Oceania Solomon Islands With newly improved roads in Auki, provincial police appealed to drivers in Malaita to use responsibility and greater care in driving; reckless driving had reportedly increased since works began, forcing to monitor underage drivers and speeding vehicles
Africa Cape Verde Delegation from Ministry of Education in Praia handed over certificates to students of the courses in tourist English and Spanish, part of the AFRIMAC-II Project financed by European Fund and coordinated by the ECCA-Canaria Radio Foundation
America Jamaica Jamaica's constitutional framework needs clarification and redefinition, according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness after declaring a State of Public Emergency in St. Catherine Parish due to high incidence of organised criminal activity
Europe Greece The Minister of Health announced that the Greek state will sue the Swiss-American pharmaceutical multinational Novartis for €214 million for non-pecuniary damages suffered for actions involving payments to doctors
America Colombia The government established that news outlets distributing fake news about the ongoing elections will be sanctioned
America Guyana All Guyanese people living with permanent disabilities, HIV or cancer will now benefit from lifetime public assistance, being no longer required approval of the Local Board of Guardians to access public assistance
America El Salvador A new investigation released by Amnesty International specified that the country is allegedly committing “massive human rights violations” during its ongoing gang crackdown, which includes thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process
Africa Gabon TotalEnergies and Compagnie des Bois du Gabon have joined forces to develop a forward-looking model of sustainable and responsible forest management, combining sustainable harvesting, biodiversity conservation and long-term carbon storage
Asia Indonesia The government is working to close the sharp gap in vaccination rates between regions in the vast archipelago, which remains a problem even though Indonesia recently surpassed 200 million vaccinations
Europe Hungary An increasing number of Hungarian teenagers are smoking Elf Bars, a disposable electronic cigarette; despite they are illegal in Hungary and not available in shops, it is easy to buy them via the Internet or in neighbouring Slovakia and Romania
Africa Angola French energy giant TotalEnergies and its partners have made a final investment decision on an $850m project in offshore Angola, as part of their plans to further develop the CLOV complex
Africa Burkina Faso The Economic Transformation and Job Creation Support Project, implemented between 2014 and 2021 with AfDB support, has increased the registration of new businesses with 13,500 new businesses registered by 2021
Africa Gambia To promote an electronic data management system and adapt to the rapidly changing dynamics of information storage, the Ministry of Health is currently in the process of digitising the Logistics Management Information System, also known as -eLMIS
Asia Georgia The Ministry of Education and Science, responding to the events that took place on 10 June at the Ivane Javakhishvili State University in Tbilisi, condemned the violent forms of protest used by students