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
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance, will present Budget 2023 during a session of the Nevis Island Assembly at Hamilton House on Monday, February 20, 2023, at 10am
Africa Cameroon A group of women demonstrated in Ekona, a locality in the English-speaking region of the South West, to denounce repeated and unjustified arrests of their sons by defence and security forces
Europe Hungary Production has started from the first well of the Nyekpuszta unconventional gas field in the south-east of the country
Africa Zimbabwe In the capital city, it is becoming popular for people in the townships, outlying areas where there is a lack of adequate facilities for a fitness session, to train in cemeteries, given the tranquillity and greenery of these places full of paths and space
Europe Malta Malta's population is almost 90% Caucasian and 83% Catholic, according to new census data revealed by the National Statistics Office; this is the first time that Malta's ethnic and religious diversity has been formally captured in national statistics
Asia Iraq Critics warn that the government's platform for reporting social media content that violates public morals could infringe on freedom of expression
America Haiti The Cap-Haitien carnival will go on with its activities despite police protests, which contrast with the festive atmosphere, under the theme Let's Help Cap-Haitien Keep Haiti Alive' from 19 to 21 February
Africa Eritrea President Afwerki accused the US of supporting Tigrinya rebels during the civil war in northern Ethiopia, saying the peace agreement was wanted and accelerated by the US to prevent the rebels from losing on the battlefield
Oceania Kiribati The economy continued to expand after the removal of all COVID-19 restrictions in the second half of 2022, reads the concluding statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission published on the IMF website
Asia Laos As chair of ASEAN in 2024, the country will also host the ASEAN Tourism Forum in January, allowing the bloc's nations to discuss travel and tourism issues
Asia Cambodia The 400 square kilometres of protected area of Angkor Wat are home to 120.000 people, with tourism 'responsible' for the boom; now the government has decided that 10.000 families will be evicted from the area
Asia Malaysia Malaysia has no plans to reintroduce a Goods and Services Tax (GST) or another large-scale consumption tax, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
Oceania Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's Department of Information and Communication Technology has released a first draft of the National Media Development Policy for consultation to use the media as a development tool