Africa

Today ends the campaign for general elections that will take place on July 31, 2022; the Senegalese will vote their representatives in the National Assembly for the next five years

A report by the Ohchr says a total of 245 women and girls suffered sexual violence from Dec 2020 to early March 2022 in the prefectures of Mbomou and Haute-Kotto; the figure is considered hugely underestimated by the ONGs working on field

Alkabouss Moussana, Director General of the Niger Coal Company in Anou-Araren, emphasised that the coal-fired power plant still is a resource for the country, given its potential and competitiveness

Italy has granted €1 million to Unicef to strengthen child protection systems, particularly on preventing and responding to violence and supporting legal and policy environment to access quality child protection and other basic social services

The fight against maritime piracy is of growing concern to Equatorial Guinea and France, with the two countries agreeing to inject more funds into the Tica naval school

In a seminar organised with the Eritrean community and the embassy in Israel, residents expressed their conviction to strengthen organisational capacity and participation in national affairs

The European Union has launched an €8 million programme in Bissau to help combat maternal and child mortality

The president signed a law amending the country's Aliens and Nationality Act, ending the 1973 ban on dual citizenship, partly prompted by a campaign by Liberians in the diaspora

'Lulo Rose', a rare 170-carat pink diamond recently discovered, is being hailed as the largest gem of its kind found in the last 300 years

European company Semlex, the Malagasy State's supplier for the manufacture of passports, has terminated its contract; the State will proceed with an international tender, according to the Council of Ministers

Statements by the French ambassador to Burkina Faso, Luc Hollade, have aroused such anger and controversy that some civil society organisations and political actors are calling for his departure

Bolsa Cabo Verde Digital has recorded an increase in women's participation from 22 to 32%

Famous US Coast Guard'scutter Mohawk arrived in Banjul for a scheduled port visit with ship visits and professional knowledge exchange on maritime security and law enforcement