Africa Uganda Uber has ended its operations in Uganda after having been a commodity in the local urban transport for over a decade; the exit takes immediate effect and follows extensive review of Uber's business priorities across Africa
Europe United Kingdom One of the last members of a bat species feared to be extinct has been spotted hibernating in a secret tunnel in Sussex, and a search for a companion has begun to save the near-extinct species
America Mexico As part of the country’s plan to be self-sufficient in fuel production, the state purchased from the US government the Deer Park refinery; this being a historic US$1.2 billion purchase that will increase production by 700.000 barrels a day
Africa Guinea PM Béavogui presented the government's roadmap for the transition to President Doumbouya, focusing on 5 areas: institutional rectification, macroeconomic, legal framework, social action and employment, infrastructure and rehabilitation
Africa Egypt The world's largest museum of Egyptian civilization will open in the second half of 2022 near the iconic pyramids of Giz
Europe France The leadership of NATO's highest military force, the Very High Readiness Joint Force, has been taken over from Turkey starting today
Africa Mozambique This year will see the start of discussions that could lead to the country obtaining its first IMF loan in five years, after being suspended in 2016; the credit will aim to stimulate the economic recovery, poverty reduction, equity growth
Africa Chad The National Transitional Council adopted two bills on general amnesty, one for acts of terrorism, complicity, recruitment of children under the age of 18 in armed groups and one for acts of offence against the integrity of the state and crimes of opinion
Asia Israel New Year's Day is the world's most widely observed public holiday, being observed in all countries that use the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
Europe Slovenia With yesterday's end of the Slovenian semester of EU Council Presidency, analysts have underlined how there have been poor results on the most important decisions, including the EU enlargement to the Western Balkans
Africa Angola This year, farming families in the province of Bié will benefit from the donation of 30.000 breeding and rearing chicks, with the aim of directly contrasting hunger and poverty in the local communities
Europe Luxembourg Anyone wishing to enlist in the Luxembourg army from today will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19; at the moment there are no plans to impose the requirement in other public roles or government ministries
Asia Malaysia The country will invest $335 million in cash and other forms of relief for those hit by the devastating flooding in December, when around 70.000 people were displaced
Europe Ireland As the use of any festive fireworks must be overseen by a professional operator, a considerable smuggling from Northern Ireland, where regulations governing the sale of fireworks are more permissive, is reported every year