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 Turkmenistan Early presidential elections will be held today; Central Election Commission confirmed that the order to hold the elections came from the president
Africa Mali A virtual gallery containing thousands of ancient Malian documents has been launched, with 40.000 documents written in ancient Arabic being digitised and made available online by Google together with local and international partners
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Organising Committee of the VIth Ordinary Congress of the National Union of Teachers will hold the magnum meeting of teachers today after a postponement due to the state of alert
Africa Togo The number of businesses created by women grew by 24% between 2019 (with 3.049 enterprises) and 2021 (3.739), according to data from the Business Formality Centre; over 70% borrowed money for their businesses
Asia Brunei Hydrocarbon production will be ramped up with dedicated budget in the upstream and downstream oil and gas sectors after discovering 42 million barrels of oil; energy sector is expected to recover in 2022 as oil score seven-year high
America Trinidad and Tobago The delivery of justice in TT ‘is unacceptably slow’ laments PM, despite having given to the judiciary highest priority, millions invested, fresh human resources and with new strategies hundreds of thousand of cases were taken off the system
Africa Malawi Communities around Mzedi Hill have taken Chinese quarry mining company Sino Sky Industrial to court over noise and air pollution, alleging that houses are cracking for the blasting activities; Sino Sky claims the case is not under High Court jurisdiction
America Grenada 200 Ghanaians studying medicine in Ukraine, whose education was interrupted due to the Russian invasion, can now continue their studies in Grenada
Africa Tunisia The Date Technical Centre in Kebili conducts field and laboratory research in order to increase the quantity and quality of date production, which is severely threatened by climate change
Africa Kenya US-based biotechnology company Moderna plans to invest more than $500 million in a mRNA vaccine and drug manufacturing facility in the country
Asia Israel Israeli Druze singer Mike Sharif tries to bridge the gap between Palestinians and Israelis by reaching out to Palestinian society, preparing performances in Arabic for Palestinian weddings and other events
Africa Ivory Coast ECOWAS, aiming to improve development and financing in all key economic sectors in the country, has pledged to further increase funding; despite rising GDP, the poverty rate has risen sharply in recent decades
Africa Niger Nigerien director Aicha Macky's film Zinder has won the best feature film award at the Festival Femmes Afrique in Dakar, Senegal, a film festival dedicated to women; the festival ends a tour of eight regions of the country today