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
Asia Indonesia Global banking giant HSBC predicts country's economy will be rather sluggish this year, with GDP growth below 5% during the current policy cycle
Africa Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea has reached second place in the ranking of Central African countries with the highest Internet consumption, thank to negotiations by the Vice-President of the Republic with the national telephone companies
Oceania Vanuatu The submarine volcano Epi East is still in a state of severe agitation; alert level 1 has been activated
Asia Israel 80 animals of protected species - many of them endangered pythons - worth thousands of Euros, were seized by Israeli Border Police and inspectors from the Nature and Parks Authority in the village of Tur'an, near Golani Junction
Africa Madagascar Changing the law governing the elections is no longer possible, said Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, as making changes a few months before the first round of the presidential elections could have a major impact and change the entire framework
Africa Sudan Gum arabic, once the thriving first export industry, is suffering from the conflict, leaving producers and the local market in dire straits: companies such as Coca Cola and Pepsi could be without supplies in six months
Africa Burundi Ornella Havyarimana, a 28-year-old Burundian boxer, was the first athlete to represent the country in boxing at the Olympics; now she hopes to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics and lead a battle for the inclusion of women in boxing
Africa Malawi The Russian government would be willing to help the country invest in nuclear power to provide a reliable source of energy with USD 20 million
Africa Sierra Leone The violent storm that hit Freetown felled the Cotton tree, the huge century-old tree that has always been a landmark at the centre of the country's capital
Africa Eritrea Thirty years ago, on 24 May, Eritrea became an independent nation, at the end of a long and bloody war of liberation against Ethiopia, won against all odds and sealed by a referendum
America Chile The state-owned company Codelco has announced the creation of two subsidiaries to explore and exploit lithium in the country, as part of a national strategy for the production of this key mineral in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries
Asia Kuwait In a ruling considered a strict deterrent against forgery, the Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced a Ministry of Health employee to three years in prison with hard labor for forging a sick leave
Asia Lebanon A judge banned the country's central bank governor, Riad Salameh, from travelling, days after Beirut received a red notice from Interpol following a French arrest warrant