Africa Morocco Rivalry between Morocco and Algeria has a new geopolitical battlefield in the Sahel, where they are deploying radically different strategies; the area is under geopolitical reconstruction after the vacuum left by French withdrawal and the rise of Russia
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
Europe Belarus The country will use a more creative approach to exports to Europe and will try to divert shipments of domestic products to other countries; experts estimate the value of exports affected by the sanctions at around $250-300 million a year
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
Oceania Kiribati The huge brain drain of nationals moving to Australia has an especially hard impact on the country's hospitals
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 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
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
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 Myanmar Urban poverty is poised to triple in the country, pushing nearly half the population below the poverty line next year according to the UN, with pandemic and military coup threatening progress made over the past decade
America Argentina Food insecurity has doubled since the pandemic took place according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, who has asked the government to take action on current agri-food systems and make them more effective, inclusive, and sustainable
America Colombia A Colombian family honoured their country’s traditional leaf-wrapped dishes by writing a dedicated cookbook, which was recently recognised as the ‘best cookbook in the world’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris
Asia Bhutan Gen-Next Democracy Network programme delegation from Bhutan visited Nalanda University in India at an event to provide an overview of India democratic traditions, cultural heritage and development initiatives to young emerging leaders from 75 democracies