Africa Cape Verde Cape Verde has entered the world's Top 30 in governance indices: the latest World Economics assessment for 2026 gave it an A rating and a score of 74, being the only African country with this distinction, thus sitting in first place on the continent
Africa Angola The 2025/2026 higher education academic year was inaugurated in in the province of Cuanza-Norte in a ceremony led by the Minister of State for Social Affairs under the motto "Higher Education 50 Years: From Massification, Quality, and Excellence"
Asia Myanmar The US and Canada will send small delegations to Burma’s April by-elections, responding to the government’s invitation; While calling it a positive step, both said the process doesn't meet international standards for full election monitoring
Europe Belarus Repurposing of agricultural land will be prohibited, no lands from the agricultural land pool will be allocated for construction or plots; this especially applies many abandoned and unused plots in small communities, Belarus media reported
Asia East Timor A full banning of any form of online gambling has begun following a resolution of East Timor’s Council of Ministers resolution
Europe Andorra The weekend in Ordino is dedicated to dance, with the fifth edition of the Contradans festival that opened with a various, high quality program
Europe Latvia Hundreds protested against looming Latvian U-turn on Istanbul Convention, saying that exiting the Convention, would give the country an international civil rights reputation similar to that of Turkey the only to have signed up and then exited
America Barbados Two Caribbean lexicographers are compiling the region’s first general-purpose English dictionary to bridge linguistic gaps in education; the project is a landmark effort to validate Caribbean language and ensure school children are not disadvantaged
Africa Burkina Faso The number of roadside checkpoints across the country have been reduced from 385 to just 40 on 15 main roads in an effort to improve traffic flow and combat harassment; checkpoint outside of this new framework will be considered illegal
Asia Bahrain A renewed call has been made to revive a key housing initiative aimed at supporting low-income families living in unsafe homes: the Southern Municipal Council unanimously approved a proposal to relaunch the long-stalled Dilapidated Homes Project
America Dominican Republic Sky Caterers’ in-flight kitchens at Las Américas International Airport in the Dominican Republic received the highest possible ratings in Delta Air Lines’ food safety and quality audits with a flawless 100% score in Food Processing Quality Safety
Africa Algeria 17.385 projects have been registered so far with the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency with a goal of reaching 20.000 by 2029, that could create 420.000 direct jobs
Europe Montenegro Government has yet to approve a firearms law proposed for tightening licensing rules, despite a steady increase in the number of registered gun owners and repeated calls for reform, following two mass shootings in Cetinje that left 23 people dead.
Asia North Korea A Russian cargo ship that has been sanctioned for facilitating illicit weapons trade with North Korea appeared at a northeastern DPRK port this week for the first time in two months