Africa Liberia Accurate information on migration movements from Liberia is now available on the Liberian website www.wakawell.info, launched by IOM through its Migrants as Messengers project to reduce human trafficking and raise awareness for safe migration
Africa Guinea The Chimpanzee Conservation Centre helps puppies that are left alone or have been injured to find their freedom; the country is a crucial hub for traffickers, who capture the puppies to sell them as pets
Africa Cape Verde The Lusafrica label, founded by José da Silva in the late 1980s, allows young emerging artists to find space and a chance to showcase, especially after the suffering of the pandemic
Africa Tanzania As solar energy research takes centre stage to defeat rising fuel bills, many Tanzanian women are being trained as solar engineers, bringing light to remote villages in Zanzibar
Africa Ethiopia The Addis Ababa government recently launched the fourth phase of the Green Legacy initiative, launched in 2019, which aims to achieve the target of 20 billion trees planted in four years by the end of 2022
Africa Mali The Takuba task force, led by France and composed of EU special forces, has officially ceased operations in the country
Africa Mozambique The Zinave National Park welcomed its first white rhinos in 40 years on Friday after 19 of the threatened animals completed a 1.600-kilometre truck ride from South Africa
Africa Sierra Leone A new family of banknotes has been introduced, removing three zeros from the lion, in an attempt to restore confidence in the inflation-hit national currency
Africa Tunisia The draft of the new Constitution, that will be submitted to a referendum on 25 July, has been published in the Official Gazette and it consists of ten chapters and 142 articles
Africa Togo The government is providing the hotel managers with tools and training to help mitigate the jihadist threat in the country, as the authorities believe the terrorists may use hotels as hiding places
Africa Madagascar The state will provide additional aid of 120 billion ariary (almost US$30 million) to Jirama, a state-owned electric utility and water services company in the country
Africa Chad The Chadian diaspora contributes to the achievement of sustainable development goals through remittances, according to the IOM, which conducted a study on a sample of over 800 households in N'Djamena