Africa

A communication platform, #factsonly, has been developed, which seeks to clear up misconceptions and falsehoods about the government by informing the public through what are termed as "just facts" about government; the developers are yet to be revealed

Thembisire Munthali, a 14-year-old girl and the brightest pupil at Ngwenya Primary School in the capital Lilongwe, says she is the person whose family leans on fighting poverty through education

Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok announced in the evening his resignation from office, two months after a military coup and then being reinstated by the ruling coup military to lead the transition of power to civilians

Design and production studio Storyland Studios will design a film city and campus for the film and television industry in Lagos

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has extended fuel procurement licenses by two weeks, stating that the measure is taken to ensure adequate supply of fuel on the market and that after 15 Januar companies will be allowed to import with a new license

Today 3 January, normally a work day, has been declared public holiday as 1 and 2 January, usually festive, fell on a weekend

There is great hope for the official opening of the first Zanzibar Law School to produce qualified judges, magistrates and lawyers for the efficiency of the islands' judiciary

The slavery abolitionist movement, Ira, born in 2008 and founded by Mauritanian activist Biram Dah Abeid has been officially recognised by the authorities in Nouakchott as a human rights organisation in the country

PM Béavogui presented the government's roadmap for the transition to President Doumbouya, focusing on 5 areas: institutional rectification, macroeconomic, legal framework, social action and employment, infrastructure and rehabilitation

On the shores of Lake Victoria, Nairobi-based green energy provider Biogas International is piloting a project that is converting the invasive water hyacinth plant into cleaner cooking fuel

Aminata Mansour Sène was the woman who led the inaugural journey of the regional express train linking the capital to Diamniadio, considered a revolution for public transport in Dakar

This year, farming families in the province of Bié will benefit from the donation of 30.000 breeding and rearing chicks, with the aim of directly contrasting hunger and poverty in the local communities