Asia Syria Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed
Africa Benin Within a project to curb early pregnancy occurrences, implemented with the support of Plan International Benin and the German Ministry of Cooperation, Bupdos Ong opened their activities for health knowledge for adolescent in another Municipality
Europe Liechtenstein The first 10 days of opening of KUNST + KRAFTORT = LEBENSKRAFT, exhibiting paints and sculptors of 93 years old artist Hermy Geissmann, have registered an exceptional number of visitors
America Trinidad and Tobago The Trinidad and Tobago Powerboat Association has announced that their 2022 season will begin on 1 February; there will be five races until 5 July before the staging of the Great Race, set for 20 August
Asia Iran The Iran Saffron Council, said that from March 20 2021, the country has exported 95.708kg of saffron, for a total value of over US$47 million, to some 60 countries; compared to the same period last year, export has grown by 25%
Africa Mali The country will be suspended from duty-free access to US markets as of 1 January; the decision is grounded on serious violations of human right as well as lack of progress in establishing the rule of law, political pluralism and labour rights
Africa Somalia Several partners, including the African Union, the EU and the UN, among other foreign nations, have expressed concern over continued delays in the Somali electoral process, calling on leaders to hold parliamentary elections without further delay
Africa Eritrea Residents of the 13 sub-areas of Asmara and three other sub-areas in the central region are electing their area administrators, chief executive officers and village coordinators in 83 administrative areas
America Panama Due to the rising gasoline prices, and the fact that they are the highest they’ve been in the past five years, carriers, drivers, and truck drivers are holding a national blockade on the streets impacting both circulation and freight activities
Africa Tanzania Through the Higher Education for Economic Transformation program, government will build the Mwalimu Nyerere University of Technology and Agriculture in Butiama; land acquisition, master plan and environmental and social impact assessment are underway
Asia South Korea A dramatic shift in the use of downtown Seoul building sees decadent hotels transformed into upscale apartments or offices, while ultra-luxury hotels chains are investing both in renovations and new projects
Asia Bhutan As the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) Secretariat is currently reviewing the five-year-plan system, a study has recommended that the government change the planning cycle from five years to three
America Venezuela The International Criminal Court (ICC) will probe the state over the crimes against humanity that were allegedly committed at the time of the country’s anti-government protests in 2017
Europe Germany Centuries-old Mayan artefacts found by German police hidden in the cellar of a farm in the state of Saxony-Anhalt last year have been returned to Mexico and Guatemala