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
Africa Uganda The armed forces have been ordered by President Yoweri Museveni to reactivate Local Defence Units to be deployed in several national parks in western Uganda following increased insecurity in the area
Asia Mongolia A total of 40 volunteers appointed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government will work in Mongolia for three months, in volunteer activities organised together with students from two secondary schools and universities
Africa Lesotho Maternal mortality remains a major problem for women of reproductive age: the current maternal mortality ratio for Lesotho is 566/100.000 live births, a figure classified as very high and higher than the regional average of 545/100.000 live births
Europe Monaco The OceanoScientific Explorer 'Love the Ocean' has set sail during a 'Grand Departure Ceremony' at the Monaco Yacht Club for the first of the OceanoScientific Coral Reefs 2023-2030 expeditions
Asia Maldives The development of new residential buildings to accommodate people living in the Male' Hiyaa and Sinamale' flats in the city of Male' and the suburb of Vilimale' will begin in February next year
Africa Kenya Kenyan-born actress Lupita Nyong'o, 40, was chosen to chair the jury of the upcoming Berlin Film Festival, thus becoming the first black person to hold this position in the 74-year history of the Berlinale
Africa Ivory Coast Within 12 months, the country will host the largest Tier-III certified data centre in West Africa; the foundation stone of this 'digital administrative city' was laid at the Agence Ivoirienne de Gestion des Fréquences Radioélectriques
Africa Central African Republic The project to support the paediatric hospital in Bangui was launched with Italian NGO Cuamm Doctors for Africa as the civil society organisation in charge of implementation and the United Nations Population Fund as the international partner agency
America United States Hundreds of false bomb threats that were emailed over the last few days to Jewish facilities across the US are believed to be connected and originating from outside the country, according to the FBI
Africa Somalia Former refugee Abdullahi Mire received the Nansen 2023 prize from UNHCR for setting up "Refugee education hub" that has opened 3 libraries in refugee camps with 100.000 books and contributed to the education of thousands of refugee children
Africa Nigeria Concern is growing in Lagos over recurring cases of kidnapping; according to the Daily trust, cases for extortion purposes have increased in the past month with 7 people abducted along the Fidiwo area of the Lagos-Ibadan highway in one week
Europe Switzerland In the midst of a strong COVID-19 wave, COVID cases overtake those of influenza, according to the Federal Office of Public Health; the wave, started in August, intensified at the beginning of November and the latest figures indicate a high level increase
Africa Sudan In Central Darfur, particularly in the town of Zalingei and its suburbs, forests are being cut down at an unprecedented rate and risk total collapse, environmental activist and forestry specialist Khader al-Salik told Radio Tamazuj