Africa Ghana Government should establish a price control mechanism to ensure uniformity of food prices across the country, according to Dr Edward Ebo Onumah, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Agri-Food Economics at the University of Ghana
Africa Lesotho For Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project two contracts have been signed with the South African Department of Water and Sanitation; 5.000 jobs are expected to be created once work begins on the construction of the Polihali dam
Africa Togo Last year, the country earned 748,6 billion CFA francs (€1,2 billion) from merchandise exports, growing from previous years, according to the Banque Centrale des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Africa Seychelles Minister of Fisheries and the Blue Economy, Jean-François Ferrari, said that the future of the fishing industry lies in doing better and more with less, which means earning more using the same fish resources
Africa Tanzania African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of Children and Young People has recently issued a ruling that has been described by many as historic, challenging the government's policy of expelling pregnant or married girls from school
Africa Algeria Work on the construction of a second 10 MW solar farm in south-east Algeria has started as part of an alliance of Italian oil and gas major Eni with the government-owned Sonatrach to support the decarbonisation of oil production
Africa Egypt Funds have been allocated for the preparation of strategic and detailed maps for the 74 planned industrial zones spread across the country - said the Minister of Local Development
Africa Eritrea The Ministry of Health reported that awareness-raising campaigns have been conducted in all languages since last September for the nationwide cervical cancer vaccination programme
Africa Malawi The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a disbursement of $88.327 million (91 billion kuna) for Malawi under the new Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Faculty
Africa Libya The Montenegrin Ministry of Finance said the country will pay $4m it owes Libya, part of a total of $210m Yugoslavia borrowed to secure oil imports
Africa Namibia Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has said that the 100-kilometre state forest in the Zambezi region is under threat from foreigners who daily enter undesignated points to collect timber
Africa Zambia Zambia's National Institute of Public Health called for collaboration across all sectors in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, stressing that it remains a threat to humans, animals, plants and the environment
Africa Djibouti Despite slowdown in early 2022 due to war in Ukraine, global inflation, severe drought and low Ethiopian demand, growth is expected to rebound to 5,3% in 2023 and 6,2% in 2024, according to latest edition of World Bank's Djibouti Economic Monitor