Africa Ivory Coast Under the motto "Let's act fast!", the COP15 against desertification kicked off on Monday in Abidjan in the presence of several African heads of state, seeking to take concrete action against rapid land degradation and respond to the climate emergency
Africa Rwanda Former senior Rwandan official Laurent Bucyibaruta has gone on trial in Paris accused of complicity in the African nation's genocide, the highest figure yet to face justice in France over the 1994 massacres
Africa Comoros 13 years after a plane crashed off the coast of the country on 30/06/09, the trial opened in Paris; Assoumani, head of the victims' families' association, said that states involved - such as Yemen and France - didn't cooperate any faster
Africa Zimbabwe Authorities have ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect to interrupt speculation against the Zimbabwe dollar and halt its rapid devaluation on the black market
Africa Kenya Towns outside Nairobi have registered higher inflation rates than the capital for the first time in close to a decade and amid rising population they overtake the capital in terms of cost of living
Africa South Sudan The UNOCHA has released $19 million to help the country prepare for severe flooding expected during the rainy season to protect people in Bentiu camp for internally displaced persons and surrounding areas in Unity State, among the most exposed areas
Africa Tanzania Tanzania National Parks introduced cycle tourism as 27 cyclists began their climb to the top of the 4.566m Mount Meru this weekend; cycling tourism is seen as a new concept with the potential to diversify incoming visitor
Africa Zambia The Mines and Mining Development minister has reiterated government's commitment to revamp the mining sector and make it responsive to the country's economic needs by seeking more investments
Africa Zimbabwe Central bank data show the local currency has depreciated by 40%; the currency is quoted at 275,79 per dollar on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's website, up from 165,99 on Friday
Africa Ghana New crowdfunding platform frankly.green aims at connecting potential investors to small and medium-sized businesses - who often struggle to get funding - with a special eye on new green technologies and climate projects
Africa Mozambique About 11% of the donor money to Mozambique to tackle Covid-19 in 2020 (about 30 million out of a total of 285) has been misused, the government itself acknowledges in a report listing some of the measures taken to rectify the situation
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities and his counterpart from Gabon signed in Libreville the visa waiver agreement for diplomatic, service and ordinary passports between Sao Tome and Principe and Gabon
Africa Sierra Leone Tri-T Group, a global trading company with multiple holdings in many industries in the world, announced its partnership with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Mines and Joint Venture with WD Investment Sierra Leone to acquire a new gold and diamond mining site