Asia Palestine Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, one of the most prominent names in Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79 at his home in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem; his work depicted Palestinian traditions and people's struggles under Israeli occupation
Africa Libya For many observers, the divisions that have torn Libya since 2011 have continued to prevent the presidential elections initially scheduled for December 2018 from taking place, with political and military figures entrenched in all camps
Africa Chad The ruling junta failed to reach an agreement with the opposition or the rebels and the national dialogue, initially scheduled for 15 February and already postponed to 10 May, has been postponed to 20 August
Europe North Macedonia Prime Minister Kovacevski announced that Skopje had reached a compromise with Bulgaria in a long-standing dispute, allowing EU accession talks to begin
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's central bank has ordered companies with up to 35% foreign ownership to convert foreign currency into local, extending to more companies an existing rule aimed at easing pressure on the kyat
Africa Malawi At least 250 elephants will be transferred from Liwonde to Kasungu National Park in Malawi by the end of July to address the problem of overpopulation
America Honduras Pili Luna, an entrepreneur that founded a women-only clothing company, has become the first in Central America to use recycled fish skin to produce sustainable garments with unique textures
America Peru The country was about to be the next host for the upcoming OAS meeting, until the organisation requested gender-neutral bathrooms, which caused the country’s conservative congress to re-evaluate their decision before accepting
America Paraguay The country has officially reestablished the terrestrial transport system with Bolivia, which was closed since the beginning of the pandemic
Europe San Marino Eduardo Kobra, one of the most recognizable and celebrated muralists of our time, is soon going to start his much-acclaimed mural in San Marino
Europe Poland More and more Poles are pawning their possessions when they urgently need money, and this often happens even to those with good jobs, on top of mothers with children, pensioners and office workers
Africa Mauritius Press is focusing on the lack of a frame of legal protection to whistle blowers or a Freedom of Information Bill, even though Mauritius is signatory to two UN Conventions enjoining each state to provide specific guarantees
Europe France Firefighters are battling blazes that have destroyed thousands of hectares of forest this week, while hundreds of families have been preventively displaced; in Arcachon only, two wildfires have devoured over 10.000 hectares
Africa Rwanda The country has adopted the RASME - Remote Assessment Supervision Monitoring and Evaluation - initiative, a tool that improves the collection of project data in remote areas, the first East African country to do so and the seventh in the entire continent