Africa Tanzania Sardine traders of the Fungo Refu drying site, around 3.000 small entrepreneurs, have asked the government intervention for a modernization of their equipment, to make their work more productive and enhance produce quality
Africa Equatorial Guinea M. Rafael Eneme Enga Obono has been elected president of the 4th jurisdiction of the African Taekwondo Union AFTU during the general assembly recently held at the UN headquarters in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Africa Seychelles 18 newly qualified nurses have officially joined the Seychelles Nurses and Midwives Council; in a special ceremony they took their oath, were presented with their badges, book of code of ethics and professional conduct, received registration certificates
Africa Rwanda VAT has been abolished on commissions charged on remittances sent home by the Rwandan diaspora: previously, money sent through banks, mobile money, money transfer agencies had service fees from 0,2% to 15%, plus 18% VAT on commission fees
Africa Zimbabwe As Zimbabwe’s cities expand, local councils are formalizing land ownership often not following traditional land distribution systems: land previously passed down through generations is now being reallocated for new developments without clear consultation
Africa Uganda At least 5.000 out-of-school children in Busoga, with a special attention for girls, will be re-enrolled together with 2.000 teachers to support Uganda’s new competency-based secondary school curriculum, in Government plan for gender-equitable education
Africa Cape Verde Brava Island is once again isolated for a few days due to an accident to the vessel connecting the islands; in a crescendo of indignation at the lack of maritime connections, frustration rose in the local population, that says it feels neglected
Africa Ivory Coast 33 West Africans have been rescued from a human trafficking ring in Ivory Coast that lured people into paying up to $9.000 by promising them jobs in Canada, Interpol said, instead trafficked them to Abidjan, held under physical and psychological coercion
Africa Tunisia A Tunisian court sentenced opposition leaders, lawyers and businesspeople to serve 13-66 years in prison on conspiracy charges and national security offences; the trial, denounced by rights groups, is unprecedented in scale, involving around 40 defendants
Africa Nigeria Chess master Tunde Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest ever chess marathon, for a noble cause; at the iconic Times Square in New York, Onakoya hit the extraordinary 60-hour mark of non-stop chess against NM Shawn Martinez on 19 April
Africa Botswana President Duma Boko has been named on the Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025 list, being recognised for leading the seismic change last year that brought Botswana’s first change in political power since Independence in 1966
Africa Djibouti A new contingent of troops from Djibouti, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia #AUSSOM, has arrived in Beletweyne; The troops will be deployed to Buula Burde and Jalalaqsi, two strategically important towns in the Hiiraan region
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo After a motorized wooden boat with 500 people on board caught fire and capsized in the Congo River, multiple sources reported death toll of over 140 while DRC authorities on Sunday said the actual number of deaths was 33