Africa South Sudan Conditions for elections remain unfavorable, UN experts warned during a press conference in Juba after concluding their visit to South Sudan; planned December elections face risks from renewed violence, shrinking civic space, persistent impunity.
Oceania Vanuatu The US will open an embassy in Vanuatu; the announcements comes as Washington moves to increase its diplomatic presence in the Pacific to counter China's growing influence
Africa Central African Republic The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern about the possibility of worsening general violence against the population
Asia Yemen The truce between the warring factions in Yemen is "largely holding", but is still in danger of collapsing due to intense fighting in Marib and Shabwa, according to UN envoy Hans Grundberg
Europe Serbia An extension of the spending deadline for the IPARD farm fund has been requested to the European Commission to ensure €30 million in grants for Serbian farmers do not remain unused
Asia Lebanon Civil society organisations and lawmakers in Lebanon have expressed concern over the awarding of a multi-million dollar contract to build and operate a second terminal at Beirut International Airport
Europe Sweden The Swedish Tax Agency has been commissioned to conduct a national census to get a better picture of who is staying illegally, said the Minister of Finance and leader of the far-right Sweden Democrat party
Europe Poland Wojtyla's monument was daubed with the inscription 'Maxima culpa' from the title of the book that accuses the pontiff of covering up child sex abuse perpetrators when he was archbishop in Krakow
Asia Maldives Four regional hospitals – two in northern and two in southern Maldives – will be developed under a project for local development supported by the Chinese International Development Cooperation Agency, which MoU was signed yesterday with a ceremony in Malé
America Saint Kitts and Nevis Nevis Agri Expo 2023, 29th edition of the annual agriculture exhibition, has opened under the theme ‘Today for Food Soverignity’
Asia Cyprus The EU’s goal for biodiversity strategy in Cyprus - to plant three million new trees by 2030, about 1.000 saplings a day - is impossible to meet, according to Green party leader Charalambos Theopemptou
America Canada The excise tax on alcohol was set to increase by 6,3% starting April 1, which would have been the largest hike in over 40 years, but it was instead temporarily capped at 2% after the outcry from microbrewers and distillers
America Dominican Republic To keep citizens informed of any mobility contingencies and to provide alternative routes for those affected by such issues during the recent XXVIII Ibero-American Summit, the government of the District National has used the Waze mobility platform