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
Europe Croatia Croatian breeders of Lipizzaner horses have united in a national federation to safeguard their heritage
Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria's participation in an IMF initiative to raise funds for the Poverty Reduction and Growth Fund will amount to about $6,7 million, which will be secured from the 2024 state budget
Africa Rwanda President Paul Kagame has announced that he will run for a fourth term in next year's presidential election
Africa Cape Verde Santo Antão has its first Computerized Axial Tomography (CT) machine; it went into operation with the opening of the branch clinic of Medicentro, located in Porto-Novo
Africa Ghana A call was recently made by the Ghanaian president that reparations must be paid for the slave trade "to address the historical injustices that have shaped the structure of the world"
Africa Morocco Morocco has expressed ambitious plans to become North Africa's leading player in the emerging "green hydrogen" sector, with plans to export the clean fuel to Europe
Europe Netherlands About 2.000 people living in the vicinity of Tata Steel in IJmuiden have registered with the foundation Frissewind.nu to join the class action against the company
Africa Burkina Faso A total of 191.937 Internally Displaced People have returned to their respective localities in the different regions of Burkina Faso as of August 31
Europe Norway The ban on cars with Russian license plate will come into effect at midnight on Monday; the provision taken by Norway has been shared with a number of European countries
Africa Sudan In Sudan's tangled political and military scene, new armed actors are emerging, fuelling fears that the conflict that has been going on since last April between the army and the paramilitary rapid support force could last for a long time
Asia Japan Support measures for low-income families are being considered in a new economic package to be compiled by the Japanese government and ruling party to ease the impact of inflation
Asia Indonesia Jakarta-Bandung (KCJB) high-speed rail service will become operational today Oct. 1, 2023; KCJB is the first high-speed rail service in Indonesia and Southeast Asia and its trains will operate at a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour
Africa Togo The teaching of English as early as kindergarten and elementary school has been announced by the Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education and will come into effect from the next school year throughout the country