America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
Africa Mauritania $302,9m loan has been approved by African Development Fund to co-finance the Mauritania-Mali solar power and interconnection project with the construction of a high-voltage electricity interconnection and installation of a solar farm in Kiffa, Mauritania
America Suriname Detainees at the Nieuwe Haven bureau in Suriname are protesting by mass-throwing government-provided food, expressing dissatisfaction with its taste and demanding better food quality
Africa Guinea The NGO Reporters Without Borders called on the military-dominated Guinean authorities to 'urgently' end the series of restrictive measures taken against some private media, denouncing 'attacks on press freedom on a considerable scale'
Oceania Marshall Islands Unofficial final election results have been published by the Electoral Administration, confirming that 13 seats in Nitijela will change hands; most absentee postal votes did not arrive in time or were rejected for technical reasons
Africa South Africa The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is seeking bids for the development of 3.200 MW of wind power under the long-awaited and delayed Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program
Oceania Solomon Islands The global scabies programme of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute completed the first round of mass distribution of an anti-parasitic drug in the Solomon Islands and Fiji, helping to protect millions of people from the disease
Asia Cambodia The return of 14 Cambodian cultural treasures was welcomed by the Prime Minister, who emphasized that it is the recovery of the souls of Cambodian ancestors who left their homeland because of the civil war
Asia Brunei The country signed a protocol 'on inspections, quarantine and veterinary health requirements for wild aquatic products' to be exported from Brunei to China
Asia China Autumn migration of birds in China has roughly ended and monitoring of wintering habitats is ongoing, according to China's National Forest and Grassland Administration; authorities have intensified monitoring of harvesting areas to avoid man-made damage
Africa Botswana Botswana MPs strongly opposed the proposal to remove the passport requirement for travel between Botswana and Zimbabwe
Oceania Nauru The country has a new Taiwan ambassador, after Joseph Chow's transfer from his previous role as representative in Fiji was approved
America Nicaragua Recently crowned Miss Universe, Sheynnis Palacios has become a symbol of resistance, triggering the government to accuse the pageant and Palacios of an "anti-patriotic conspiracy," resulting in arrests and a crackdown on the competition
Europe Bulgaria A petition to maintain the national holiday of the Republic of Bulgaria on 3 March received over 10.000 signatures in support of holding a referendum