Africa Morocco Rivalry between Morocco and Algeria has a new geopolitical battlefield in the Sahel, where they are deploying radically different strategies; the area is under geopolitical reconstruction after the vacuum left by French withdrawal and the rise of Russia
Asia Tajikistan EU project aims to promote access to social, economic and cultural rights for prisoners and former prisoners in the country and to contribute to the protection of their human rights and fundamental freedoms
Africa Chad For a two-week period, the justice system has been at a standstill due to an indefinite strike launched by two trade unions of magistrates who are demanding respect and security to be able to return to work, after being regularly attacked
Africa Equatorial Guinea For the FAO Regional Conference for Africa, the government is tidying up the city by pruning trees, removing badly installed wiring and removing windows and doors that do not conform to the shape or colour specified by the committees
Africa Eritrea Olympic athlete Nazareth Woldu improved national record for the 4th time finishing the Seoul International Marathon, South Korea, in 2 hours, 21 minutes, 56 bettering the record by 7 minutes
Africa Rwanda Unwanted pregnancies in the country fell by 31% between 1994 and 2019, a new study by the World Health Organisation and the Guttmacher Institute shows; abortion rates, however, are comparable
Oceania Tonga NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are embarking on a mission to uncover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption, examining thousands of square kilometres and expecting to find dramatic changes in undersea topography
America Argentina As this year is the 40th anniversary of the invasion of the Falklands, the Argentine foreign minister, Santiago Cafiero, called for an improvement in bilateral relations with Britain to finally address the islands’ possibility of future sovereignty
Africa Cape Verde Young people from the Diocese of Santiago are preparing a training programme to be held on the island of Brava from 24 July to 30 July, in preparation for World Youth Day, Lisbon, August 2023
Africa Uganda Electronic passports, driving licenses and other security documents will soon be produced in the country, under a plan by the Ministry of Works and Transport that will see the completion of the Uganda Security Printing Company USPC factory in Entebbe
Africa Sudan The trial of Ali Kosheib, leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia who will face prosecution for alleged mass crimes committed in Darfur, opens today at the International Criminal Court
Europe Sweden Sweden's operational PV capacity reached 1.59GW at the end of December, up from 1.09GW a year earlier, according to the Swedish Energy Agency; the country has about 92.360 PV installations, with about 26.500 added last year
America Mexico The country has removed its gas subsidy for the gas stations near the US border, due to the tremendously increasing demand of gas caused by people crossing the border to fill up their tanks
America Peru Due to the ongoing manifestations caused by the country’s rising prices, the government has decided to reduce gas taxes by 90% and present a new bill to exonerate taxes from certain food products