Africa Somalia New EU VISA restrictions make it more difficult for Somalis to travel to the bloc; the recently approved measures intensify an ongoing dispute with Mogadishu over the return of Somalis living irregularly in the EU
Africa Eritrea Reporters Without Borders reported that Eritrea has detained journalists longer than any other country in the world and banned independent media for more than 20 years, at a meeting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Oceania Micronesia Chuuk Lagoon contains the largest concentration of potentially polluting wrecks in the Pacific Ocean, 19 of which have been identified as significant environmental risks due to the volumes of toxic fuel oil and unexploded ordnance they contain
Africa Central African Republic Teams from the Ministry of Transport have started to check the registration documents, number plates, stickers and transport permits of motor vehicles in Bangui
Africa Egypt The country has asked Kenya to be allowed to continue receiving tea produced in the East African country in exchange for any local Egyptian production, so as not to deplete its dollar stocks
Asia Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring the postal service an essential public service, as postal workers in the country went on strike against the decision to turn post offices in Nuwara Eliya and Kandy into hotels
Africa Djibouti 60 tonnes of dates were donated by Saudi Arabia to benefit some 35.340 vulnerable food insecure people and refugees in Djibouti
Europe France The Pas-de-Calais département in northern France has confirmed a red alert for river flooding and heavy rain due to continuing downpours, with schools closed and transport disrupted
America Dominica Natasha Jervier-Carbon has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Dominica Planned Parenthood Association
Oceania Solomon Islands More members of the Australian Federal Police have landed in Honiara to support the security operation ahead of the 17th Pacific Games starting in a week's time
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy discussed the Peace Formula and the 'Wheat from Ukraine' initiative
Europe Portugal In Switzerland – a global frontrunner for remittance payments – people from Portugal send smaller amounts, but more often, and usually to their own bank accounts, a study by researchers at the University of Zurich has found
Asia East Timor President José Ramos-Horta will arrive today in the Philippines to discuss political and economic ties, including educational partnerships
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu and South Korea commemorated on the island of Funafuti their long-standing and mutually beneficial cooperation, particularly in the burgeoning fisheries sector since the 1980s