Africa Uganda The country will benefit from the US$1 million Survivor Leadership Fund to combat slavery and human trafficking; each survivor-led organization will be eligible for up to $15,000 contribute, with a wide range of possibilities on how to use it
Africa Seychelles For World Food Day, the 'Eat for our Health' campaign has been launched along with a donation of local fruits, vegetables and roots from students of the National Institute for Health and Social Studies to the North East Point Home for the Elderly
Africa Mozambique Four cheetahs from private game reserves in South Africa have been safely transported in bomas within the Maputo Special Reserve in Mozambique; the cheetahs are making their return to the country after more than 60 years
Africa Ivory Coast France will return to the country the talking drum called Djidji Ayôkwé, from the Ebrie community, which was an instrument of communication and resistance for the indigenous populations at the time of French colonisation
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The NGO Synergy Forum ends today in Kinshasa, a special election edition dealing with the democratisation process in the country
Africa Gabon The Omar Bongo University in Libreville will host the local branch of the International Centre for the Promotion of the Arabic Language, based in Riyadh
Africa Cameroon Although the Anglophone community is a minority - around 20% of the population in a country mostly francophone - it is emerging as a force in the film industry, with four films already being selected by Netflix
Africa Mauritius The premier laid the foundation stone of the new community health centre in the eastern suburb of St Francois Xavier, recalling the government's active commitment to providing quality health facilities easily reachable by the population
Africa Republic of the Congo The Kiminou association "Icole pour tous" has decided to support a couple who have already given birth to triplets four times over in the village of Mpila by donating school kits to the twelve children
Africa Guinea The 'Conakry Express' train, which connects the Guinean capital to its suburbs with thousands of people transported daily, resumed its rotations this week after a ten-month stop
Africa Egypt A controversial decision by the Supreme Council of Antiquities to remove the Cairo Aquarium Cave Garden from Egypt's antiquities list has dismayed Egyptians who fear it could pave the way for the destruction of the public park at the hands of developers
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Central African Coastal Zone Resilience Investment Project has opened a tender for stormwater drainage, marine flood protection wall and safe expansion zone preparation in Yô Grande, Micoló and Abbot Beach