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 Cape Verde Technicians, maritime accident researchers and professionals from national maritime and port institutions began training in Mindelo to identify factors contributing to accidents and increase maritime safety
Africa Djibouti The 3rd edition of Djibouti International Fair has been inaugurated by President Ismail Omar Guelleh; until 10 December it will gather Djiboutian and foreign business operators with slogan 'Your gateway to a dynamic and promising market'
Africa Equatorial Guinea A bridge over the Ntem river, linking the country with Cameroon, part of the Regional Trade and Transport Facilitation Project for the Economic Corridor between EG, Cameroon and Gabon, will be supported by African Development Bank with €73 million
Africa Burundi The National Assembly should address the significant deficiencies in the historic 2016 law against gender-based violence and inconsistencies in other laws to ensure effective prevention, protection and justice for survivors, Amnesty International said
Europe Czech Republic Compulsory separate collection of textile waste will be introduced from 2025, with the associated costs to be paid in part by the producers of the material, in order to increase the amount of textile waste that is reused or recycled
Asia Cambodia The Cambodia-International Construction Industry Expo 2023, the largest annual event of its kind in the country, attracted more than 130 foreign exhibitors
Africa Guinea-Bissau An Ecowas communiqué 'strongly condemns the violence and all attempts to disrupt the constitutional order and the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau', calling for 'the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators'
Africa Ethiopia Trócaire's Christmas Appeal aims to bring children displaced by the conflict back home, more than a year after the peace agreement that ended two years of war in the Tigray region
Europe North Macedonia The government of North Macedonia adopted the ninth anti-crisis package, allocating €662 million to mitigate economic challenges, with 26 social security measures designed to provide targeted assistance to vulnerable citizens and businesses
Africa Nigeria An $80 million loan from the African Development Bank will finance Ekiti Knowledge Zone project in Nigeria to promote digital innovation and entrepreneurship, generate 26.000 jobs and bring about $14 million a year in net economic benefits
Asia Syria The UN World Food Programme said it will end its main assistance programme in January in war-torn Syria, where more than 12 million people do not have regular access to enough food
America Dominican Republic In the first six months of 2023, cigarettes became the agricultural product that generated the largest export revenue for the Dominican Republic, with over 22.000 metric tonnes exported
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Many young people have started a social battle to get people to quit smoking through vaping, with viral videos attracting the attention of thousands of users on Tiktok about the terrible conditions they undergo to extract cobalt, which also involve minors