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 Venezuela The country has begun an official plan to reforest over 1.500 hectares of its border areas that have been affected by the aftermath of illegal mining
Africa Djibouti Djibouti's Ibrahim Hassan won the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in Oita, southwestern Japan, with a record 2 hours, 6 minutes and 43 seconds
Oceania Tonga Tupouto'a College of the Free Wesleyan Church in Nomuka, Ha'apai, has received new school supplies from the Australian Government, after being affected by the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai natural disasters
Asia Israel The Israeli Foreign Ministry is reportedly considering recruiting legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to promote the possibility of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia
America Colombia The government has presented a USD$250 billion four-year development plan projecting its social and economic investments, aimed at surrendering deals with armed groups, reducing poverty, improving access to education and protecting the environment
Africa Sudan Director General of the Ministry of Production and Economic Resources attended the inauguration of the sesame sieve which is a grant presented by the Italian Government to the Union of Co-operative Societies mills in the locality of New Halfa
Africa Malawi South African Airways will resume direct flights between South Africa and Malawi from 16 March, following an agreement reached in Pretoria with the Malawi High Commission
Asia Syria In the face of the recent earthquake, yet another drama in a land ravaged by more than a decade of devastating war, relief and aid to the population are made almost impossible by sanctions targeting the country
Asia Turkey The death toll of the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria grows by the hour, with shocks of up to 7,9 along a fracture of more than 150 km; in history, such a strong tremor in that area occurred in 859 a.D.
Oceania Marshall Islands Last month, Japan's Ambassador Kazunari Tanaka attended the handover ceremony of two new boats in Likiep, as part of the Japan-funded 'Project for the Improvement of Maritime Transport in Likiep Atoll'
Europe Iceland More than 500 refugees have arrived since the beginning of the year and an unexpectedly high percentage of them are deaf or hard of hearing, especially among Ukrainian; Icelandic Red Cross says it is hard to find Ukrainian sign language interpreters
Africa Guinea-Bissau Women's organisations in Guinea-Bissau argue that it is urgent that men accept them as partners and assume that equal rights and opportunities are not a favour
Oceania Australia Psychiatrist Michael Dudley of UNSW and Professor Louise Newman of Monash University argue that a Royal Commission on Immigrant Detention Policy is needed, investigating the costs and human rights impact of this policy, as well as increasing transparency