Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Europe Poland Poland and Israel have signed an agreement that allows for the resumption of Israeli youth trips to Poland, while at the same time guaranteeing Poland the right to organise youth trips to Israel along the same lines
Europe Belarus Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Office in Geneva commented on the report on "human rights violations" in Belarus during the 2020 election period as "true hypocrisy"
Africa Egypt In the Nile delta, a women's hockey team is making inroads in an area that claims the sport's historical origins, despite social and financial challenges that prevent it from developing its sporting career
Africa Sudan Traditional yellow taxis in Khartoum, which have been operating since the 1970s, are facing the growing threats of more modern transport services, with customers booking their rides through apps on their smartphones
Africa Namibia Supreme Court overturned a decision by lower court in 2021 to grant citizenship to a gay couple's son born in South Africa as they failed to comply with the law by registering the birth with the Namibian authorities within one year
Asia India Across the country, the use of CCTV and facial recognition cameras is increasing in schools, airports, train stations, prisons and streets; authorities are implementing a nationwide system to reduce crime and identify missing children
America Argentina IMF technicians have agreed to soften the agreed targets with the country for 2023 within its refinancing program for a debt of US$45 billion, due to the impact of drought on export products, the main source of the state’s foreign currency
Africa Burundi East African Community is once again calling for lower intra-regional roaming for data, voice calls and SMS within the One Area Network; the country charges the highest rates and is under pressure to join regional call network
Africa Chad Over 400 members of the Front for Alternation and Concord, arrested after the death of former president Idriss Déby Isno in 2021, have been sentenced to life imprisonment
Europe Sweden A nearly century-old regulation, originally applied to agricultural vehicles, allows teenagers aged 15 and over to drive without a proper licence, provided the vehicle has been modified to have a maximum speed of 30 km/h
Africa Sierra Leone Excessive use of force by Sierra Leonean security was found to have been used to suppress protests that turned violent in Freetown, Makeni and Kamakwie in August 2022 with more than 20 people killed
Africa Senegal There are dozens of Senegalese citizens being repatriated from Tunisia and Libya; after the words of the Tunisian President, the country set up a crisis unit and registered its citizens wishing to return
Europe Portugal The OECD called on the country to take steps to attract investors by implementing policy measures that should ensure that the Portuguese labour market remains attractive to investors