Africa Kenya The country is about to import its first consignment of genetically modified maize, amid a devastating drought that puts millions of people at risk of starvation in some areas
Africa Mali Norwegian Refugee Council said that nearly 150.000 children displaced by the conflict in Mali do not have birth certificates and are at risk of exclusion and non-recognition because they cannot prove their identity
Africa Central African Republic Head of State Faustin Archange Touadéra appointed by decree a new President of the Constitutional Court to replace the incumbent President, whom he dismissed after invalidating several of his decrees and bills
Africa Cape Verde The City Hall of Ribeira Brava last week inaugurated urban regeneration works in Belém, a project that aims to ensure improved conditions and quality of life for residents
Africa Cameroon As the country is organising its fifth vaccination campaign, a high-level mission of the Global Partnership for the Provision of Vaccines against Covid-19, an initiative launched by UNICEF, WHO and Gavi, has visited Cameroon
Africa Comoros The trial that opened on Monday 21 November should help clarify the nature of the economic citizenship programme, its tops and flops, but also the sale of passports outside official channels between 2008 and 2015
Africa Guinea On World Fisheries Day, Guinean stakeholders took the opportunity to clean up the artisanal fishing port of Bonfi
Africa Senegal Judicial authorities launched the electronic bracelet programme for inmates to decongest the country's crowded prisons
Africa Mauritania A toll-free number to report cases of slavery is now operational, an initiative of the National Commission for Human Rights, which is leading an awareness-raising tour across the country, called 'Esclavage Tourner la page', on the topic
Africa Equatorial Guinea Preliminary election results released by Equatorial Guinea's government on Monday showed that the ruling party had won more than 99% of the votes cast so far in the presidential, legislative and municipal elections held on Sunday
Africa Uganda WHO authorised clinical trials of three vaccines against the Ebola virus in Uganda, where an outbreak of the Sudanese strain of the virus was declared on 20 September and has already claimed more than 50 lives
Africa Somalia UN Security Council voted to maintain the arms embargo on Somalia; representatives of Russia, China, Gabon and Ghana were absent
Africa Ethiopia More than forty thousand runners took part in the Great Ethiopian Run on Saturday in the country's capital, cheering peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels, hoping the race can be held in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray