Africa Egypt First pouring of concrete for the construction of the second reactor of the Dabaa nuclear power plant has been set for 19/11; the construction of the reactors of the country's first power plant has been entrusted to the Russian company Rosatom
Africa South Africa To counter the rising rate of feminicide and violence, the Girls on Fire campaign teaches South African women to hold a weapon; one feminicide is recorded every three hours, one rape every seven minutes in the country
Africa Mauritania Human Right Watch, a pressure group, cited in particular Mauritania, with Libya and Morocco, regarding the stigma towards girls with sexual behaviour outside of marriage, which is not socially accepted or even criminalised
Africa Lesotho At the orientation day ‘Paving the way for industry ready graduates’ at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, new students were urged to work hard to get good marks rather than cherish romantic relationships with lecturers
Africa Sierra Leone UN human rights experts recently called for tougher measures to prevent and sanction female genital mutilation in the country following the prosecution of the death of a 21-year-old student
Africa Liberia A former Liberian diplomat and a police commander from the Paynesville area are involved in a court case regarding illegal logging activities
Africa Mali An exhibition entitled 'Protecting our cultural heritage for future generations' at the National Museum in Bamako will be open until 30 September, showing 200 objects seized from illicit trafficking
Africa Benin Djifa Constant Ayihounoun, 22, a young entrepreneur from Benin, is the CEO of a company that has created a viable alternative to chemical fertilisers, an ecological and social choice in the light of climate change and rising food prices
Africa Zambia New study by FAO and the Centre for International Forestry Research estimated that rural households harvest at least 12 million large buckets (20 litres) of wild forest food per year, which is equivalent to 125% of the volume of sawn wood produced
Africa Namibia People visiting Namibia will no longer be required to present a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test result at ports of entry
Africa Somalia Radio Daar Dheer has begun broadcasting in Dusa Mareb: it’s the first community radio station in the region providing local population with a platform where they can engage in discussions and debates on community development
Africa Seychelles Twenty-seven-year-old Shannen Henrie will represent Seychelles at the 50th Miss Intercontinental pageant; the final will be held on 14 October at the Meraki Resort in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt
Africa Togo The country was praised by the World Health Organisation for becoming the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases in 11 years: Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma