Africa Comoros Tayar, the first Comorian ride-hailing app, has been launched with support of Comorian Association of ICT and its incubator Comor'Lab; relying on geolocation, it is designed to enhance road safety and has an alert system connected to emergency services
Africa Chad The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (Afr100) organised a roundtable to mobilise private sector investment and financial institutions for its implementation in the country
Asia Brunei Defence spending for the next fiscal year will focus on developing and enhancing assets, in line with the strategic objectives set out in the Defence White Paper 2021
Asia North Korea The issue of human rights in North Korea will remain on the agenda of UN Security Council at the request of US and Albania, which submitted a note with the support of dozens of countries - twice as many as received last year
Africa Cameroon President Paul Biya has signed a decree validating a 5,2% salary increase for civil and military personnel
Europe Belgium The country announced it would expand reception capacity to cope with what it called a migrant 'crisis'
America Cuba The Union of Cuban Journalists of Villa Clara announced the winner of the 'Roberto González Quesada' provincial prize, unanimously awarded by the jury to Abel Falcón Curí, journalist, anchor and programme director of the radio station CMHW
America Antigua and Barbuda Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is urging the public to beware of counterfeit US $100 notes currently circulating in Antigua and Barbuda
Asia Bangladesh The country will import 5.200 tonnes of jute seeds from India this season, by decision by of the National Seed Board
America Canada Two First Nations have reached an agreement with Ontario to build a road to potential mining sites in the Ring of Fire area, about 500 km north of Thunder Bay, thought to be rich in critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries
Africa Liberia Illegal mining taking place on the Lofa River is damaging the river and threatening sustainable forestry and biodiversity
Africa Ivory Coast A special project promoting arts and culture is trying to develop knowledge of the traditional xylophone known as the balafon, as a significant cultural heritage of mankind
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Out of a total of 118 applications, 20 fishing loans were approved for the purchase of two dugouts and 12 engines under the Fleet Expansion Programme launched in June 2022