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
Oceania Nauru Digicel Nauru donated a recharge voucher worth $5.000 to the Covid Task Force at its Aiwo headquarters
Asia Afghanistan According to Saturday's Guardian report, the governemnt banned the sale of all contraceptive drugs and devices to women in Afghanistan
Africa Mauritius Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth said that his recent trip to the UK included discussions about Chagos island residents who were forced to leave decades ago, and said that all Chagossians worldwide are welcome to resettle
Asia Syria Over 160 aid planes have arrived in the country since the earthquake disaster; Syria continues to receive international aid, with 17 planes landing at Damascus, Latakia, and Aleppo over the weekend
Europe Germany Nearly 90.000 Ukrainians have found work in Germany; German Federal Employment Agency believes Ukrainian refugees have helped reduce the burden on the local labour market
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina A few kilometres from the Croatian border, a new administrative detention facility has sprung up to 'facilitate' the repatriation of migrants transiting along this junction of the Balkan route within the Lipa transit camp
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan and Armenia held the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October, amid rising tensions over the Karabakh region
Africa Sierra Leone A pilot project for the verification and monitoring of reforestation programmes involves the use of drone-based remote sensing and data management technologies
Europe Malta Annual Malta Drug Report released on 17 Feb 2023 reports 513 drug-related emergencies and 5 deaths in 2021; cocaine and synthetic cannabis were the main drugs leading to medical assistance for intoxication and 1.990 individuals were undergoing treatment
Africa Tanzania The country started the debate on legal reforms with the launch of a public participation process, in order to pave the way for the revision of laws to ensure that they all conform to changing times for sustainable development
Asia Tajikistan The Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region government has written on its Facebook page that a power rationing is expected to be introduced in the region
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu chiefs asked the Malvatumauri Chiefs' Council and the Vanuatu government to build a chiefs' Nakamal building
Europe Ukraine "Ukraine will have the fighters, it's just a matter of timing and procedures," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference