Africa Guinea Several municipal councils in the country were dissolved by decree for mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds
Africa Gambia With financial support from the United Nations Peace Building Fund, UNESCO Dakar, in collaboration with the Global Youth Innovation Network, Gambia Chapter trained young Gambian leaders on conflict transformation and peace building
Africa Ethiopia With the sale of eight sugar mills, the country intends to relieve local millers of state support and improve local production, reducing dependence on the state treasury for funding
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Doctors in Kinshasa have asked the Minister of Justice to demolish houses illegally built on the site called 'Cité moderne de santé ASBL', acquired several years ago in the town of N'sele in Kinshasa
Africa Comoros Onicor CEO Abdou Miroidi is on a tour to raise awareness about the reasons for the rice shortage in Ndzuani, namely the pandemic and the ongoing war
Africa Mauritania The Qatar Red Crescent Society has allocated $100,000 in emergency aid in response to the disastrous floods in Mauritania, including the distribution of 300 tents with basic supplies and 300 food parcels containing basic foodstuffs
Africa Zambia The country expects to increase its tobacco harvest by 25% and earn $92 million from the sale of the leaves when the marketing season closes in September
Africa Djibouti The Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, built by China, started on Thursday to transport vehicles from Djibouti ports to Addis Ababa
Africa Burundi The Burundi Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation visited the Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Academy of Diplomatic Studies as part of his visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain
Africa Central African Republic The Koudoukou primary school, located in Bangui's 3rd district, now has two water wells available for the students and residents of the surrounding neighbourhoods after the construction was financed by MINUSCA
Africa Equatorial Guinea Compulsory quarantine in hotels and the storage of passports at points of entry into the country have been revoked by Ministerial Order No. 2, newly signed by the Minister of Health and Welfare
Africa Botswana Botswana's central bank has increased its monetary policy rate by 50 basis points to 2,65% in a bid to curb inflation, Governor Moses Pelaelo said
Africa Algeria On the first day of his visit to Algeria, France President Macron said he wanted to open "a new page" in bilateral ties with the country, announcing a commission of France-Algeria historians to study the "painful" colonial past