Africa South Africa The lack of electricity stimulated the creativity of some 20 teenagers who invented the country's first completely solar-powered train to help their commuting parents forced to make difficult daily journeys
Africa Ethiopia The latest air strikes in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region risk worsening the impact of hostilities on civilians, described as 'devastating' by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Africa Madagascar Foreign Minister Randriamandrato was sacked by presidential decree for voting at the UN in favour of the resolution condemning Russia's 'illegal' annexation of Ukraine
Africa Chad A state of emergency has been declared for the floods that are affecting over one million people in the country; with about half of the city under water, residents of N'Djamena are building dams and using canoes to leave flooded areas
Africa Rwanda The fifth edition of the Youth Connect summit concluded in Kigali, Rwanda, after three days of conferences, master classes and networking sessions, with a call to governments to invest in the continent's youth, promoting their growth and progress
Africa Cameroon The Cameroon Aviation Authority has authorised the operation of a new company in the air transport sector, the Zejet airline, giving it the possibility to operate both international and domestic flights
Africa Libya Global air traffic website Flightradar24 tracked a Turkish military cargo plane at Al-Watiya military base in western Libya; the cargo on board is not known
Africa Lesotho Financial services provider Letshego Group has launched a new digital wellness programme, LetsGo Digital Wellbeing, which aims to offer users affordable health solutions
Africa Angola 150 young people from Sumbe benefited from vocational kits to promote self-employment, as part of the Action Plan for the Promotion of Employability
Africa Mauritania Ancient city of Chinguetti, founded in 1262 on the bank of a river that has now disappeared among the dunes, a Unesco World Heritage Site, now struggles to survive the advance of desert, with locals constantly having to remove windblown sand from alleys
Africa Botswana The country has partially lifted its ban on exports of beef and related products to the European Union, after suspending trade in August to control a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
Africa Burundi Burundi's dwindling foreign exchange reserves are putting the country in dire straits and require an urgent reboot of monetary policy, given the high inflation rate
Africa Central African Republic The country has adopted a new law protecting the rights of people with HIV; associations and civil society had been calling for a substantial revision of the regulations since 2006