Africa

Strong concern over credible reports that Rwanda supported the M23 has been expressed by the international community, including the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken

The book ship Logos Hope docked in Benghazi, with the head of the Benghazi City Council welcoming the arrival of the ship and its floating book fair in the city, describing the visit as in line with the transition from war and terrorism to stability

The Tunisian judiciary has suspended the dismissal of some 50 judges, decided in early June by President Kais Saied and described as an 'attack on the rule of law' by several NGOs

A nationwide curfew has been declared, following massive anti-government protests in the capital, Freetown, and other areas of the country where hundreds took to the streets against inflation and the rising cost of living

The Ugandan government has suspended the country's leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of not being registered with the authorities

The Government reached an agreement with the trade unions for a 'five-year social truce' in the public sector in exchange for increased bonuses and payment of back wages to civil servants

A $3 billion over three years is expected from the International Monetary Fund if an agreement is reached on the Extended Credit Facility for low-income countries

To curb infant mortality, a Nigerian company that promotes breast milk and breastfeeding, The Milk Booster, has launched what is now probably the first breast milk bank in the country

Currently importing about 70% of its electricity from neighboring countries, the government of Eswatini and the business community have urged investors to envisage possibilities of turning to biomass for the purpose of generating electricity

Switzerland will open a cooperation office in the country, becoming one of the very few western governments with a local representation

A new loan from the African Development Bank will finance the Public Finance Modernisation Support Project

Transnet Freight Rail and Botswana Rail have decided to join forces to repair 126 km of railway line between Swartruggens and Mahikeng, in the north-west, allowing landlocked Botswana more efficient access to South African ports

67% of Guinean women have experienced some kind of violence by men and most of these cases have not been reported to the justice system, according to latest studies by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights