Africa Morocco Morocco's foreign exchange tourism revenues reached $20bn in the first five months of 2022, a 173% increase compared to 2021
Africa South Africa Hominid fossils of Australopithecus africanus found in the caves of Sterkfontein are older than thought: the latest analyses claim they could date back 3,5 million years, a discovery that - when confirmed - would change the human evolutionary tree
Africa Namibia The country has announced its intention to reopen uranium mines due to the rising price of the item, wanting to emerge as a preferred source and producer of the fuel used to produce nuclear energy
Africa Niger Operation 'Zero straw classroom in Niamey' aims to mobilise partners to federate and create a synergy of actions in favour of education by building modern and sustainable infrastructure to improve the quality of the education system in Niger
Africa Sudan As a Sudanese court in the south sentenced a woman to death by stoning for adultery, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies reported a violation of international standards and called on the Sudanese authorities to revoke it
Africa Cameroon Ongoing mining activities in the east are compromising the river Mbil due to pollution from mercury and other chemicals, according to Cameroonian non-governmental organisationFoder - Forestry and Rural Development
Africa Zimbabwe Crispen Tsavarai, CEO of the Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association, says the group has observed a significant increase in women entering the construction industry, with a big rise in the last year
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo According to the UN, at least 27 million people in the country face food insecurity; the situation may worsen due to recent fighting between the M23 rebel group and the army in the east of the country
Africa Somalia The country announced it had granted banking licences to two foreign institutions, Egypt's Banque Misr and Turkey's Ziraat Katilim, opening up the country to international investment for the first time in decades
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The country integrates for the first time a UN peacekeeping mission, through a police commissioner who will join the 'blue helmets' starting this month in South Sudan
Africa Ethiopia According to Unicef, the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa is reversing decades of civil progress made in combating early marriage and female genital mutilation across Ethiopia
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio recalled that his government unanimously supported a law decriminalising abortion in the country; current abortion law dates back to 1861 and it allows the procedure only if the mother's life should be at risk
Africa Tanzania Tanzania has doubled the cost of export permits by 93%, causing a huge slowdown in trucks heading to Kenya in the last week as traders and truckers were caught off guard by the new requirement