Africa Mozambique The country has detected a case of wild poliovirus, the first in 30 years, after neighbouring Malawi reported a similar detection three months ago, WHO announced
Africa Kenya Students and staff of the Kenya School of Flying at Wilson Airport in Nairobi welcomed Rutherford, 16-year-old British-Belgian attempting to break the current world record for youngest person to fly solo around the world
Africa Burundi Burundian company Intracom is finalising the process of setting up clinker and cement plants in Kigoma, with a capacity of 1 million tonnes and 0,6 million tonnes respectively
Africa Equatorial Guinea The Director General of Internal Policies inaugurated the office of the NGO Promodhege, Promotion of Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea, to support the Government in achieving this objective
Africa eSwatini The country is preparing for the nationwide introduction of the HPV vaccine; the country's National Cancer Control Unit states that 59,3% of female cancer cases in the country are cervical cancer
Africa Libya 56 Libyan students will be trained for Italian at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy; the Ministry of Education also emphasised its intention to teach Italian in Libya in the coming years
Africa Mauritania The abandonment and dismantling of subsea structures in Chinguetti and Banda fields - recently discovered and with a controversial exploitation history - will be supervised by Norwegian maritime multinational Havfram
Africa Tunisia Remittances from Tunisian workers abroad increased by 13,3% in the first four months of this year, reaching $791 million, Central Bank data showed
Africa Uganda More than 1.000 elderly women will benefit from an empowerment programme in the Rubanda district in the south-west: they are given microfinance loans and housing
Africa Gabon As part of the inter-ministerial missions initiated by the Prime Minister, one ensured that the new multi-sectoral vocational training centre in Ntchengué will have a water and electricity supply
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Malnutrition and malaria have become the main threat to the population in the war-ravaged region of Kalehe, where hospitals and roads destroyed by conflict often make medical care unaccessible
Africa Eritrea Eye surgeries have been carried out on 250 patients in six sub-areas of the Southern Region, said the head of the non-communicable diseases unit in the region; efforts are ongoing in the blindness prevention program and eye diseases are decreasing
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, supports the introduction of the "Capoeira Project" at the National School of Physical Education and Sport of Guinea-Bissau to enable practice and spread the discipline