Africa Uganda Uber has ended its operations in Uganda after having been a commodity in the local urban transport for over a decade; the exit takes immediate effect and follows extensive review of Uber's business priorities across Africa
Asia Mongolia A resolution on the use of new Image Cast voting equipment for the 2024 parliamentary elections was passed during the session of the Grand Khural of State
Africa Togo Artificial Intelligence Week is scheduled for 19 to 24 March 2024 and will bring together industry actors in Togo, in organisation of the Togolese section of the International Council for Artificial Intelligence
Africa Senegal Karim Wade, former minister and son of former Head of State Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese opposition leader in exile, said he had filed papers to participate in February's presidential elections
Europe Lithuania A presidential election in Lithuania will be held on May 12, the country’s parliament decided; last spring, the Seimas had announced that a referendum on the legalisation of multiple citizenship would also be held on May 12
Europe Greece From 1 April 2024, Greece intends to offer exclusive guided tours of the Acropolis, its most powerful tourist attraction, to a few well-heeled visitors outside normal opening hours, at a cost of 5.000€ for a group of up to five people
Europe Netherlands Direct Eurostar train services from Amsterdam to London will be suspended for six months when part of the Dutch capital's main train station is closed for maintenance from next July
Europe Albania Voltalia, an international operator in renewable energies, has started production of its 140 MW solar project, in Fier district in southern Albania; the Karavasta plant will be able to generate electricity equivalent to the consumption of 220.000 people
Africa Rwanda Presidential elections will be held on 15 July 2024, the country's Electoral Commission announced, campaigning will begin on 22 June 2024 and end on 13 July 2024; it is the first time that legislative and presidential elections will be held simultaneously
Asia Azerbaijan 2024 has been declared as the Green World Solidarity Year in Azerbaijan; President Ilham Aliyev said that "this decision has been adopted in order to enhance international solidarity in the global effort against climate change"
Africa Ghana Ghana's health service director Kuma-Aboagye announced that the country will move from the containment phase to the elimination phase of malaria in 2024; for the past four years Accra has been running a pilot vaccination programme with the drug Rts,s
Africa Gambia To rally support and intensify community awareness against HIV and AIDS, Action-Aid International Gambia, in collaboration with the National AIDS Secretariat, recently organised a three-day awareness-raising event targeting the country's religious leaders
Europe France The average speed of 5G in France in 2023 is 221,1 Mbps, an increase of 28,9 Mbps compared to the average speed in 2022, reporting the highest 5G speed of all G7 countries, ahead of the United States and Japan, ranking first for the second year in a row
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina With gas supply contracts not yet signed between “Energoinvest” and “Sarajevo-gas” East Sarajevo , the city risks to be left without national gas from January 1