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
Europe Kosovo The Minister of Industry and Trade has thanked the UAE for treating Kosovo "in the same way as the world's 191 other states" at Expo 2020 Dubai, believing participation in the event is increasing its chances of becoming a UN member
Oceania Marshall Islands An art exhibition of local artists that brought together students from four Majuro high schools with NGOs Jo-Jikum and Waan Aelon in Majel has been hosted by the US embassy in Majuro
Africa Liberia The National Port Authority and the Maritime Authority have been ordered by the Senate to pay US$20.000 in compensation to each of the families of those who died on the vessel Niko Ivanka which sank in July 2021
Asia Mongolia The Minister of Road Development and Transport has expressed the country's interest in passing the flow of transport between Asia and Europe through its territory and becoming more active in regional and international transport networks
Europe Poland Unemployment rose to 5,5% in January, up from 5,4% in December, still lower than the EU average; at the end of January there were about 927.100 people out of work nationwide, up from 895.200 the previous month
Asia Maldives 56 civil servants have prepared to leave for India for a capacity building programme organised under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Civil Service Commission and the National Centre for Good Governance of India in 2019
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The country has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in the near future, following several Caribbean countries in doing so; the Ministry of Tourism began supporting the ban in 2018, starting a campaign called "Plastics Be Gone"
Asia Oman The heritage and tourism minister said he has developed a plan to benefit from the 2022 World Cup so that villages will be established in a number of governorates in the country with the benefit of the tourism and aviation sector
Africa Ivory Coast Ivoirians are concerned by rising prices, with basic food products such as cooking oil, meat and rice having risen between 10 and 40%; the Consumer Confederation has called on the government for action against deteriorating purchasing power
Africa eSwatini Eswatini Electric Co. is weighing a plan to build an infrastructure that would use gas from neighboring Mozambique to generate electricity
Africa Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau's former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has been banned from leaving the country because of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt last year
Africa Namibia The government's debt is expected to increase to US$140 billion, the Finance Minister said while presenting the 2022/23 national budget; it represents 71% of what the country produces
America United States Mrs. Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated to the Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation