Africa Uganda The 4th annual arts and culture festival of Uganda's National Cultural Centre, UNCC, closed over the weekend with three days of celebrations, processions, traditional dances and other performing arts enlivening the streets of Kampala
Africa Ivory Coast The Côte d'Ivoire Red Cross launched the 'second chance' education and health project at the Bouna youth centre to help reduce illiteracy and poverty rates among women
Africa Guinea-Bissau In the first half of this year, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Guinea-Bissau recorded an increase in the number of cases, particularly crimes of fraud, sexual violence and domestic violence, a new report shows
Africa eSwatini While the government is investigating the drug shortage affecting the country, Health Minister said there is no law to specifically address the culprits of drug theft in public health facilities, adding to the lack of monitoring of distribution
Africa Chad A new government has been established in the country, where General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has been sworn in as president for a two-year transition period in view of 'democratic' elections, promising to quickly appoint a 'government of national unity'
Africa Liberia A former Liberian rebel is on trial in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and barbaric acts during the 1990s civil war in the country
Africa Burkina Faso Mariam Ouédraogo, journalist for Éditions Sidwaya du Burkina Faso, is the first African journalist to win the Bayeux Calvados-Normandie prize for war correspondents
Africa Egypt Leading Egyptian archaeologists have renewed their call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum in Egypt, 200 years after the decipherment of the slab marked the birth of Egyptology
Africa Seychelles In order to designate more than 2.000 hectares of upland forest ecosystem in six areas on the islands of Mahe, Praslin and Curieuse as Key Biodiversity Areas, the Seychelles environment department will launch a series of consultations and public meetings
Africa Comoros The technical validation workshop of the national development plan was held in the presence of the Minister of Health and the WHO representative in the Comoros
Africa Algeria Primary schools in Algeria have begun teaching English, a move that has been criticised by some as hasty; Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told reporters in July that 'the French language is a spoil of war but English is the international language'
Africa Burundi Burundi's central bank said it has lifted the ban imposed on foreign exchange offices in February 2020 with the aim of eliminating traders who do not comply with official exchange rates
Africa Cape Verde NOSi-EPE board chairman Carlos Tavares Pina said that NOSiAkademia had shown positive results, recording an employability rate of more than 77% of the young people passing through.