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 Singapore In an effort to ease the financial pressure on caregivers and better support them, the government is proposing to increase the Home Caregiving Grant, a $200 monthly cash payment to help families care for loved ones who have moderate or severe disabilities
Oceania Micronesia Startup Weekend Micronesia, an annual 3-day event aimed at preparing aspiring entrepreneurs, will be held online from 27-29 April with TechStars Startup Weekend, an organisation dedicated to promoting local entrepreneurship and strengthening communities
Oceania Tuvalu The Enhanced Integrated Framework is now implementing the Tuvalu Sustainable Support Project with the objective of further strengthening the Department of Trade
America Bolivia The OAS and the UN have called out the country due to the ongoing illegal use of mercury to extract gold from rivers, which has caused the Amazonian community of Eyiyo Quibo to be intoxicated by the chemical
Asia Pakistan The Sindh High Court has observed that it is mandatory for provinces to exercise their executive authority in a manner that is fully compliant with federal law after the provincial cabinet decided to lower the passing grades of medical and dental exams
Asia Bhutan Bumthang Dzongkhag administration issued an 18-month notice to relocate Chamkhar town; most households are built on state soil with poor respect of safety and comfort standards
Europe Serbia The country has refused to join the US and EU in imposing wide-ranging sanctions against Moscow for its aggression in Ukraine, thus earning a praise by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
America Mexico Mexico CIty’s new airport - a multibillion-dollar construction built to host up to 20 million passengers a year - has been inagurated by the highest authorities, including President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Africa Gabon The inhabitants of the village of Andock-Foula, about 100 kilometres from the town of Kango, have a new 130-hectare electrified enclosure to deal with the invasion of elephants on their plantations
Oceania New Zealand "Fantastic and well-deserved": this is how the owner of the farm where The Power of the Dog was filmed described Jane Campion's win as Best Director
Asia Bahrain 95 companies have agreed to sign agreements to promote tourism, as reported by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, who also chairs the board of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority
Africa Rwanda Rwandan citizens on Saturday formally resumed their monthly community work, locally known as Umuganda, for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, with 1.500 people clearing bushes, drains and cleaning streets in capital city Bumbogo
Europe Bulgaria The Minister of Transport and Communications has asked German experts to draw up a logistics plan for the development of multimodal transport in Bulgaria and to make the national transport system more efficient