Africa Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that extend his time in office to 2030; new legislation, approved by Parliament last month, also introduces a provision allowing presidents to be elected by lawmakers instead of direct public vote
America Jamaica Technical and vocational education and training will soon be introduced also in primary schools, in addition to secondary schools, to ensure that students are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to meet the demands of the labour market
Europe Iceland Tourist facilities in Kerlingarfjöll, in the Icelandic Highlands, are seeing a development that includes a luxury hotel and the renovation of the campsite, probably the largest investment in the Highlands region that is not a power plant
Europe Lithuania Police will start fining passengers of cars carrying open containers of alcohol; until now only the driver was punished, despite the 2009 law
Asia Kyrgyzstan At least 90% of food security relies on products produced on 1 million hectares of irrigated land in Kyrgyzstan; however, around 40% of irrigation canals are worn out and in need of modernisation
Europe Norway In the first quarter of this year, the largest increase in population in more than a decade was recorded, according to the state statistics office Statistics Norway; there are now more than 5,5 million Norwegians
Europe Slovakia More than one in three Slovaks believe that Brussels is endangering public health by ordering the addition of insect proteins to food without consumers knowing about it, according to an Ipsos study
Africa Equatorial Guinea Holding Equatorial Guinea is to create a partnership with private companies for the execution of national development projects, as expressed by the board chairman
Africa Senegal Saint-Louis, a small town in the north of the country, is home to an interesting space that pays homage to the town's still little-known artistic and cultural history, the Saint-Louis Museum of Photography, the 'MuPho'
Asia United Arab Emirates U-Ask platform, a unified chatbot powered by artificial intelligence for government services, was launched, allowing users to access information on government services in Arabic and English
Europe Finland The agreement between Finnish company Myrsky Energia and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners aims at generating around 1,8 gigawatts of onshore wind power over the next decade, a deal that would increase the country's current production by a third
Africa Rwanda The African section of the International Basketball Federation officially signed an agreement with the Rwandan Ministry of Sport and the Rwandan Basketball Federation to host the women's baket continental championship in Kigali this summer
Europe Latvia From 29 March to 21 April this year, the volume of textile waste recycled increased by 15% thanks to the environmental campaigns implemented by the Latvian Green Dot and Eco Baltia Environment; figures compare to the previous month