Africa South Sudan Precise language, accuracy in reporting, headlines reflecting content not sensational titles: Information Minister Makuei called on news editors at the National Editors’ Forum in Juba emphasizing need for journalistic integrity in view of 2026 elections
Africa Egypt The 56th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair was opened at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo under the theme “Read… In the Beginning Was the Word", with cultural and literary exhibitions
Africa Cape Verde Spanish Bishop Fernando García Cadiñanos emphasised the enriching contribution of immigrants to host societies, urging the abandonment of fear-based narratives at a public conference at the Catholic University of Cape Verde
Asia Thailand In Bangkok, public transport will be free for a week to try to counteract the heavy smog enveloping the city these days; pollution has also led the local government to close 352 of the 437 schools in the metropolitan city
America Barbados The Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies has launched a six-week agricultural training initiative to integrate sustainable food production into the activities of the Barbados Prison Service
Africa Eswatini The new partnership between Eswatini and Google should increase investor confidence and digitise government services, allowing citizens to conveniently access digitally
Asia Iraq The country is witnessing a steady increase in patent registrations, a sign of growing scientific and research activity, according to Fadhil al-Gharawi, head of the Strategic Centre for Human Rights
Africa Ghana A new set of words, relating to cooking, dance, music, but also expressions of popular slang, from Ghana and Nigeria have made it into the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary; one example is 'Ghanaian banku', a paste of fermented maize and cassava
Africa Kenya A young Kenyan, Joseph Nguthiru, proposed to turn an invasive plant on Lake Naivasha into biodegradable packaging; his company, HyaPak, works together with fishermen at the lake who are affected by the phenomenon
Europe Hungary Prime Minister Orbán, speaking on Kossuth radio about the main current political issues, stated, among other things, that 'Hungarians were Trumps even before Trump'
Africa Guinea-Bissau The government urged the Chinese company GMG Internacional SA, which operates the Varela heavy sands mine, to commit to fulfilling its social responsibility by rehabilitating schools and improving the road section serving the premises
Africa Rwanda The Plenary Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies called for immediate action to address challenges in Rwanda's agricultural sector, emphasizing the necessity for increased productivity and sustainable market solutions, particularly focusing on rice harvest
Africa Algeria The authorities ordered the closure for six months of Frantz-Fanon Editions, a publishing house located in Boumerdès, known for its progressive commitment and symbolic reference to the famous psychiatrist and anti-colonialist militant Frantz Fanon
Africa Chad An ordinance introducing measures to prevent and suppress violence against women and girls was passed 72 hours after the launch of an online petition, initiated by the Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de la Femme