Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Asia Armenia The country has imposed a six-month export ban on wheat, barley, maize, sunflower seeds and buckwheat; the ban does not apply to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries
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 Sierra Leone Jeremiah Thoronka, a 21-year-old Sierra Leonean student and winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, had the honour of meeting His Holiness Pope Francis in Rome last week
Oceania Marshall Islands The Kora Fund granted its first loan to an Ebeye woman as part of its official launch for the Kwajalein Atoll last week
Africa Angola The authorities are tightening their grip on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association by preventing civil society meetings from taking place ahead of general elections in August, said Amnesty International
America Dominica Dominica's Catholic community has been urged to help the Church raise the EC$7 million needed, about €2,5 million, to complete the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fair Haven in Roseau
Africa Cape Verde The consumer confidence indicator maintained a downward trend in the last quarter of 2022 and evolved unfavourably compared to the same period in 2021, the National Institute of Statistics said
America Mexico The presence of the Monarch butterfly in forests has increased by 35%, indicating the effectiveness of the protection policies implemented to preserve the species as the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) noted
Europe Spain As PM spoke to Congress about the use of Pegasus spy software by the Spanish intelligence services to watch political figures, Amnesty International called on the authorities to urgently review regulations to limit secret surveillance of communications
Oceania Nauru Seventeen people received their citizenship certificates from President Lionel Aingimea in the Cabinet Room
America Antigua and Barbuda Several stakeholders, including government officials and NGOs, participated in the first day of consultations on the draft juvenile justice reform, implemented to reduce the chances of young offenders reoffending
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 Dominican Republic The country improved in 2021, over 2019, its rating in the Travel and Tourism Development Index, of the World Economic Forum, in indicators such as business environment, priorities for tourism, health, international openness, competitiveness and security