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 Madagascar The RN10, a road linking Ambovombe to Analavory in the regions of Androy and Atsimo Andrefana, will be completely tarmacked and work will begin before the end of this year, thanks to US$400 million obtained from the WB
Asia Palestine Suffolk University's UNICEF organisation held an International Food Festival event, one of the last of the semester to raise money for children in the Gaza Strip
Oceania Solomon Islands According to the opposition to the government, the 2022 budget looks good on paper but lacks the political will and inadequate funds allocated to drive major investment programmes
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela has agreed to cancel the debt of St Vincent and the Grenadines under PetroCaribe, its oil initiative with Latin American and Caribbean nations, thus decreasing debt by 9%
Asia Bhutan In support of WWF Bhutan, the National Land Commission Secretariat will strengthen its surveying and mapping practices with a state-of-the-art mapping drone
Europe Montenegro 46 MPs decided to hold a session today to elect the president of the assembly, the chairman and members of the 43rd government - a first step to form the new government that could also have a majority in parliament
Africa Namibia A relief loan from the Development Bank of Namibia Covid-19 has helped preserve about 950 jobs by providing US$53 million in funding to pay salaries of employees of the tourism and hospitality operation Gondwana Collection
Africa Burundi In 2018, the country launched a vast national reforestation programme to increase the declining forest cover, which will run until 2025; factions formerly at war are now working together on the project
Asia Kyrgyzstan Some roads, such as the bypass road in the Chui region, will become toll roads after a $150 million renovation
Africa Liberia The Nimba County Senator, by donating a power saw and five hundred bags of cement, has started the construction of a $500.000 bridge over the Yar River, which will connect towns and villages
Oceania Nauru The Nauru Judiciary has welcomed and added a second resident magistrate to the court after Neil Rupasinghe was sworn in
Asia Yemen Raiman al Hamdani, a researcher at the Yemen policy centre, described the newly installed presidential council as "a feeble attempt to unite anti-Huthi factions on the basis of geographical and political affiliations"
Oceania Marshall Islands Many government ministries and agencies presented their climate-related activities during the second annual Climate Change Week fair, an event to remind young people that climate change is not just about sea level rise