Africa Guinea The Orange Guinea Foundation and ChildFund Guinea are committed to the women of Kankama with programmes that contribute to literacy and empowerment
Africa Tunisia Members of the European Parliament expressed great concern about the excessive concentration of power in the hands of President Saied, calling for respect for the rule of law, with a return to democracy and the resumption of parliamentary activity
Africa Madagascar Air Austral's first official flight, which reopens the country's borders for flights from the Indian Ocean, is scheduled for today; passengers from Europe are expected to arrive from 6 November onwards
Africa Nigeria The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a US$500.000 grant agreement with Y'ello Digital Financial Services for a study on the economic, religious and social factors that hinder access to finance for women in the north of the country
Africa Zambia The Zambia Association of Colleges and Universities (ZACU) has urged institutions of higher learning to embrace digital transformation, after the pandemic drove demand for innovative ways of running institutions in the country
Africa eSwatini In the escalating violence across the country, the government has ordered mobile phone operators to suspend access to Facebook and its messaging app until further notice
Africa Cameroon Human Rights Watch denounced the trial for the Kumba school attack that sentenced four people to death, as allegedly marked by serious procedural irregularities
Africa Burundi One of the last three countries in the world to start inoculating its population against Covid-19, Burundi will receive its first vaccines between now and the first half of November
Africa Eritrea Eritrean nurse Mebrak Ghebrehiwet, who fled to the UK when she was 14, has been hailed by the Prime Minister for her work in transforming care for eating disorder patients after winning Nurse of the Year four years ago
Africa Ethiopia The office of the First Lady has inaugurated an industrial bread and flour factory in Addis Ababa, with a capacity to bake one million loaves and produces 72 tonnes of flour per day
Africa Burkina Faso The Thomas Sankara Prize, which rewards a short film by a young artist, was won by Egyptian Mohamed Kheidr for his film "Tuk-Tuk", with the award ceremony taking place this week at the Canal Olympia cinema
Africa Equatorial Guinea The country has signed a defence industry cooperation agreement with Turkey; it contains the direct supply, development, production, sale of all types of defence industry products and services required by the parties' security organisations
Africa Angola Journalists from different public and private media, in Namibe, participated in a blood donation campaign promoted by the Namibe Provincial Office of Social Communications in the city of Moçâmedes