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 Cyprus Larnaca municipal skate park will officially open its doors to the public today, following a long-standing request from the residents
Asia Saudi Arabia The UK-based King's College Hospital will open in Jeddah and by the end of 2023; it will count 150 beds in the first phase and increase to 250 beds later, and be featured with a fully equipped emergency department, single rooms and VIP suites
Asia South Korea 48% of call center workers have had suicidal thoughts according to a survey issued yesterday by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea; reasons for thinking of taking their own lives: poor labor conditions, mental fatigue, extreme emotional stress
Africa Gambia The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment has reassured the public on the availability of quality edible cooking oil, partly due to the December 2021 agreement signed with Sierra Leone
America Ecuador The series of earthquake that struck the Esmeralda area, resulting in hundreds of people displaced and the temporary closing of myriads of local businesses, also ring a bell about the increase of seismic and volcanic activity in the Ring of Fire
America Paraguay More voices are reporting tortures perpetrated by senior students at the Military Academy; latest case is confirmed by an identified cadet with head injuries
Africa Mauritania The country is planning the use of its deserts to increase solar energy production; thanks also to the abundance of wind and hydrogen, it plans to increase its production of green energy to export level
Africa Comoros The National Office for Examinations and Competitions has extended the registration deadline to today, after noting that almost 50% of the expected number of candidates had not yet completed the procedure
Africa Somalia The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has announced that its mandate will end today 31 March, after 14 years of operation; the force will pass the baton to the African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (Atmis)
Asia China The country's most extensive shutdown in two years will enter its ‘phase-2 stage’ today; to conduct mass testing and control a local outbreak in Shanghai with a lighter economic impact, East and West river sides are following different closure dates
America Nicaragua The country’s OAS ambassador, Arturo McFields, has condemned the government of President Daniel Ortega, accusing it of human rights abuses, and has also officially resigned as the country’s ambassador
Europe Sweden The country will become the 22nd country to remove all entry requirements, as the current ban on travellers from outside the EU/EEA, which expires today, will not be extended
America Panama As the country is racing to restore 50.000 hectares of forest by 2025, the government has begun to fund the Agua Salud Project, a multi-pronged reforestation research approach that is testing various techniques to turn degraded lands back to normal