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 education situation in the country improves, with a ratio of one teacher for every 32 students, which is above international standards; however, there are challenges such as the anarchic creation of colleges with almost no students and teachers
America Barbados The new child protection bill provides for the establishment of a new child protection agency
America Nicaragua After extensive dialogue with the American government, the country has decided to finally release over 200 political prisoners, and relocated them mainly in the US
Europe Bulgaria The Sofia Dessert Fest comes to a close today at the Sofia Mega Mall, where sweet lovers enjoyed cakes, pastries, cupcakes as well as handmade themed products for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday
Africa Kenya A team of archaeologists has unearthed some of the oldest stone tools ever used by humans, dating back some 2,9 million years; they give evidence the tools were used by other branches of early humans not just ancestors to Homo Sapiens
Africa South Africa Kiernan Forbes, one of South Africa's most popular rappers, known by his stage name AKA, was shot dead as he walked out of a restaurant in Durban
Europe Austria Austria's imports of Russian gas are approaching the market shares last reached during the pre-war period, as Gazprom is again delivering the total contracted quantities
America Antigua and Barbuda As Ministry of Education officials continue to devise strategies to reduce incidents of violence among young people, three public figures offered their views on the issue
Europe Belgium Eleven Belgian universities have appealed to the authorities to make the movement of foreign researchers and students in Belgium easier
Europe Poland Poland threatened Minsk with sanctions against the country after a court in Grodno sentenced Andrzej Poczobut, a Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist living in Belarus, to eight years in prison
Africa Ghana The country is optimistic that the ongoing negotiations with the IMF to obtain the fund's support by March will have positive outcome, with issues related to the domestic debt swap programme, one of the requests, "virtually concluded"
America Dominican Republic 8 earthquakes have been recorded in the country between 9 and 10 Feb; the National Seismology Center of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo said the most relevant event reached a depth of 30,1 km off Catalina Island and 3,4 on Richter scale
Africa Gambia President Adama Barrow said a special tribunal should be set up to try those named in the enquiry report that examined crimes committed under the previous government of Yayha Jammeh