Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Africa South Africa Cape Town International Airport has won the Best Airport in Africa 2022 award for the seventh consecutive year at the Skytrax World Airport Awards
America Cuba The Minister of Foreign Affairs attended the first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, where he reiterated the island's firm commitment to nuclear disarmament
Africa Libya MSF has called for speeding up the evacuation of the most vulnerable migrants stranded in Libya to safe countries; there are currently an estimated 600.000 migrants in Libya subjected to confinement and enslavement
Europe Russia The country has become China's largest supplier of oil; Russian oil imports rose 55% year-on-year to a record high in May, ousting Saudi Arabia
Africa Burkina Faso UNHCR expressed strong concern about the recent escalation of violence against civilians by armed groups in Burkina Faso, "which has forced thousands to flee, straining humanitarian resources, while insecurity continues to plague the central Sahel"
Europe Croatia Central Croatia's biggest tourist and cultural event, the traditional Terezijana, has just ended for the 26th consecutive year; the event is based on the legend of the founding of the town and Empress Maria Theresa's stay in the area
Africa Cape Verde The government has declared a social and economic emergency in the archipelago, with 9 out of 100 Cape Verdeans at risk of food insecurity; inflation has reached 8%, according to data from last May, while in the same period in 2021 it was at 1,9%
Asia Israel Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid have agreed to dissolve parliament, triggering new elections, and Lapid will in the meantime take over as prime minister in a vote this week
Africa Morocco The 10th Ahwach National Art Festival took place in the Moroccan city of Ouarzazate, bringing together artists and enthusiasts of the traditional folkloric style of music and dance typical of south-eastern Morocco
Asia Nepal The country is preparing to move Everest Base Camp - located on the Khumbu Glacier and used by 1500 people during this spring climbing season - because global warming and human activity are making it unsafe for crevasses to form in the ice
Africa Ivory Coast The Minister for the Promotion of Good Governance and the Fight against Corruption announced the launch in a few weeks of the platform for reporting acts of corruption, inviting the entire population to use it to report 'any act of corruption'
Africa Angola Mobilising the residents of the seaside and port city of Moçamedes, the deputy governor of Namibe province launched an urban renewal project that is changing the face of the city by estabishing new cultural centres and creating new jobs
Europe Serbia A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe identified a number of irregularities and shortcomings in the electoral process during the 3 April parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia