Oceania Fiji A vacancy notice for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been posted by the Judicial Services Commission, inviting applications from suitably qualified local and overseas candidates to head Fiji's independent prosecuting authority
Africa Republic of the Congo The National Network of Positive Congo has published the results of its survey on the impact of Covid-19 on people vulnerable to HIV carried out between March 2020 and October 2022
Asia Philippines A total of 220 persons deprived of their liberty have obtained primary and secondary school diplomas through the Department of Education's Alternative Learning System programme at the Manila Women's Prison
Asia Laos Laotian doctors at the Mother and Child Central Hospital have extracted a 20 kg cyst from a pregnant woman, in the first operation of its kind in the capital Vientiane
Africa Ivory Coast Didier Drogba, former Chelsea striker, has been appointed as new coach of national football team, with contractual goals of winning the next 2024 and 2025 African Cups and leading the country to win the 2026 World Cup
Oceania New Zealand Air New Zealand reported solid customer demand for the 2024 financial year after registering a large annual profit boosted by a recovery in travel and falling fuel prices, sending its shares up more than 3% in early trading
Oceania Kiribati Tematong Kamarie, a volunteer with UNFPA's partner Y-PEER, runs a programme to prevent unwanted teenage pregnancies in Kiribati, in a conservative environment where many religious leaders condemn birth control
Asia Lebanon Exploratory drilling for oil and gas, organised by the country with international partners, is starting; experts warn that without structural reforms, the new marine gas field will not end country's economic malaise
Africa Guinea The National Transitional Council unanimously authorised the ratification of the financing agreement between the International Development Association and the Republic of Guinea
Europe Italy Clients of specialised operators held over one billion euros in cryptocurrencies in Italy according to data transmitted to the OAM, the body of broker agents, at the end of the first quarter of 2023
Africa Rwanda At least 23 baby mountain gorillas born in the past 12 months will be named during a naming ceremony scheduled for next month in Rwanda
Europe Latvia 32% of Latvian families - almost a third - will face financial difficulties with the start of the new school year says a survey conducted by the research agency Norstat in July 2023 on 510 residents aged between 25 and 65
Asia Iran Iran - with Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE - has been invited by the BRICS group of nations to become new members of the bloc
America Haiti 61% of the population agreed with deploying armed forces according to a nationwide poll