Oceania Nauru Nauru embraces a name change, and the beginning of renewed national pride, as the President decided to get back to traditional name Naoero for the country without holding a referendum
Asia Tajikistan With a World Bank investment of US$45 million, the country will support landscape restoration, sustainable use of natural resources and climate change mitigation practices
Africa Algeria The country reaffirmed to its international partners guarantees that it would respect its commitments on energy supplies, particularly natural gas - the statement comes in the face of the escalation in Ukraine
Africa Niger Under a newly signed agreement the country will reinforce its role of Italy's bastion in the Sahel, given the goal of stopping the flow of people at the gates of Libya by acting directly in Niger
Asia Kyrgyzstan The country has observed electoral silence ahead of the rerun of parliamentary elections in Bishkek districts
Asia Kazakhstan The government announced that it expects to receive the preliminary results of the investigation into the January protests in mid-March, while moving to arrest the former defence minister, Murat Bektanov, accusing him of inaction during the unrest
Europe United Kingdom The pig industry is facing its 'biggest crisis' in 25 years, with some 40.000 pigs having to be culled and 'thrown away' due to a lack of butchers to process them, according to the National Farmers' Union
Europe Andorra The fire developed in a waste treatment plant in Home del Sac of Comella has been estinguished within a few hours; the plant treats paper and plastc and the tower of smoke was visible from around the country
Oceania Vanuatu Preparations are underway for this year's National ICT Days event which will coincide with World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17 and 18 May 2022, with the theme "digital technologies for the elderly and healthy ageing"
Africa Gabon According to the BEAC report on "Cemac's e-money payment services in 2020", e-money transactions exceeded CFAF 2.062 billion in 2020 (around 3 billion Euro), with the volume of e-money transactions increasing by 246% over five years
America Peru Enzo Romero, a Peruvian mechatronics engineer, will be one of the remarkable individuals of TED Fellows 2022, since he invented a low-cost human prosthesis that has aided many disabled low-income individuals
Europe Finland Government parties have agreed on the reform of the Mining Act, planning to increase the influence of municipalities on whether or not a mine is established, making mining permits subject to a local master plan, rather than regional one
America Paraguay The country officially declared that the state of emergency has ended and has lifted pandemic restrictions such as temperature checks and social distancing; the only rule still maintained is masks
Africa Seychelles A survey launched across the country seeks public opinion on the marketing of sex toys, with the consultations set to help the Department develop regulations to ensure the proposal is implemented in the most effective and safe way