America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
Oceania Palau Palau will be home to the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner, if the Micronesian group's request to the Pacific Islands Forum is granted
Asia Tajikistan The Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region government has written on its Facebook page that a power rationing is expected to be introduced in the region
Asia Yemen The head of the Yemeni Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, intensified meetings with European officials to mobilise European efforts to pressure Houthi militias and support economic reforms
Asia Uzbekistan Starting 1 April, Uzbekistan will launch the Solar Home programme to incentivise the installation of low-power solar panels in homes in the provinces; low-capacity RES units are to be installed in the homes of 37.000 residents
Africa Tanzania The country started the debate on legal reforms with the launch of a public participation process, in order to pave the way for the revision of laws to ensure that they all conform to changing times for sustainable development
Europe Ukraine "Ukraine will have the fighters, it's just a matter of timing and procedures," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference
Europe Malta Annual Malta Drug Report released on 17 Feb 2023 reports 513 drug-related emergencies and 5 deaths in 2021; cocaine and synthetic cannabis were the main drugs leading to medical assistance for intoxication and 1.990 individuals were undergoing treatment
Africa Sierra Leone A pilot project for the verification and monitoring of reforestation programmes involves the use of drone-based remote sensing and data management technologies
Asia Turkmenistan The Association of Driving Schools has published for the first time in the country 25 3D video lectures on the rules of the road in Turkmen and Russian, on the basis of which it will be possible to prepare oneself for driving licence examinations
America Uruguay The government has declared a health emergency after detecting the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in hundreds of dead swans, thus suspending all current events and expositions related to birds
Africa Morocco A pre-forum on human rights closes today in Rabat, as part of Morocco's participation in the third World Forum on Human Rights to be hosted by the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, next March
Oceania Micronesia Micronesian bloc of Pacific Islands Forum says it's "ready" and "already working" to attend special meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders; President of the country said the sub-region's leaders made "big decisions" at Micronesian Presidents' Summit