Africa Zambia Following statements circulating on social media, some politicians reminded that any individual’s citizenship or immigration status are matters of law, not tribe, and no tribe in Zambia must ever associated with foreignness or unequal citizenship
Africa Mauritania A new 10 GW green hydrogen project, with a total area of 14,400 km², could include Africa's first offshore wind farm
Africa Seychelles The new bill that will change the criteria for obtaining citizenship will be submitted to the National Assembly; amendments will make it easier for former citizens to regain citizenship but more difficult for a foreigner who married an islander
Africa Senegal The National Agency for Early Childhood and Child Care is campaigning for the institutionalisation of a compulsory year of pre-school education for five-year-olds, with the aim of raising the gross pre-school rate to 64,6% by 2030
Europe Austria The Austrian government is set to revise its carbon tax - €30 per tonne of CO2 - in a bid to curb greenhouse gas emissions, including an annual rebate to help offset rising costs and encourage climate-friendly decisions around transport and home heating
Europe Ireland A new report by the Fine Gael party has called for a major rethink in the way children and the childcare sector are supported; among the solutions proposed are measures designed to ease the financial burden
America Honduras Hundreds of people fled the touristic island of Guanaja as a devastating fire took over, affecting thousands of people and hundreds of household
Africa Eritrea A new candidate for the oldest person ever dying in the village, 127 years of age; some relatives believed he was actually 137 years old and had been baptized at the age of 10 because there was no clergyman in town before that
America Panama The government released a formal statement mentioning how they are currently working to counteract the negative repercussions that the publication of the scandalous “Pandora Papers” will bring to the country
Africa Guinea For the 63rd anniversary of national independence, some 20 artists and groups have released a single to use the commemoration to advocate for peace among the different ethnic groups that populate the country
Africa Angola 650 farming families in the province of Uíge will benefit, until the end of this year, from mechanized help for the practice of family farming, as part of the Integrated Program for Local Development and the Fight against Poverty
Europe Finland The mass movement of people from Finland's small cities to the capital, combined with Finland's habit of strict savings, is driving many to live in smaller and smaller spaces, increasing the market for micro-apartments
Oceania Vanuatu New asphalt roads for Matevulu College and Hog Habour School were inaugurated by the Minister of Education; they were built by the Department of Public Works with the support of the Australian Government, for safer and more regular access to these schools