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
Oceania Micronesia The first Green Climate Fund disbursement, to improve the resilience of vulnerable communities and help them better adapt to the effects of climate change, has been transferred to the country
Africa Namibia Gratomic, a graphite mining and trading company, donated US$35.000 worth of goods, including a set of new clothes, shoes and blankets to give every child in the Shandumbala orphanage a better Christmas
America Saint Kitts and Nevis Residents benefited from Liberty Latin America's annual Mission Week, which connects Flow employees in Latin American and Caribbean markets by giving back to the communities they serve, with Flow donating care packages to families in need
America Costa Rica The government will begin to develop a “green hydrogen economy”, which aims at using sustainably-produced hydrogen in replacement of fossil fuels, In order to take advantage of the national energy surplus
Europe Portugal Four Algarve festivals have been nominated for the Iberian Festival Awards which will be held next March in Lisbon
Africa Rwanda With hundreds of mountain gorillas in residence, Volcanoes National Park is a triumph of conservation, to the point that these majestic creatures now struggle for space to grow and thrive further
Africa Malawi The country's chess team claimed gold and silver at the African Individual Chess Championship (ASICC) in Kenya in the under-13 and under-17 girls categories
Oceania Kiribati Following the controversial decision to open the Phoenix Island Protected Area to commercial fishing, aquaculture experts have been summoned from China's Hubei province, a major producer of freshwater prawns
Europe Spain Activists are fighting to stop the cruelty of the world's first octopus farm in the Canary Islands
Europe Poland The European Commission has launched formal infringement proceedings against the country over the country's Constitutional Court's failure to recognise the superiority of European law over national laws
Europe Romania The Tudor Arghezi Memorial House in Bucharest opened its doors this year to host the Urban Community Orchard, a project to regenerate the orchard of the museum with the involvement of the neighborhood community
Oceania New Zealand Radioactive material has been detected in pendants, jewellery items, sleep masks and bracelets considered alternative health products; the Ministry of Health has advised consumers to use caution when buying these items online
Europe Slovakia Although vaccines for children have arrived in the country since 17 December, registration has not been launched