Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
Europe Moldova An international campaign against gender-based violence, with 16 days of activism and information, ends today in the country, were violence against women is widespread and usually severely underfunded
Africa Sierra Leone President Bio said Statistics Sierra Leone will conduct a two-week count of everyone starting today; it will also collect administrative, demographic, social and economic information on all households and individuals
Africa Algeria A draft of the bill setting the modalities for the election of members of the High Council of Judiciary as well as its organization and operation rules was examined by the Government at its weekly meeting
Oceania Papua New Guinea The PM says the country has the potential to become a huge producer of green products for the world, with 19 gigawatts of power already estimated from the hydroelectric potentials of Purari, Kikori and Stricken and geothermal projects in West New Britain
Africa Gabon 200.503 people have been vaccinated agains Covid-19 out of an estimated total population of 1,7 million; of those, only 49.000 women have already received at least a first dose, compared to 150.000 men
Africa Madagascar SPI/FilmBox and Axian Group have signed a distribution agreement that makes four SPI channels available in the country; viewers will be able to watch FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, DocuBox and FightBox in the Premium package
Asia Maldives Maldives Transport and Contracting Company will make its public bus transport services in the atolls free for three categories of commuters: school students, people above the age of 65 years, and people with disabilities
Asia North Korea To address its national energy crisis and economic challenges, Pyongyang has signaled a growing interest in using renewable energy while the nuclear program has so far been destined to develop weapons, not to generate power
America Belize Prime Minister John Briceño launched the National Digital Agenda 2022-2025, which includes the digitalisation of governmental documents, such as birth certificates, passports, national IDs
Asia Laos The $5.9 billion railway connecting Vientiane and Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan province, has been officially inaugurated with Buddhist monks blessing the first of the bullet trains, though it’s unclear when a regular service will begin
Africa Libya The Central Bank of Libya has announced a unification plan to end years of division between eastern and western banks; the completion of the international financial review for the central bank will be held in July
Asia Syria Aiming to facilitate humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people, the USA took action to let NGOs deal with elements of local government despite American sanctions, and gave them wider latitude in their activities
Oceania Marshall Islands Veterans - who have to travel at great personal expense to take advantage of the health benefits earned through service in the US military - are demanding recognition of their difficulties in accessing health services