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
Africa Central African Republic The country is one step closer to the abolition of the death penalty after the National Assembly voted on the law abolishing it; the law will have to be promulgated by the president of the republic to take effect
Africa Morocco Transparency Maroc, an anti-corruption association, described the new draft law wanted by the Minister of Justice as a way of preventing civil society organisations from lodging complaints against suspicions of waste and misappropriation of public funds
Asia India The federal government will provide scholarships, mental health counselling and health insurance to children orphaned by the coronavirus pandemic
Asia South Korea 52,4 percent of unmarried Koreans in their 20s think it is OK not to have children after marriage; latest survey by the Korea Development Institute reports concerns over high child-rearing costs as one of the main reasons
Oceania Tonga The Japanese government has allocated about $1,5 million to provide useful equipment, including fishing boats, to help Tonga's fishing sector recover after the tsunami
America Paraguay The country is currently considering adopting crypto currency as a legal tender in the near future: the Chamber of Deputies has approved a new bill that establishes a national framework to regulate crypto mining and trading
Asia Bhutan 10 chess players, 5 men and 5 women, will represent the country at 44th Chess Olympiad in India; the tournament will be an official international chess competition for Bhutanese players after eight years of inactivity by the chess federation
Asia Uzbekistan Much-needed cold chain equipment and computers to the Ministry of Health were donated by the US through the US Agency for International Development, with the goal of strengthening Uzbekistan immunisation system
Asia Azerbaijan The mosque in Zangilan, vandalised during the Armenian occupation, has been restored, thanks to the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, which revived religious monuments and mosques
Asia Jordan Remittances made by Jordanians working in Qatar during the first 5 months of 2022 amounted to about $190 million, +7,9% compared with $175 million during the same period in 2021
Africa Sao Tome and Principe ConMúsicaS, launched in 2008 under the patronage of the Ministry of Education and Culture, will take place in September promoting empowerment and patrimonialisation of popular musical expressions and rescue and appreciation of Creole musical identity
America Panama The country registered its new record of demanded electricity, causing the government to establish a preliminary strategy to save electricity in the upcoming months
America United States Oxford high school in Detroit, once a theatre of mass shooting, has been testing an artificial intelligence-based gun detection software that, combined with surveillance cameras and professional monitoring, can alert authorities within seconds