Africa Egypt Egyptian extreme climber, marathon runner and mountaineer Manal Rostom has become the first Egyptian woman to reach the summit of Everest after completing the ascent on 16 May
Africa Ghana Itinerant vaccinators go from door to door to convince sceptics to receive doses of Covid-19 vaccine before an eventual next wave, as the population now no longer sees any risk in the disease
Africa Ethiopia The World Bank has approved a $300 million allocation for post-conflict reconstruction in Ethiopia, to rehabilitate communities, infrastructure and support community resilience
Africa Gambia A serious malnutrition alarm has been raised, with four of the country's seven regions with 13,4% of the population facing food insecurity or being highly vulnerable, with women and children being the most at risk
Africa Morocco After months of rehabilitation, the Jewish cemetery in Mellah was inaugurated in the presence of Jewish communities from Morocco and several foreign countries, including France, Belgium, Canada and Israel
Africa Zimbabwe Chitsunge, chairperson of a local anti-sanctions pressure group Broad Alliance Against Sanctions, said the sanctions imposed on the country are illegal, with devastating humanitarian and economic impacts on the people
Africa Togo Called FESMA, Togo's gastronomic festival has been a gathering of top African chefs to show and guide new chefs to reconnect with their culinary heritage, valorizing African cuisines and countering taste globalisation
Africa Senegal The country will launch its first satellite into space in the third quarter of 2023, according to a recent announcement by Gayane Faye, coordinator of the Senegalese space programme, adding that the Senegalese Space Agency will also be launched soon
Africa Eritrea Eritrea has accused the Tigray People's Liberation Front of preparing new attacks to seize lost territory, just days after Tplf rebel forces and Eritrean forces clashed in the border towns of Badme and Rama
Africa Cameroon Some eighty families, around one thousand people, were forced by bulldozers to leave their homes in the Bali district of the economic capital Douala to make way for the planned construction of a five-star Marriott hotel
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Authorities have announced the seizure of 1,5 tonnes of elephant ivory in the past seven days, one of the largest hauls of ivory stolen from poachers in Africa in recent years
Africa Mali Members of the UN Security Council, meeting for a scheduled meeting on peace and security in Africa, condemned Mali's withdrawal from the G5 Sahel regional force, hoping that Bamako will continue dialogue with its neighbors to combat the terrorist threat
Africa South Africa The government said it will review its decision to spend more than $1 million on a flag project after public outcry, a work the government defended that it claimed would attract visitors