Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Asia Thailand The Phuket zoo, described by animal rights activists as 'a great spectacle of human cruelty', closed its doors not because of petitions but because of economic problems; the animals must now be relocated, with further financial and logistical difficulties
Africa Republic of the Congo The Lisungi project has supported 147.389 poor Congolese families through cash transfers; in addition, 5.000 young people in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire have been selected to acquire new skills for employability
Africa Nigeria The World Bank expects the country's growth to strengthen by 2,5% in 2022 and 2,8% in 2023, in the face of global growth expected to decelerate markedly from current 5,5%
Asia Saudi Arabia The three-week-long Saudi Design Festival is part of a move towards city-wide activation that will put design at the centre; it was founded by Basma Bouzo, who says she took the challenges of the pandemic and used them as an opportunity to ground them
Africa Togo The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has said it will help the country develop its industrialization projects, including the development of integrated industrial parks
Africa Zimbabwe At least 100 computers donated by the late President Mugabe to Arda Transau Secondary School in 2010 are still idle due to lack of electricity in the institution
Asia Qatar 9 embassies will participate in this year's Doha International Book Fair, which starts today at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center; there will be 37 participating countries in total, united under the theme "Knowledge is Light"
Africa Egypt The death penalty continued to run rampant in the country, with executions tripling to over 130 last year; 53 people were executed in October alone, more than the number executed in each of the previous three years
Asia United Arab Emirates A new law has been introduced in Dubai to ensure the inclusivity of people with special needs in various fields and sectors in the emirate, including the access to education
Africa Liberia A veteran Liberian athlete, Junior Siaquiyah Davis, has donated sports equipment and prize money to the Liberia National Table Tennis Association as his way of contributing to the growth of the sport in the country
Oceania Solomon Islands Temotu Vatud constituents will benefit from a $300.000 fishing and transportation project thanks to a donation of outboard motors from Fleet Solomons, a local company
Africa Seychelles UNESCO's IOC has named Angelique Pouponneau, an environmental lawyer from the country, among the 15 experts who will serve on the Decade Advisory Board to assist Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in coordinating the UN Ocean Decade 2021-2030
Europe Poland Poland's unemployment rate, at 3% in November according to Eurostat, is the third lowest in the 27-nation EU, where the average for November was 6,5%