Oceania Micronesia The new Revenue Management System has been launched: it is a major national milestone supported by the World Bank, designed to modernize collection and management of public revenue to improve service delivery, transparency, and trust in institutions
Europe United Kingdom Fraudsters who fail to repay their debts of over £1.000 could be stripped of their driving licences and punished with a driving ban of up to two years, under government plans to crack down on fraud
Africa Madagascar The National Days of Reflection on Agricultural Transformation to revolutionise the agricultural sector and ensure food sovereignty have begun at the Ivato International Conference Centre
Africa Equatorial Guinea The country will cover 20% of its rice needs by financing the national production of one million kilos of rice per year, laying the foundation for national self-sufficiency in this essential product
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
Africa Eswatini The new partnership between Eswatini and Google should increase investor confidence and digitise government services, allowing citizens to conveniently access digitally
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
Africa Djibouti The National Assembly opened its doors to a delegation of students from Holl Holl Primary School, as part of an educational visit organised at the initiative of its president, Dileita Mohamed Dileita
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
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
Asia Georgia In 2024, the Georgian National Wine Agency registered a record USD 565 million in wine and spirits exports, up 24%from the previous year; the export country showing the largest increase was the United Arab Emirates
Africa Burundi Burundi signed agreements with the World Bank on three grants for a total USD 168,3 million that will finance a climate resilience project and two energy projects
Europe Greece According to two reports, women start-up founders have difficulty obtaining funding for their projects, but start-up founders and investors disagree on the reasons for the different treatment of men and women
Africa Somalia The bodies of at least 110 dolphins were found on a beach in Puntland, a federated state in the north-east of the country; samples were taken from the carcasses of the animals to try to understand the cause of their death