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 New Zealand Because of flooding in Hawke's Bay, residents have been forced to swim to safety from flooded homes after Cyclone Gabrielle passed through; a national state of emergency has been announced - only the third time in history
Africa Botswana Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said the country could sever trade ties with South African diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate sales agreements prove unfavourable to the country's government
Asia Philippines The country has accused China of shining a 'military-style' laser light to scuttle a supply mission in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea; the laser glare temporarily blinded the crew of the Philippine coast guard vessel, forcing it to retreat
Africa Madagascar After visiting Nosy Be, the cruise ship Costa Deliziosa docked in Toamasina; this is the second ship after the passage of the luxury vessel Nippon Maru to call at the port since the beginning of the year
Asia Japan Academic Yusuke Narita's words, recently published by the New York Times, have aroused great controversy for his bold statement on the country's ageing: "it seems to me that the only solution is quite clear: isn't it mass suicide of the elderly?"
Asia Lebanon UNICEF has warned of an educational disaster in Lebanon, urging the immediate reopening of public schools to end the disruption to education
Africa Mozambique The cases of dead fish surfacing in Maputo Bay, southern Mozambique, since last weekend are causing concern to the authorities, who are investigating the possible causes together with academic institutions, civil society groups and fishermen
Asia Sri Lanka Single-use plastic will be banned after a series of deaths of elephants and wild deer from plastic poisoning; the measure was recommended by a working group appointed 18 months ago to study the impact of plastic waste on environment and wildlife
Asia Maldives The first tourism seminar in Huvadhu Atoll was organised for 40 participants to teach them how to support local tourism in the atoll but also to create awareness among people about the local positive and negative effects of tourism
Africa Equatorial Guinea A superyacht and two houses owned by Equatorial Guinea Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang have been seized by South African officials
Asia Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides won the presidential election, promising a unity government tasked with advancing peace talks with estranged Turkish Cypriots; Christodoulides, 49, took 51,9% of the vote, runoff independent rival Mavroyiannis, 66, took 48,1%
Africa Guinea-Bissau The president of the National Union of Journalists and Social Communication Technicians (SINJOTECS), Indira Pinto Correia Baldé, defended that journalists should invest in training
Europe Russia The country has supplied India with some $13 billion worth of weapons over the past five years and New Delhi has ordered more than $10 billion worth of weapons and military equipment from Moscow, according to Russian state news agencies