Asia Philippines A persistent infestation of soft scale insects continues to threaten Philippines’s sugar industry, damaging crops and reducing yields in key producing provinces; Authorities are expanding monitoring and pest-control measures to contain the outbreak
Africa Egypt One Egyptian family, the Sawiris family, tops the list of the five richest families in the Arab world according to Forbes magazine
Europe Spain The European Commission will continue to enforce the divisive US duties on Spanish black olives, while EU lawmakers and Spanish producers demand more EU support for legal costs and losses
Africa Benin President Talon recently presented a plan to combat the inequalities that affect people with disabilities in the country, with actions ranging from accessibility to employment to professional integration
Asia Pakistan The Islamist political party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan accused the police of desecrating the Ahmadi community's place of worship in Punjab province
Africa Ethiopia Ethio Telecom has restored telephone services in 27 towns and cities in Tigray that had been interrupted due to the civil war; the actions have been made possible by the peace agreement signed in November
Asia North Korea According to reports by sources in the country, North Koreans are no longer allowed to bring their mobile phones to propaganda conferences, which are a regular and obligatory part of the country's life
Asia Indonesia The Indonesian parliament will assess the legality of an emergency regulation signed by President Joko Widodo to replace a job creation law, while activists have called for a protest against the controversial decree
Africa Mali The president of the Mali transition, Colonel Assimi Goita, granted a pardon with full remission of sentence to the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako since 10 July
Africa Togo A digital platform dedicated to employment, studied by the National Employment Agency and supported by UNDP, will collect and make available to the public and policymakers data on the local labour market
Europe France Hunting will continue to be allowed on weekends in France, according to a government plan presented on Monday that has disappointed environmentalists but has yet to be approved by Parliament
America Honduras The government extended its ongoing state of emergency for another 45 days, and has also expanded it to additional areas of the country in an effort to fight criminal gangs amid high levels of violence
America Argentina The government extended its state of “environmental emergency” throughout its territory for another year, with the aim of continuing to adopt urgent measures to combat its ongoing wildfires
Africa Tunisia After 1960, October 2022 was the second driest month in Tunisia, with a cumulative rainfall of 92,8 millimetres, only 9% of the October average; National Institute of Meteorology reported a rainfall deficit of 90%