Africa Gambia The Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Tekki-Fi project, has offered a week-long training for thirty young entrepreneurs on packaging and product branding
Africa Ethiopia The embassy in the Egyptian capital Cairo will be closed for three to six months due to economic reasons; the closure would have nothing to do with the disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Africa Comoros The Emirates Red Crescent has inaugurated a number of development projects to support victims of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth that struck the country three years ago
Africa Lesotho After the increase of reported cases of human trafficking involving the two countries, a collaboration with South Africa has started with the specific task of ending the local trade of human beings
Africa Tanzania Authorities in Zanzibar have launched a research project aimed at improving the use of herbal medicines as an alternative treatment for non-communicable diseases
Africa Senegal Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the city of Touba to take part in the Magal, in commemoration of the exile in Gabon of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1853-1927), the founder of Muridism
Africa Zambia USAID will provide an additional US$18.5 million in funding for the support of the people, including the country's fight against Covid-19 and HIV/AIDS
Africa Uganda The covering of the Kasubi tombs has begun, the last step in their restoration; the tombs were set on fire in 2010, nine years after having been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Attorney General has ordered the opening of an investigation into the criminal liability of union leaders in the paralysed health sector due to a boycott of doctors, nurses and permanent technicians
Africa Central African Republic UN-Women with the National Election Authority launched a program to support women candidates in the 2022 municipal elections, in the context of the 2030 Gender Equality Act
Africa Djibouti Accor, one of the world's leaders in hospitality with more than 400 high-end hotels, is expanding its presence in sub-Saharan Africa with a new Fairmont Djibouti in the capital, due to open 2024
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Minister of Education laid the foundation stone of a primary school in Santa Catarina - the iniziative is part of the WACA project on climate change in coastal areas and is aimed at guaranteeing safe expansion in a number of fishing communities
Africa Botswana Research by the University of Botswana indicates that the country has enough feedstock to produce more than 15 million litres of B20 biodiesel a year, thus slowly turning the goal of becoming a biodiesel producing country into reality