Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
America Jamaica Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports has established a sports medicine rehabilitation programme with local and non-local partners ensuring that athletes have easier access to medical care and less expensive services and equipment
Asia Bhutan A group of 34 international tourists from the US, UK, New Zealand, Germany and France, who arrived in the country on April 2, will stay for 27 nights, the first major tour group to visit the country in nearly three years
Africa Cameroon According to the press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the decision of Cameroon's National Communication Council to sanction the private channel Equinoxe TV is an unfounded and abusive attack on information
Africa Lesotho The Millennium Challenge Corporation, by the US government, approved a 5-year $300 million program for 3 projects, the Health Systems Strengthening, the Market-Driven Irrigated Horticulture and the Business Environment and Technical Assistance
Europe Greece Ministry of Energy and Environment is planning to double lignite production and revise its plan to retire plants, as the plan to ensure regular electricity supply involves its production as one of its main pillars in case of a disruption in gas flows
Africa eSwatini To help women cope with prolonged drought and erratic rainfall, the Swaziland Rural Women Assembly has undertaken a community project to encourage the use of indigenous seeds as a way to adapt to the challenges of climate change
Africa Mauritius The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development met with representatives of the Dealers in Imported Vehicles Association as part of the ongoing Pre-Budget 2022-2023 consultations
Africa Botswana A national intervention improved same-day initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people newly diagnosed with HIV - 59%, Botswana-University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers reported in the journal AIDS
Africa Djibouti The World Bank's Executive Board has approved two new projects funded by the International Development Association to help Djibouti promote more inclusive economic growth and strengthen regional integration
Europe Iceland According to data from the National Energy Authority, a large percentage of the electricity sold to data centres will be used for Bitcoin mining, a very demanding and expensive activity which requires very powerful computers
Africa Gabon For a better organisation of the country's pharmaceutical sector, the Director of the Medicines Agency, on instructions from the Minister of Health, held talks with various orders and workers' unions on the implementation of Articles 3 and 20
Africa Egypt The Egyptian pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 received 1,5 million visits in six months, and placed in the top three of two major competitions during the period, according to Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Nevin Gamea