Africa Morocco Rivalry between Morocco and Algeria has a new geopolitical battlefield in the Sahel, where they are deploying radically different strategies; the area is under geopolitical reconstruction after the vacuum left by French withdrawal and the rise of Russia
Europe Ireland The Dublin-based Good Bike Project collected, reconditioned and then delivered 2.000 bicycles for Ukrainian refugees in the country
Europe Romania Developer Impact Contractor & Developer has obtained the construction permit for 1.000 apartments in the Greenfield Copou residential project in Iasi with an estimated market value of €175 mln
America Guatemala The Volcán de Fuego, the most active volcano in Central America, has erupted causing smoke columns high up to 4800 meters; the volcano has a history of constant activity, with its last violent eruption in 2018 resulting in 431 deaths
Africa Seychelles Research conducted by a group of students from ETH Zurich University has given the Seychelles Department of Tourism valuable insights into areas that need to be addressed in terms of sustainability
Africa eSwatini The country will soon go to the polls: elections are scheduled for September, with many doubts about democracy after King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, dissolved parliament on 11 July
Europe Monaco With a seven-carat ruby ring by Guillemin & Soulaine fetching almost €3 million, jewellery was the largest category in Artcurial's Monaco Auction Week sales
Africa Republic of the Congo Société nationale des pétroles du Congo signed a memorandum of understanding in Algiers with Sonatrach, the Algerian national hydrocarbon company, to strengthen their cooperation in hydrocarbon exploration and development
Africa Cape Verde 90% of the sewer ruptures that occur on roads in various parts of the country are caused by household waste, said the president of the board of directors of Águas de Santiago
Asia Syria Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Independent Rapporteur on Protection of Rights while Countering Terrorism, expressed concern that hundreds of very young boys have been wrongly separated from their mothers under 'unproven' belief that they pose a security risk
Africa Benin Nigeria and Benin met to discuss the provisions of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme, giving way to mutually beneficial trade agreements
Asia Nepal At least 117 wild animals were found dead in Chitwan National Park in the last fiscal year; compared to 80 that died of natural causes, as many as 26 died as a result of a dog bite
Asia Qatar At the Hamad Port Visitors Centre in Umm Al-Houl, one can admire the world's most venomous fish, the Stnanceia verrucosa, commonly known as stone fish
Africa South Sudan A decade-long crisis in South Sudan has prompted women living in IDP camps in Bentiu, Unity State, to seek alternative ways to survive by turning to income-generating projects