Africa Malawi The Ministry of Health will soon launch a second vaccination campaign after receiving 2,9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine following the persistent spread of the epidemic in the country
Africa Niger Prime Minister Mahamadou attended the start of construction work on a new uranium mine in Agadez in recent days
Africa Ivory Coast The first edition of the 'Festival of the Regions' to be held in Côte d'Ivoire next April with the aim of valorising and communicating the country's cultural diversity was announced and presented
Africa Algeria Water management - a major challenge for the country with a high need for drinking water and successive drought periods - is relying more and more on desalination plants and dams
Africa Senegal At African Union Conference 'Positive Masculinity in Leadership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls', President Sall strongly advocated an end to violence against women and children, calling on various segments of society to take action
Africa Mauritania A mobile hospital is operating, the Ministry of Health announced, stating that the facility aims at providing quality health services to vulnerable groups, particularly in rural areas and remote peri-urban areas
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo At least 188.000 people have fled their villages since 20 October to quieter areas of North Kivu
Africa Chad Chadian opponent Succes Masra, who recently left Chad, has approached the International Criminal Court regarding the repression of demonstrations on 20 October against the transitional authorities
Africa Equatorial Guinea Sixteen Indians, who have been in the custody of Equatorial Guinea's navy for three months, have appealed to the Indian government to help them return home
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The leader of Independent Democratic Action, Patrice Trovoada, will be sworn in as Prime Minister of Sao Tomé today 11 November and the new government will take office three days later
Africa Mali Entire Gao region has been brought to a standstill by the civil disobedience launched in recent days by the three main trade unions in order to denounce the growing climate of insecurity and demand that 'necessary measures' be 'taken'
Africa Somalia At the Mogadishu beach every Friday since over a year a large number of local and foreign volunteers meet to clean from the rubbish that has become alarming, with mountains of residuals ending up in the ocean
Africa Sudan Saudi Arabia has pledged to invest three billion dollars in Sudan, included by the Saudi Public Investment Fund among the five regional investment companies selected