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
Europe Romania Employees of public institutions will receive, between 2022 and 2026, holiday vouchers worth 1.450 lei each (US$330), with an estimated impact on the budget amounting to 8,65 billion lei in total (almost US$2 billion)
Asia Cambodia Around 200 athletes will take part in the Southeast Asian Sailing Championship in Preah Sihanouk province from 12-17 December 2021, organised by the Cambodia Sailing Federation in cooperation with the Singapore Sailing Federation
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Residents of Mostar are mobilising to close the large open-air landfill, known as the landfill of death, which is considered by many to be harmful not only to the environment but also to the increase in cancer in its inhabitants
Asia Taiwan Taiwan was named the only country in Asia with an open civic space for a fourth consecutive year by the Civicus report, as it consistently shows authorities are tolerant of criticism from civil society groups, which are able to form and operate freely
Africa Nigeria The federal government has estimated that the total number of poor citizens will reach 109 million by the end of 2022, out of a total of 210 million, with the increase linked to the pandemic
Europe Austria Right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) MP Dagmar Belakowitsch caused outrage by claiming that hospitals were not filled with the unvaccinated, but with people who needed treatment because of vaccination damage
Asia Saudi Arabia The Jafurah $100bn plan has been allocated; the country will thus become the largest shale gas producer outside the US
Africa Tunisia A national census of people with disabilities will start in the Q1 of 2022, covering only disability card holders; according to the last general 2014 census, there were 241.000 disabled people, of whom only 45% were card holders
America Dominican Republic Over the last decade, bilateral trade with EU countries has grown enormously reaching last year 101%, since 2009, when the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) began to be implemented
Africa South Africa Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has signed an agreement to license Aspen Pharmacare of South Africa to produce its single-dose anticovid vaccine for the African market
Africa Cameroon Cameroonian Lazare Eloundou Assomo is the new Director of World Heritage at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, becoming the first African to hold the post
Oceania Tonga Repatriation flights for Tongans stranded in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand have been scheduled for 18 and 20 January 2022; so far 3.122 people have managed to get back to the country since border restrictions began in March 2020
Africa Lesotho According to the latest findings of the vulnerability report, some 470.00 Basotho people are facing high food insecurity between October 2021 and March 2022, requiring humanitarian assistance to reduce food shortages and prevent acute malnutrition