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 eSwatini Six athletes from four sports disciplines have been awarded an Olympic scholarship worth €3,1 million ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Oceania Nauru Seventeen people received their citizenship certificates from President Lionel Aingimea in the Cabinet Room
America Guatemala An ophthalmology day was held; organized by the government and with the help of the army, free ophthalmological assistance was provided to low-income families, helping them with exams, regular check ups, eye surgery and more
Africa Djibouti The country became the second African country to benefit from the FIFA Foundation's Football for Schools initiative, which organised a three-day workshop with theory modules and practical sessions
America El Salvador The country has extended its state of emergency for a third consecutive month amid a widespread attempted eradication of gang violence, and has also approved a set of new anti-gang laws
Africa Rwanda Jonathan Nzayikorera, a Rwandan economist, has been elected by the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the bank's new executive director, representing nine East African constituencies
America Peru Formal discussions for the establishment of an anti-corruption plan have begun between the government and the OAS; it will consist of public entity transparency and easier access to corruption complaints from citizens among other measures
Africa Namibia The country expects over 500.000 international tourist arrivals in 2022, up from 354.508 arrivals recorded in 2021, also due to the new targeted intervention programme in the tourism sector
Africa Madagascar While the salary increase announced by the President of the Republic on 1 May is already effective for civil servants, the private sector is still waiting for the decree implementing the increase of the minimum wage and the compensation arrangements
Africa Gabon IMF predicted that Gabon's economic outlook for 2022 will grow by 2,8% compared to 1,5% in 2021, as the country continues its gradual recovery from the recession of 2020
Asia Palestine Expulsions have begun in Masafer Yatta, an area south of Hebron consisting of 8 villages, inhabited by at least a thousand Palestinians; it is the start of what is likely to be the largest mass expulsion of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967 war
America Jamaica The head of the island's main anti-animal cruelty lobby has criticised the culture of provocation at Jamaica's Lacovia Zoo in St Elizabeth, calling it 'reckless endangerment' after a lion appeared to rip a worker's finger off
Asia Laos A cryptocurrency mining operation was launched in the Bachiang Chaleunsouk district of Champasack province; Lao Crypto Mining and AIF Group, with United Power of Asia, plan to increase facilities to around 6.000 machines by the end of the year