Africa Mauritius Genre Statistics 2025 still show men dominate the economy and retain most of the political power, but show increasing weaknesses in education, health and certain social behaviors
America Saint Lucia The country will soon launch web and mobile application Skill 758, a new web-based initiative to address youth unemployment
Africa Angola UNITA, Angola's largest opposition party, will propose the urgent updating of the state budget law to adapt it 'to the new and important challenges of a modern, prosperous and well-governed Angola'
America Venezuela At the beginning of 2022 the country established new policies favouring rice plantations with the goal that all rice in the future would have to be local and not imported, as a result, this year’s rice production went up by 112%
Africa Gabon The country has ratified the Makka Al-Mukarramah convention for the fight against corruption, an initiative by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Asia United Arab Emirates Some companies are allowing employees to work from home during unstable weather conditions after heavy rains hit the country
Europe Albania The overproduction of olive oil in 2022 can be a boomerang for the country: as oil has been marketed at lower prices, harvesters and mills are considering reducing capacity and production
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's military government said it will provide more than $200 million through the foreign currency market to alleviate the soaring prices of essential goods caused by high fuel prices
Europe Moldova The Border Police has ordered several actions to streamline traffic at the state border during the winter holidays, along with increased numbers of frontline staff and special equipment for checking travel documents
Asia Malaysia The National Security Council of the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia has appointed a Nigerian professor, AbdulRauf Ambali, from Kwara State University (KWASU), to the country's National Security Index
Africa Mauritius The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $40 million commercial financing package to Bank One Limited of Mauritius
Europe Norway Norway's central bank raised its key interest rate by another quarter of a point and warned that it could rise again in the new year to reduce inflation
Europe Luxembourg Alcohol has been the cause of 20% of all fatal road collisions in the country between 2017 and 2021, Statec report finds