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 Taiwan Officials from Taiwan and the Vatican have planted three olive saplings to symbolize the two countries' solidarity with war-torn Ukraine and their commitment to world peace, according to Taiwan's embassy to the Holy See
Africa Angola Young farmers in Bié Province will receive funding from the Agricultural Development Support Fund 2022; in the first phase just 12 young people, out of the only 30 registered, will receive means to enhance their agricultural production
America Guyana The government has set aside approximately USD$23 million for the 2022 national budget to address the recent steep increase in prices
America Uruguay 2,7 million Uruguayans voted in a national referendum on whether to repeal the Law of Urgent Consideration, or LUC; this being an omnibus law that addresses many topics as ‘urgent’, thus postponing hundreds of other laws that might need priority
Oceania Australia The country's biggest carbon traders have sought to make a coordinated defense of troubled carbon offset regime, after weeks of political upheaval and claims that most carbon offsets issued by the government do not represent real emissions reductions
Africa Sierra Leone Thousands of residents from Masumana Junction to Magbeni Village in Port Loko District have called on the Ministry of Finance, Sierra Leone Road Authority and road maintenance funds to build a better road network to reduce transport time or fares
Asia India Several trade unions in Bharat called a nationwide strike on 28 and 29 March against "anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies", like reduction in the interest rate on the employees' provident fund organisation or fuel price hike
Africa Uganda Human Rights Watch reports in a new document the detention and possible torture of government critics, opposition members, and peaceful protesters; the information has been gathered with personal and telephone interviews with dozens of citizens
Asia East Timor The country, with a population of 1,3 million people, has been offered an additional 100.000 doses of Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine by China
America Dominican Republic After several months of complaining to the authorities about sewage puddles in the La Rotonda neighbourhood, La Ciénega highway, Santiago, residents are in despair as they have received no response; the situation has caused infections in many children
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Construction of the 125 km Kasindi-Beni-Butembo road on the Uganda-Mpondwe border has begun
Africa eSwatini According to local sources, the bus donated to the Eswatini Football Association in 2010 after the World Cup was bombed by arsonists in Mbabane as political parties continue to call for democratic reforms in the region
Europe Germany Elon Musk and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz presided over the opening of the new electric car "gigafactory" near Berlin, the first European hub for the company, after eight months of delays due to licensing problems from local authorities