America Uruguay To restore police presence on the streets is priority for Montevideo's new police chief, who rejects the idea of heavy hand, defends use of armored vehicles to protect officers, maintains that Uruguay is far from falling into violence as Central America
Europe Greece As central Greece begins to recover from the deadly flooding caused by Storm Daniel, authorities are under scrutiny for their lack of preparedness and failure to implement EU directives on flood management
Africa Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's central bank is working to accelerate another form of payment called ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold, through the use of digital tokens backed by gold
Africa Sudan In Sudan's tangled political and military scene, new armed actors are emerging, fuelling fears that the conflict that has been going on since last April between the army and the paramilitary rapid support force could last for a long time
Africa Ghana A call was recently made by the Ghanaian president that reparations must be paid for the slave trade "to address the historical injustices that have shaped the structure of the world"
Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria's participation in an IMF initiative to raise funds for the Poverty Reduction and Growth Fund will amount to about $6,7 million, which will be secured from the 2024 state budget
Africa Rwanda President Paul Kagame has announced that he will run for a fourth term in next year's presidential election
Africa Ethiopia The celebrations of Meskel ('the Cross' in the Amharic language), one of the most important holidays in Ethiopia, were held; about two-thirds of Ethiopia's 120 million inhabitants are Christians
America Grenada The state-owned Gravel & Concrete Corporation has agreed to rehire a worker who was fired following an altercation with another employee in order to avoid strike action
Africa Cape Verde Santo Antão has its first Computerized Axial Tomography (CT) machine; it went into operation with the opening of the branch clinic of Medicentro, located in Porto-Novo
Europe Norway The ban on cars with Russian license plate will come into effect at midnight on Monday; the provision taken by Norway has been shared with a number of European countries
Asia Japan Support measures for low-income families are being considered in a new economic package to be compiled by the Japanese government and ruling party to ease the impact of inflation
Africa South Africa Aziz Pahad, a veteran of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, has died at the age of 82; his family describes him as a patriot and freedom fighter who dedicated his life to the Africa National Congress and the service of South Africans
Africa Burkina Faso A total of 191.937 Internally Displaced People have returned to their respective localities in the different regions of Burkina Faso as of August 31