Asia Maldives A new national fisheries promotional brand ‘From Maldives’ has been launched at the Maldives–UK Business Forum in London, UK; Fisheries Ministry states the initiative strategically positions one of the country's most iconic sectors
Africa Libya Two mass graves with at least 50 migrants' bodies have been found in the southern desert, Libyan authorities and the Red Crescent said; the cause of death is not known yet, autopsies are awaited, some of the bodies bore gunshot wounds according to IOM
Africa Seychelles Nature Seychelles gave two local companies, Titan Plant Hires and D&S Equipment, 'Friends of Cousin Island' award for contribution to marine conservation for equipment and services to assist the installation of large coral nursery tubes on land at Amitié
Asia Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu appointed Ahmed Nashid as Vice-President of the Anti-Corruption Commission; Ahmed Nashid was previously Assistant Police Commissioner and served on the Police Council
Europe Kosovo In the parliamentary elections, the ruling party Vetevendosje!, 'Movement for Self-Determination!', led by outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won a relative majority of seats
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Students gathered in front of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the tragedy in Jablanica in which 19 people died, demanding that the authorities be held accountable and making demands of those responsible
Africa Ivory Coast To better plant health and promote resistance, the Regional Centre of Excellence for Virus Epidemiology in West and Central Africa signed partnership agreements in Abidjan in collaboration with the Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Africa Kenya The most reviewed tourist site in Kenya is the Animal Orphanage in Nairobi, according to a Google Maps report, followed by culture preservation initiative Bomas of Kenya, Pembe za Ndovu monument over Moi Avenue in Mombasa and Thompson Falls in Nyahururu
Europe Poland A Polish couple, devoted to the Virgin Mary, is building a large statue of the Mother of God near the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Konotop; it will be a total of 55,6 metres high and will be the higher in Europe when it wiil be finished in half 2026
Europe Lithuania In 2025, the country will allocate almost EUR 32 million to support the education of Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Lithuania between 2022 and 2023 and are regularly enrolled in higher education institutions
America Canada Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of Order of Canada; the appointment has been terminated by the Governor General following a 2023 CBC report questioning her Indigenous heritage and affirming she was born in Massachusetts
Africa Mozambique Former Mozambican presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has announced that he will create his own political party, after announcing the end of his relationship with Podemos, with which he had a 'political agreement' for last October's elections
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Central Cement and Limestone project took a step forward with the presentation of the initial draft of the community development agreement in Port Moresby with local landowners, the Mineral Resources Authority and Mayur Resources Limited
Europe Portugal 46.824 pending Immigration and Asylum Cases were registered at the end of 2024 in the Lisbon Administrative Court, 80 times more than in 2023; the figure is in contrast with the general trend of decreasing pending cases in the area