Europe Vatican City “Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born: the interdisciplinary forum is promoted by Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame
Africa Djibouti Italy has granted €1 million to Unicef to strengthen child protection systems, particularly on preventing and responding to violence and supporting legal and policy environment to access quality child protection and other basic social services
Africa Niger Alkabouss Moussana, Director General of the Niger Coal Company in Anou-Araren, emphasised that the coal-fired power plant still is a resource for the country, given its potential and competitiveness
Africa Eritrea In a seminar organised with the Eritrean community and the embassy in Israel, residents expressed their conviction to strengthen organisational capacity and participation in national affairs
Africa Central African Republic A report by the Ohchr says a total of 245 women and girls suffered sexual violence from Dec 2020 to early March 2022 in the prefectures of Mbomou and Haute-Kotto; the figure is considered hugely underestimated by the ONGs working on field
Africa Burkina Faso Statements by the French ambassador to Burkina Faso, Luc Hollade, have aroused such anger and controversy that some civil society organisations and political actors are calling for his departure
Africa Angola 'Lulo Rose', a rare 170-carat pink diamond recently discovered, is being hailed as the largest gem of its kind found in the last 300 years
Africa Liberia The president signed a law amending the country's Aliens and Nationality Act, ending the 1973 ban on dual citizenship, partly prompted by a campaign by Liberians in the diaspora
America Ecuador The town of Zaruma is suffering from the creation of enormous sinkholes caused by 1000 years of gold mining, still often ‘artisanal’
Asia Pakistan The country has withdrawn from the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai, with India reacting strongly to Pakistan for opposing the passing of the torch from Kashmir
Europe Belarus The country has harvested and reached the first million tonnes of wheat, as stated by the head of the crop production department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Africa Guinea-Bissau The European Union has launched an €8 million programme in Bissau to help combat maternal and child mortality
Oceania Micronesia More than $10 million has been dedicated to support the local population after Typhoon Maysak struck the North Pacific earlier this year, causing millions of dollars of damage and five deaths
America Honduras Santa Lucìa has officially become the first Honduran city to accept Bitcoin as a means of retail payment