Africa Ethiopia According to Médecins Sans Frontières, 87% of Tigray's health infrastructure is destroyed and around 4% of ambulances were operational in January; schools, water supply facilities and agricultural equipment are also mostly compromised
Africa Morocco Moroccan group Akdital, one of the leading local players in private healthcare, has inaugurated its new hospital in El Jadida, in the Casablanca-Settat region, the largest private hospital in the country
Africa Zambia The country is going into 21-day national mourning over the death of Kenneth Kaunda, former president and father of independence, the last great figure in the fight against colonialism in the last century
Africa Cape Verde The Agostinho Neto Hospital in Praia will move towards specialization in nursing, an important and needed step for the country
Africa South Africa Employers in the country may dismiss staff who refuse to receive a vaccination against Covid-19
Africa Chad Operation Barkhane, ongoing in the Sahel since 2014, will be ended by French government and be replaced by a more international effort, associating countries in the region with non-African partners, strictly limited to the fight against terrorism
Africa Mauritania Malian refugees living in the country have shared with the local population techniques and strategies from back home for adapting to climate change
Africa Senegal The Senegalese Shippers' Council proceeded to the reception of a modern fish processing area in Joal-Fadiouth with drying, storage, packaging, warehousing and labelling areas for the benefit of some 5,000 professionals
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Subsidised internship positions are open for young graduates in international relations in the EU Delegation in the country
Africa Eritrea Ethiopia's UN ambassador, Taye Atske Selassie Amde, has officially declared that Eritrea's troops will leave the Tigray region "soon"
Africa Angola The first gas turbine installed in the city of Lubango has just gone into operation, with an experimental capacity of 22 megawatts
Africa Somalia Syrian refugees in the country are enriching the host nation culturally and economically, also thanks to the historic bilateral relations between the two nations
Africa Mali French forces in the country reportedly captured Dadi Ould Chouaib, described as one of the most prominent fighters of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara