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 Jordan Nevin Madi is the first female butcher in the country; she has opened her own shop in Zarqa, also thank to the UNICEF-funded "Azm" project that organized a session for young women to inform them about self-employment services and opportunities
Europe Monaco The Monaco Science Centre is now the 27th and last public building in Monaco to benefit from the national green fund in 2021 and the second building to be equipped with photovoltaic panels
Europe Malta The Ministry of Environment is proposing a national schedule for waste collection, effectively standardising the days on which different waste streams are collected, which now vary by locality
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Minister of Environment and Biodiversity recalled the country's considerable importance for sea turtle conservation, being home to one of the largest breeding populations of green turtles, an endangered species, with 20.000 breeding females
Africa Malawi Researcher Felistus Patience Chipungu is developing super-hardy, super-nutritious tubers, even more important in a country particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events such as cyclones and droughts
Africa Central African Republic In the first nine months of the year, humanitarian actors managed to provide multi-sectoral assistance to 1,7 million people amidst widespread conflict and serious human rights violations; as of 30 September, there were more than 722.000 IDPs
Asia East Timor With the new Omicron variant arriving in several countries, including Australia, the chairman of the Committee on Health, Social Security and Gender Equality urged the Ministry of Health to implement strict controls at border checkpoints and airports
Africa Guinea Pests called white flies are destroying several orange plantations in Walia district, posing a serious threat to farmers who have been trying to combat the problem for two years
Europe Andorra Assandca, the Andorran Association Against Cancer, has raised over €5.607 so far with the sale of the solidarity bracelet created on the occasion of World Breast Cancer Day; the product is available until the end of the Christmas holidays on its website
Africa Ghana Some tax incentives for 29 Belgian investors exploring business opportunities in the country have been announced, while the Ministry of Finance presented to the Parliament over two years ago a draft exemption law to be approved and implemented by 2022
Asia Iraq Real non-oil GDP is expected to rebound by 12% as the economy recovers from last year's sharp contraction, helped by higher oil prices and the easing of containment measures
America El Salvador As a way to modernise the next elections, the National Electoral Council implemented a new technological voting process and a digital system with biometric identification through fingerprints
Africa Uganda The President urged financial institutions operating in the country to align their business strategies with the development needs and the welfare of the people, thereby seeking sustainability of the sector