Africa Mauritius A boat will be sent to the Chagos Islands to map the coral reefs and bring a group of elderly natives hunted by the British 50 years ago back; the islands are under British rule, but Mauritius gained growing support for its campaign to regain control
Africa Mozambique Rare interviews given to journalists with captured members of a jihadist group terrorising northern Mozambique have revealed that they have allegedly lost a lot of power and are now very weak
Africa Morocco Airspace has been reopened to international travellers, although strict measures are still in place; in two years there have been 20 million fewer travellers and a loss of more than $8 billion in foreign exchange earnings
Africa Central African Republic Félix Moloua, Minister of Economy in the previous government and a mathematician, teacher and researcher in demography, has been appointed head of government
Africa Burundi Residents of the country's largest city, Bujumbura, expressed their relief as the EU decided to lift its financial restrictions on the government, hoping it will improve the fragile economic situation
Africa Uganda Ugandan authorities are seeking to make vaccines legally compulsory in a new bill, yet to be passed, that would include a six-month jail term for failure to comply with vaccination requirements during outbreaks of diseases
Africa Equatorial Guinea The PDGE Monitoring Committee in Riaba held its first meeting aimed at defining the roadmap for this election year 2022, involving all party structures in the district and local authorities
Africa Togo The Thione Niang group, already active in Senegal, wants to invest in Togo's agricultural industry after the executive director met with the Togolese Prime Minister
Africa Malawi The library of the University of Malawi is almost fully operational, with several sections being opened, after the renovation work carried out
Africa Benin The government has extended by six months the detention of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a human right activist and Yoruba self determination activist
Africa Uganda Doctors at the Uganda Cancer Institute are seeing more male patients suffering from penile cancer than ever before; according to doctors, 10 years ago they treated one patient a year, now they treat up to 10 men
Africa Ghana The government is taking steps to review road traffic regulations, mainly to reduce the high rate of road accidents in the country which reports an average of 2.000 deaths per year
Africa Zimbabwe The country's population is projected to be almost 17 million in 2022 according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), which will be confirmed with the new 2022 census; in 2012 the population was 13 million