Africa Guinea-Bissau Cashew nut export this year is estimated at 175,000 tonnes; over 80% of the population depends directly or indirectly on it
Africa Liberia As part of the effort to address the challenge of sustainability facing local organizations, Oxfam Liberia has awarded US$25,000 to three local teams that won the 'IDEAS marketplace'
Africa Comoros THEMA, owned by the Canal+ Group, has launched channel M6 International on Comores Telecom, bringing more than 650.000 new viewers
Africa Gambia Seven Gambian youths selected for the 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders have been congratulated by the US Embassy - though in virtual form this year due to the pandemic
Africa Libya The city of Benghazi is hosting a culture week with art, music and theatre, debates on Libyan cinema, a concert of Arab-Andalusian music, with the aim of 'reviving the artistic and cultural life of Benghazi'
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo A new power plant in Rwanguba, financed with additional €20 million by the EU commission, will provide a further 15 Megawatt of electricity, as a response to the urgent environmental crisis in the country
Africa Algeria In the recent elections, for the first time in the country, women made up half of the candidates
Africa Madagascar The island nation’s first utility scale solar park will double in size and will have energy storage added, with work due to start this month
Africa Burundi Border with Tanzania has been reopened and curfew removed as measures to contrast Covid-19 gradually ease
Africa Sierra Leone The Freetown City Council expanded the Urban Farming initiative to an additional 200 women-headed households: farming tools, planting boxes, seeds, training and mentoring will be provided to improve the nutrition of women and children
Africa Equatorial Guinea A young woman has launched a successful business, AfrikChic by Ndoho, which uses traditional African textiles to make shoes, accessories and ornaments; her goal is to spread the message that everyone can have a positive influence with their work
Africa Ivory Coast The country inaugurated a counter-terrorism academy with France, designed to enhance the Sahel region's capacity to control the jihadist threat