Africa Sudan Date lovers attended 4th International Date Festival, that opened its doors in Khartoum on 30 November; with an annual production of around 330.000 tonnes, the country ranks eighth among the world's most important date-producing countries
Africa Senegal The country expects to welcome 3 million tourists in 2023; the tourism sector in Senegal showed a growth rate of 3,2% in 2021 - 836.784 tourists compared to 454.450 in 2020
Africa Uganda Many farmers, with government assurance, have switched their sugarcane crops to Hass avocados; the soil and climate favour avocado cultivation and they are considered among the best even compared to the world's top ten exporters, like neighbouring Kenya
Africa Seychelles Local artists learnt how to protect their artwork through copyright and ensure they earn the royalties due from digital platforms through a one-day workshop organised with Seychelles National Institute of Culture, Heritage and the Arts
Africa Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has accused a group of data analysts, Team Pachedu, of using 'terrorist tactics' to try to hack into its system and destabilise the country's electoral processes
Africa Tunisia The Tunisian online newspaper Business News has decided to boycott the early parliamentary elections in Tunisia, the campaign for which began on 25 November, thus not covering the elections
Africa Malawi The country has started a large-scale childhood vaccination campaign against malaria, the first campaign of its kind in the world; Malawian health authorities are using the only vaccine against the disease recommended by the WHO
Africa Angola Angola's attorney general, Helder Pitta Groz, has issued an arrest warrant for Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, considered the richest woman in Africa, for mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds
Africa Nigeria The Nigerian government has started training 3.700 history teachers as part of the process of reintroducing the subject into the basic education curriculum in the country
Africa Sao Tome and Principe A coup attempt failed in the country, considered a model of parliamentary democracy in Africa; the attackers were arrested after attempting to attack the army headquarters
Africa Togo Togolese researcher Mawulolo Yomo, a doctoral student in Life and Environmental Sciences, is one of the winners of the 2022 edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talent Prize, organised by the L'Oréal Foundation in collaboration with Unesco
Africa Republic of the Congo The economy is recovering, with an estimated growth rate of 2,6 % in 2022; growth is linked to higher oil prices on international market, reforms undertaken as part of programme with IMF and reforms in Central African Union
Africa Comoros A court in Comoros sentenced former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to life imprisonment for high treason for selling passports to stateless persons living in the Gulf