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
America Costa Rica By winning the 2021 college elections of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Albana Chavarría became the first ever transgender President of a public university in Central America
America Dominica The coordinator of the home isolation program has urged people who are placed in home isolation to carefully follow the necessary protocols; last week 177 families were concerned
Africa Chad Chadian Brahim Seïd has been appointed executive secretary of the Pan-African Great Green Wall Agency, an interstate agency created in 2010 to manage the Great Green Wall project
Oceania Vanuatu The country has welcomed a recent decision by Australia, which will allow unlimited importation of kava for commercial purposes from the country, a major producer of the plant
Asia Turkey A sudden rise in pet food prices and high value-added tax has forced pet owners to unite on social platforms to demand that authorities abolish value-added tax on pet food
Africa Togo The Togolese Fiscal Policy Unit - a technical team that assists the Minister of Economy and Finance in mobilising internal resources - is working on its 2022-2026 strategic plan
America Suriname The Central Bank of Suriname is urging commercial banks to agree to drastically raise the interest rate in order to regulate inflation and the exchange rate; however, banks are hesitant to do so since they don’t want to negatively affect small companies
Europe Slovenia A collection of cultural and natural heritage, folk tales, stories and traditions has been presented at the Cankarjev Dom cultural centre in Ljubljana and will be part of the Google Arts & Culture portal
America Jamaica The Jamaica Fire Brigade has announced plans to increase its staff number adding 151 new positions over the next two fiscal years to the staffing level of 2100 persons
Africa Seychelles Absa Bank Seychelles has launched the first touch-free ATM service, where customers will be able to use their smartphones to withdraw money; this is a safer option both at a time of pandemic and to prevent fraud and card cloning
America Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 Nevis men have been recently honoured for promoting better gender relations and for their positive impact on the island's communities
Europe Spain Thanks to new legislation - opposed only by the far-right Vox party - pets and wild species will no longer be considered "objects" in the Spanish civil code, but will be treated as "sentient beings"
America Grenada 10 athletes have represented the country at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games which conclude today in Cali, Colombia