Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Asia Japan Nearly 40 million Japan residents spent the weekend as if in the era before smartphones, after local phone company KDDI Corp. suffered its largest outage to date, affecting both voice calls and data communications
America Chile After 13 years of the ongoing drought, the Peñuelas water reservoir in Central Chile has now officially become a desert
Africa Botswana A ceremony just took place to celebrate the first water-saving and drought-resistant rice harvest, a breakthrough supported by China that should help curb the impact of climate change, improve agricultural production and guarantee food security
Europe Andorra The month of June has been the hottest since 1950; data recorded at elaborated at Andorra Recerca + Innovació show an average temperature of 20 degrees celsius
Africa Cameroon Two people will be tried this week at the Court of First Instance in Bonaberi, Douala, for illegal possession of a mandrill, following their arrest by wildlife officers
Africa Gabon Together with Togo, the country recently joined the Commonwealth, which thus reaching 56 members
Europe Greece The Guardian and other European media report that the Greek police are forcing asylum seekers to participate in the illegal refoulement of migrants from Turkey in exchange for a temporary residence permit, with the threat of deportation if they refuse
Europe Albania PM loudly expressed his disappointment with the accession process, the EU's "impotence" and Bulgaria's veto over Skopje and de facto Tirana, calling the way the EU works "obsolete"
Asia Yemen Yemeni special forces have launched an offensive against al-Qaeda in the southern governorate of Abyan, following reports that the terrorist group is attempting a comeback
Asia Singapore The publication of statistics on the racial composition of the prison population and criminals could "deepen" stereotypes, said Law and Home Affairs Minister Shanmugam
Africa Somalia In the Sool region of Somaliland, the plant that makes the water from the Caynabo well drinkable is now operational, thanks to Genius Watter, which has applied its solar drinking water project in the area
Africa Egypt The managing director and head of sustainable finance at the Institute of International Finance said she welcomes Egypt's efforts to host the UN Climate Change Conference in November, given the great global importance of the event
Africa Kenya The economy grew by 6,8% in the first three months of the year, the highest in 22 years, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics; the expansion of GDP is due to rebounds in most economic activities after COVID measures have been rolled out