Oceania Papua New Guinea Condemning a man to a 3 years sentence, a Judge explicitly said women harassed or abused at work should report the episode to the police, underlining no one has the right to touch women without their consent
Europe Belarus Belarusian athletes - as well as Russian - have been granted the right to play under the FIDE flag until the end of 2023
Africa Gabon The country plans to sell $200 million of 'green' bonds - i.e. to finance initiatives against climate change - in the hope of turning its green policies into a stable source of revenue
Europe Bulgaria 12 gold passports have been revoked and procedure for 5 more is ongoing, out of 120 passports for investments that had been issued; the programme was recently shelved due to criticism by the EC for irregularities in granting citizenship to investors
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Médecins Sans Frontières has warned of a cholera outbreak in camps for war-displaced people in the east of the country, where the United Nations has counted nearly 300.000 displaced by fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels
Africa Somalia Somalia is the African country with the highest number of attacks on journalists for carrying out their professional activities, according to the International Press Institute's report on attacks on the press
Europe Portugal The Portuguese parliament has passed a law allowing medically assisted suicide in limited circumstances; once enacted, the law will allow this form of euthanasia if an adult's wish to die is "current and repeated, serious, free and informed"
Africa Tanzania President Suluhu Hassan has ordered a comprehensive study into the reasons behind the environmental deterioration of three lakes in the country's northern Manyara region
Asia Saudi Arabia The country has launched the second edition of the Tawteen programme to create 170.000 jobs, including 30.000 jobs in the tourism sector
Africa Ethiopia Twelve Ethiopian Jews received certification as ritual slaughterers last week, becoming the only officially recognised kosher 'shochtim' in Ethiopia, after a months-long training programme
Oceania Papua New Guinea A bird considered extinct for 140 years, black-necked pigeon pheasant, has been spotted on Fergusson Island
Asia Turkmenistan The public transport fleet of Belarus will become completely low-floor by 2025; at present 60% of the buses are fully accessible to passengers with limited mobility and mothers with prams
America Argentina Vice President Cristina Kirchner has been sentenced 6 years in prison for corruption and fraud attempts, being the first time in the country’s history a Vice President has been sentenced during their mandate
Africa Burkina Faso The 28th Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou will be held from 25 February to 4 March 2023; the dates have been confirmed by Cabinet Director of the Ministry of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism