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
Asia Bangladesh Sand mining from the Meghna River is causing massive erosion in Bhola, forcing at least 20.000 people to be displaced
Africa Djibouti Thanks to the development of Arabic and English, the country has emerged from the linguistic isolation inherited from a century of French colonisation and has become a de facto trilingual country
Africa Central African Republic The Special Commission of Inquiry, set up following numerous documented UN reports, has published a counter-report in which it denounces that many incidents are unproven and only 8 can be attributed to national forces
Africa South Africa Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop and activist known for his battle against apartheid in the 1980s, turns 90 today amid a new wave of racism in the country
Oceania New Zealand New Zealand's central bank has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5%, an unprecedented number in seven years, in a bid to cover rising inflation
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Chamber of Mines and Petroleum has applauded the signing of the Heads of Agreements for the P'nyang Gas project, highlighting the need for new gas and mining activities to bring in foreign exchange, create jobs for locals and stimulate business
Europe Portugal Renewable energy - in the form of wind and hydro - powered 61% of national consumption during the first nine months of this year, the National Energy Network REN has announced
America Cuba Donations have arrived from the Italy-Cuba Friendship Association, seeking to give back some of the help that the medical brigades of the Henry Reeve contingent gave to the city of Crema last year during the darkest days of the pandemic
Africa Togo UNDP Togo wishes to have a framework for cooperation with the Togolese private sector to serve as a platform to address the problems and design solutions
Asia Maldives The Bank of Maldives has announced the five winning proposals for the third quarter of this year of its 'Aharenge Bank Community Fund', designed to empower local individuals and NGOs to contribute to their communities through sustainable projects
Africa eSwatini Lurco Coal Eswatini subsidiary of investment management company Magni Investment Holdings has obtained a prospecting licence for coal resources at Mpaka coal mine in the Lubombo region
Asia North Korea A civic group advocating national reunification has called for the lifting of South Korea's autonomous sanctions against the country and forthe resumption of operations at a now-closed joint industrial plant to pave the way for a thaw in cross-border ties
America Bolivia The country finally concluded its ecological project worth US$194 million, consisting of three new wind energy power plants that will contribute to the gradual reduction of the nation’s carbon footprint