Africa Mozambique To improve connections with Malawi by rebuilding the Mutarara–Malawi border section of the Dona Ana–Vila Nova da Fronteira line, the President Filipe Nyusi has laid a foundation stone
Africa Benin Two 16th century brass plaques depicting a Warrior Chief and a Court Official, belonging to the 'Benin Bronzes' series, will be returned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Nigeria, where they had been found and looted
Africa Tunisia A Tunisian-Indian research team has devised a new vaccine against tuberculosis, which would be more effective than BCG, the existing
Africa Nigeria In the city of Jos, riven by serious ethnic strife, community leaders have turned to football and music to overcome conflict by having the city's youth play in two teams - Love FC and Unity FC
Africa South Africa Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand, by introducing harmless amounts of radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos, will detect them as they move, thus helping to track them down and save them from poachers
Africa Kenya Fawligen, a biological control product for managing the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been formally registered by the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) for use in the country
Africa Chad The political movement "Les transformateurs" has obtained official recognition as a political party by the country's authorities
Africa Sudan Exciting new discoveries have surfaced from the sands of Old Dongola, where archaeologists from Warsaw University have found the remains of what may be the largest known church in medieval Nubia
Africa Republic of the Congo The country celebrates today Reconciliation Day, a commemoration of the Conference on National Sovereignty
Africa Gabon Farmers use gaming technology as part of an innovative project to assess how they deal with wildlife threats to their businesses
Africa Cape Verde The country is set to become associate members of the International Ski Federation (FIS)
Africa Chad The International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted 95 Malians including 72 women and children to return home from Chad, in coordination with the two Governments
Africa South Sudan The 26-year-old Valentino Yuel, football player in the Newcastle Jets team, has joined the national team for the 2021 FIFA Arab World Cup in Doha