Africa Burkina Faso Exactly one week ago, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president; many are placing great trust in him because they believe he can fight corruption, which is regarded as a major scourge of the country
Africa Cameroon More than 700.000 children are deprived of the fundamental right to education in the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, with many experiencing their fifth year of denied or restricted access to schooling
Africa Egypt A joint working group with the US has been launched to prepare for the next UN climate change summit the country will host in November
Africa Uganda Jewish volunteers offer Ugandan students alternative learning methods, with classes focusing on creativity and open-mindedness, taught by informal Israeli teachers, many of whom are serving in the military at home
Africa Kenya A new beverage is hit in downtown Nairobi: cappuccino with a splash of camel's milk; demand for milk was initially growing from the Somali community and now from the whole population
Africa Tanzania The country is trying to establish its own vaccine production facility, then exporting vaccines to Eastern and Southern African states; the country is likely to spend $100 million by 2030 to import vaccines, thus the need to set up its own local capacity
Africa Senegal Barthélémy Dias took office as the new mayor of Dakar, after winning with 56% of the vote; his priorities are education, health, culture and cleaning up the city
Africa Togo The annual FIMO International Fashion Festival was held in Lomé, with a 2021 focus of eco-responsible fashion
Africa Somalia The federal states have announced partial plans to resume voting to elect members of the House of the People, the country's lower house, and to finish it by 25 February, thus speeding up the electoral process
Africa Rwanda The Tour du Rwanda began in the weekend with the individual time trial; despite the current weather challenges, the competition is expected to attract at least 2 million spectators
Africa Mali With a production of 9.266.073 tonnes in the 2021 crop year, a drop of 10,5% compared to the previous one, Mali still remains the second largest ECOWAS producer after Nigeria
Africa Zimbabwe The main opposition figure, Nelson Chamisa, attracted thousands of supporters to his first political rally since forming a new party weeks ago, as the country prepares for elections postponed by the pandemic
Africa Benin The exhibition 'Art of Benin yesterday and today, from restitution to revelation: royal treasures and contemporary art from Benin' opened last evening, displaying cultural works returned by France last November