeing violence
Africa Madagascar In 2022, the country earned $224,7 million in revenue from clove shipments, four times more than the $56 million earned a year earlier, setting an all-time record in the sector
Africa Guinea-Bissau The illegal cigarette trade is growing in the east of the country, particularly in the regions of Bafatá and Gabú, with itinerant traders using motorbikes and bicycles to illegally transport tobacco products
Africa Sierra Leone The country has endowed itself with a Diplomatic Service Academy, the first in the country and in the Mano River Union region, which was inaugurated in recent days by President Julius Maada Bio
Africa Somalia Al-Shabaab, a Somali fundamentalist group linked to the al-Qaeda network, denied having any contact with the executive and called for negotiations
Africa Tanzania The number of journalists censored for their work in Tanzania has fallen slightly, raising hopes that press freedom is improving in the country
Africa Uganda Uganda has declared an end to the Ebola virus outbreak, which emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people in the country
Africa Seychelles The Seychelles Port Authority has launched an expression of interest in the development of the Kato Nwar project in Praslin, a new marina and promenade terminus on the island