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 Kazakhstan Over 40 companies in Kazakhstan received the tools and knowledge to export abroad as a result of 5-day coaching sessions provided in the framework of the EU-funded Ready4Trade Central Asia project
Europe Malta 60.000 tourists visited Malta in January, a significant increase on the same month last year, but far from pre-pandemic levels; hoteliers and Malta International Airport are pressing to lift all remaining travel restrictions
Asia Japan Nearly 200 Tokyo public schools are dropping controversial dress code on hair colour and underwear, after decades that the dress code was in place in the public school system
Africa Madagascar The news of the death of artist Kelly Rajerison caused a cloud of tributes on social networks over the past day, with music lovers acknowledging this singer-songwriter's contribution to the Malagasy musical landscape
Europe Greece The Athens metro and tram operator, STASY, has announced changes to its usual service due to the military and student parades that will take place on Thursday and Friday, on the occasion of Greek Independence Day on 25 March
Africa Zimbabwe Parliament is debating an amendment to the Law on Private Voluntary Organisations that seriously threatens the right to freedom of association in the country, with human rights bodies concerned about the negative impact
Oceania Solomon Islands Seven members of the UK emergency medical team currently in the country were released from quarantine this week and began their work yesterday in response to Covid-19 at provincial level
Africa Lesotho Government officials, civil servants, students from several schools in the vicinity of Thaba-Bosiu have planted five thousand indigenous trees in Ha Ntsane, Thaba-Bosiu, part of the government's effort to restore the ecosystem
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary today during the Celebration of Penance that he will preside over at 5pm in St Peter's Basilica
Africa Kenya The Khalifa Empowerment Programme Aqdar has completed the first phase of the 'Fifty Tree' initiative campaign, launched at the Aqdar World Summit Dubai Expo 2020, which aims to plant 50.000 mangrove trees in strategic areas
Asia Maldives Registration closed last night for the eleventh season of Ooredoo Masrace by Ooredoo Maldives, a fishing tournament held every year during Ramadan and an integral part of Ramadan in the Maldives
America Peru According to the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), national formal employment increased by 6.5% in the month of January
Europe Monaco The Principality has welcomed three more diplomats from Costa Rica, Mauritania and Lesotho after recently welcoming the new representatives from Australia, Hungary, the Arab Republic of Egypt and Ukraine