Africa Comoros Tayar, the first Comorian ride-hailing app, has been launched with support of Comorian Association of ICT and its incubator Comor'Lab; relying on geolocation, it is designed to enhance road safety and has an alert system connected to emergency services
Africa Ethiopia In an attempt to meet the growing demand for dairy products in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has unveiled ambitious plans to produce 9,8 billion litres of milk in the next fiscal year 2023/24, from cattle, camels and goats
Africa Algeria The 26th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair closes today, 4 November; with the slogan "Africa writes its future", Algeria's most important literary and cultural event had over 1.200 publishers from 61 countries
Africa Gambia The biennial African Competition Forum, organised by the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority, was held in the country on Tuesday
Asia Kazakhstan Commenting on the tragic accident at the Kostenko coalmine, Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov said that all those responsible will be punished, stating that the government is aware of its responsibility
Europe Lithuania Six out of ten Lithuanians would be in favour of greater restrictions on the entry of Belarusian citizens into the country; women, people over the age of 50 and residents of rural areas and smaller towns are more likely to support stricter conditions
America Antigua and Barbuda About a dozen inmates of Her Majesty's Prison celebrated their graduation, successfully completing several courses, through the "Seeds of Hope" programme, launched in 2022 to help rehabilitate inmates
Africa Equatorial Guinea After updating the educational manuals, it was decided to implement new subjects such as moral education, new languages and civic-social education, among others, for primary, secondary and high schools
Europe Germany Newly passed legislation will allow asylum seekers in Germany faster access to the labour market, while imposing harsher penalties for human traffickers
Africa Togo Delali Ayivi, a young photographer of Togolese origin, builds on the legacy of her great-great-grandfather, Alex Agbaglo Acolatse, one of the first Togolese photographers, who proposed a different image of his people, from a non-Westernised point of view
Asia Iraq The country earned over $9,6 billion from oil sales in October, according to a survey by the state oil market agency, SOMO
Europe Iceland A powerful seismic swarm started on the Reykjanes Peninsula on the night of 24 October, just north of the city of Grindavík; since then, more than 7.000 earthquakes have been detected in the area, including a M5,0 earthquake on 27 October
Europe Estonia Estonian real estate market transactions have fallen by a third year-on-year, back to levels of 10 years ago; European Central Bank is refraining from raising interest rates, but experts do not expect the Estonian real estate market to improve soon
Europe Ireland Over 5.000 families who contacted the charity Threshold in recent months were at risk of losing their homes