Africa Niger The WB has approved funding of about $250 million from the International Development Association to strengthen the resilience of cities to climate shocks and to ensure better urban management in the country
Africa Liberia The National Oil Palm Strategy and Action Plan (NOPSAP) was launched by the government who identified oil palm as one of the priority crops to stimulate agricultural growth and development
Africa Madagascar Lycee Moderne Ampefiloha, the largest school in Madagascar, could inaugurate a computer lab thank to the 50 computers donated by the Indian government
Africa Botswana Despite losing nearly 350 elephants between 2020 and last year due to suspected cyanobacteria toxins, the country is still believed to be home to 130.000 African elephants, more than any other country on the continent; 500 will soon be taken to Mozambique
Africa Eritrea The board of directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $5,5 million technical assistance grant to start the roll-out of the flagship Desert to Power initiative in the Eastern Sahel region countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan
Africa Rwanda The country has come under worldwide scrutiny after UK PM Johnson decided to airlift back all migrants arriving in the UK while their asylum applications are pending; UK had backed Rwanda's ruler for years
Africa Benin Over 67.000 visitors have been registered at the exhibition of the 26 royal treasures from the kingdom of Abomey returned by France since the exhibition opened on 20 February in a wing of the presidential palace in Cotonou
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The government has approved a plan to auction 16 oil blocks; Greenpeace Africa has highlighted the catastrophic consequences for the global climate and local communities, calling for the plan to be revoked
Africa Egypt The war in Ukraine is affecting African countries, particularly those that depend on relations with or imports from Russia, primarily Egypt, the world's largest importer of wheat, which gets 80% of its supplies from Russia and Ukraine
Africa eSwatini The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has said it will send a team of observers to Eswatini to verify the human rights situation of two lawmakers from the kingdom who were arrested nine months ago on terrorism charges
Africa Seychelles The provision of more space for the University of Seychelles functions at its Mont Fleuri campus, the India-Seychelles Centre for Excellence in ICT, and in Anse Royale, is receiving top government attention
Africa Sao Tome and Principe URBE will train more than 40 students from the Autonomous Region of Principe in the next academic year as part of the current partnership between the Autonomous Region of Principe and the training institution
Africa Angola The process of distribution of drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis, in the province of Luanda, resumed this month, about 15 days after the breakdown recorded in the care centres, forcing many patients to stop treatment due to lack of drugs