Africa Togo A digital platform dedicated to employment, studied by the National Employment Agency and supported by UNDP, will collect and make available to the public and policymakers data on the local labour market
Africa Somalia The media association was met by the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism in his office to discuss cooperation; he stressed the role of the national and associations media in keeping the awareness of the people at a high level
Africa Algeria The country wants to ban Lgbtq colours as immoral; a new awareness campaign has been launched in the country on products bearing 'signs' and 'colours' considered contrary to the religious beliefs of Algerians and the moral values of Algerian society
Africa Tunisia After 1960, October 2022 was the second driest month in Tunisia, with a cumulative rainfall of 92,8 millimetres, only 9% of the October average; National Institute of Meteorology reported a rainfall deficit of 90%
Africa Ghana The country receives around 15 million pieces of used clothing every week from Western countries and China; according to the US-based Or Foundation, around 40% of this ends up in huge urban landfills
Africa Benin President Talon recently presented a plan to combat the inequalities that affect people with disabilities in the country, with actions ranging from accessibility to employment to professional integration
Africa Egypt One Egyptian family, the Sawiris family, tops the list of the five richest families in the Arab world according to Forbes magazine
Africa Djibouti A regional project for agricultural training of women in the Oboley sector was launched by the Young Entrepreneurs' Club of the Ali-Sabieh region
Africa South Africa Mermaiding, swimming with legs wrapped in a monofin, is all the rage in South Africa, with the sport becoming very popular between Johannesburg and Cape Town
Africa Angola To speed up the fight against plastic waste, President Lourenço set up a working group to draw up a national plan to ban plastics
Africa Ethiopia Ethio Telecom has restored telephone services in 27 towns and cities in Tigray that had been interrupted due to the civil war; the actions have been made possible by the peace agreement signed in November
Africa Mali The president of the Mali transition, Colonel Assimi Goita, granted a pardon with full remission of sentence to the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako since 10 July
Africa Gambia President of the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has promised to maintain a stronger partnership with the Gambian government and businesses in 2023 to record greater growth and development in the public and private sectors and the national economy