Africa Morocco The 7th Jidar-Rabat Street Art Festival will close today, with works of nine international artists created on nine walls
Africa Sao Tome and Principe A delegation from Sao Tomé led by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, technicians from this institution and representatives of companies working in agribusiness attended the world's largest organic food and farming fair, BIOFACH, in Germany
Africa Sierra Leone In early July, the Cabinet approved a decision to draft a law conferring a constitutional right to safe abortion, which has yet to be passed
Africa South Sudan The United Nations condemned clashes between rebel forces and the South Sudan People's Defence Forces SSPDF in the oil-rich Unity State in the north of the country
Africa Tanzania In Tanzania, an estimated three out of every 10 women are married as children, making the country the eleventh largest in the world in terms of the number of child brides; the country has joined with UNICEF to put an end to this practice
Africa Togo Lomé plans to pay CFA 270 billion (€411,5 million) in salaries to state agents by 2025 as stated in the multi-year economic and budget document (DPBEP)
Africa Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe Immigration Federation has petitioned the court to stop the scrapping of exemption permits that allow many citizens to reside in South Africa
Africa Republic of the Congo The results of the general baccalaureate, June session, once again rank the department of Pointe-Noire in last place in the country, with a 28,97% success rate
Africa Ivory Coast The country's ambassador to South Africa, Sakaria Kone, recalled what makes the country attractive to investors after the two states took steps and entered into 10 agreements to strengthen bilateral ties
Africa Namibia Executive director of Ministry of Health and Social Services said that although progress has been made in recent years to improve health outcomes, more needs to be done, not least to address disparities found between different segments of the population
Africa Algeria On a visit to Damascus to meet Syrian President, foreign minister called for Syria's return to the Arab League; next November, the country will host the next summit of the Arab League, which expelled and imposed sanctions on Syria in 2011
Africa Burundi The government has sent its forces and members of the ruling civil youth party on a clandestine mission to fight armed Burundian opposition groups in neighbouring DRC, with the Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI) showing its concern