Africa Zimbabwe The United Nations World Food Programme in the country will help affected populations cope with climate shocks thanks in part to India's contribution of nearly one million dollars
Africa Libya The Libyan dossier will be discussed by the UN Security Council this month, while Dublin sources announced Ireland is to take over the UN body in a few days
Africa Egypt The country will work with Siemens Industries and KAMS Engineering and Contracting to digitally connect oil platforms and wells and to manufacture low and medium voltage switchboards, electric motors and variable speed drives
Africa South Sudan The authorities will suspend for one week the search operations of foreign citizens who entered the country illegally and without a work permit, in order to allow them to legalise their situation
Africa Ivory Coast Successful television presenter Yves de Mbella was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence for advocating rape and insulting morals after he received as a guest a repentant former rapist
Africa Guinea The Islamic Bank of Guinea launches the "School Financing" campaign, which aims to make it easier for parents to pay for the next school year; salaried customers can benefit from up to 10.000.000 Guinean francs at a rate of 0% over 10 months
Africa Cape Verde The mayor of Porto Novo has called for "a profound restructuring" of the municipal financing framework, in particular of the statute of municipalities, as few can be considered "financially sustainable"
Africa Togo Prime Minister Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé is among Africa’s top 100 most influential women in the Avance Media’s annual ranking of influential women in Africa and its diaspora
Africa Rwanda The Rwanda Housing Authority said more than 9.000 hectares will be made available for investors who want to establish industries in several towns in the country, as part of the 2050 Secondary Towns Urbanisation Agenda
Africa Cameroon The aim of Gaelle Laura Zambou Kenfack, a Cameroonian entrepreneur who returned after 10 years in Germany as a consultant, is to promote products made in Cameroon, launch them on the market and bring attention to local products
Africa Uganda Uganda Press Photo Awards partners with Canon for its 2021 edition in an effort to encourage and empower visual artists
Africa Sierra Leone World Bank Country Director for Sierra Leone, Ghana and Liberia, has pledged to support the Bank in the creation of the country's proposed national health insurance plan
Africa Seychelles A recent video captured on Fregate Island showing the moment a giant Aldabra tortoise hunts down and kills a noddy tern chick has stunned scientists around the world, changing what they thought about this species