Africa Nigeria In a plenary vote, the Senate rejected two important reforms that could have greatly altered the heterogeneity of Nigeria's institutions: allowing diaspora citizens to vote and a provision to guarantee pink quotas in the National Assembly
Africa Burkina Faso The series 'De plus en plus loin', the first 100% Burkinabe produced by Canal+, is now on view, aiming to raise awareness of the phenomenon of migration and showcase the country's 'cinematographic talent'
Africa South Sudan The Community empowerment for progress organisation has launched a quarterly magazine called Voice of Women, to make the point of view of women heard in politics, academia, civil society, media, business, non-gov entities, public and private sectors
Africa Morocco War in Ukraine “will have no impact on the availability of the products [...], rather on the prices which will increase“, said government spokesperson at the weekly press briefing, detailing products imported from Ukraine and Russia and the alternatives
Africa Equatorial Guinea Guinea's Punta Europa processing site will receive natural gas from Nigeria according to the latest agreement signed at the International Energy Summit in Abuja
Africa Botswana The 31-year-old Senete native, Kedumentse Liphi, produces solar powered bags, 'Chedza Solar Backpacks', for students who do not have access to electricity in rural areas or whose parents cannot afford to buy electricity tokens
Africa Djibouti The Saudi Fund for Development has inaugurated two new projects in the water and housing sector that add to a previously approved one in the transport sector; total investment will reach $137 million
Africa Burundi In January 2022, the National Platform for Risk Reduction and Disaster Management and its humanitarian partners visited Kirundo province to assess the rainfall shortage situation, finding over 200.000 people affected
Africa Ivory Coast Chocolate producers are expected to raise prices this year due to higher costs of cocoa from the country, the world's largest cocoa producer, struggling to meet demand because of unfavorable climatic events
Africa Benin Eni and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop agro-industrial chain initiatives to grow oil crops for Eni's biorefining system
Africa Angola The director of the Provincial Office for Social Action, Family and Gender Equality in Lunda Norte is working to strengthen the culture of reporting cases of sexual abuse and harassment, psychological and financial violence against women and men
Africa Central African Republic WB announced an endowment of over 400 billion CFA francs (€610 million) for development projects; despite problems with implementation, the idea is to reorganise and mobilise the entire government to ensure results at citizens' level
Africa Gabon The Directorate-General for Taxation (DGI) and the municipality of Libreville have signed a cooperation agreement on taxation; the DGI will also accompany the municipality in the training of its agents and structural reforms