Africa

The routine collection strategy for public safety and justice statisticians was presented at the first annual meeting of the Committee of Statistical Programmes of Equatorial Guinea

In Abidjan, a DJ school trains young people to become disc jockeys, with courses that last three months and are open to novices and professionals

Independent non-governmental human rights group UN Watch asked US Ambassador to request that the country be suspended from the 47-nation Human Rights Council until the world body certifies that the government has completely eradicated slavery

At a conference on cybersecurity the Minister of Technology lauded the initiative of Harel Mallac Technologies which testifies the private sector's drive to further improve the ecosystem and work to better position Mauritius in international cyberspace

The second phase of the Rwanda Urban Development Project (RUDP II) is expected to provide basic infrastructure in secondary towns and address unplanned settlements and flooding in the city of Kigali

The coach of Burundi's senior women's team has said his team will be ready to face giants Nigeria at the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Morocco this July

The municipality of the 4th arrondissement of N'Djamena has started cleaning the gutters of the houses trying to limit the negative effects of the floods

Comorian Youssouf M'changama is among five Ligue 2 players nominated for the Best Player of the Year award, the first time the National Union of Professional Footballers has nominated a Comorian for the individual award

The Democratic Parties Conciliation Space (ECPD), which brings together the opposition parties, called on ECOWAS to respect the sovereignty and constitution of the country's republic with regard to an international military mission

Independent aspirants aiming for seats in the August general elections have protested various conditions set by the electoral agency, like the requirement to obtain signatures from a specific number of supporters in the areas where they are seeking seats

The public should brace itself for a significant increase in public transport costs after the government averted a crippling national taxi strike by agreeing to review public transport operators' demands for a 30% fare increase

U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Michael McCarthy called on the Liberian government to strengthen its security forces against human rights violations such as lack of independence with the judiciary and restriction of press freedom