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
Asia Sri Lanka A five-year plan to revive the Covid-affected tourism industry has been presented by the tourism minister, who welcomed Ukraine's support for the tourism pilot project launched during the Coronavirus outbreak
Africa Chad According to UNHCR's latest report, 53% of refugees aged 6-18 in the country could be out of school, +2% from March 2020, before the pandemic forced the closing of schools
Asia Afghanistan Health care in the country crumbles amid a growing humanitarian crisis: hundreds of facilities closed for running out of aid money, female staff is banned from working and to female patients is denied treatment
Asia Cyprus A specialized clinic for post-Covid patients will start operating within days, where both physical and mental health care will be available, and a local study on impact on recovered patients will be launched
Europe Ukraine RAPID TRIDENT – 2021 military exercises, ending today in the western part of the country, involved 6.000 troops from 15 countries including USA and 11 NATO members
Africa Equatorial Guinea The country has proposed the restructuring of the National Gas Company and National Oil Company with a potential merger to enhance NOC's capacity, address industry challenges and accelerate hydrocarbon development
Africa Madagascar 4.106 candidates will compete to become tenured teachers in a new special recruitment competition launched by the Ministry of Education; the state plans to hire 1.075 professionals after the exam
Asia Bangladesh The country has officially become the first full new member of the BRICS New Development Bank
Europe Sweden Three convicted drug dealers will have over €1,3 million worth of Bitcoin returned by the Swedish government after a legal misstep saw prosecutors value the proceeds of their crime in Krona and not in crypto
Europe Montenegro The country has been registering significant growth in agrotourism over the past two decades, as visitors are turning to small-scale trips with a low environmental impact and high educational content
Africa Gabon Faced with dozens of unplanned settlements and numerous land-related conflicts for those settling without legal permits, the country is using drones to map conflict areas in detail
Africa Benin Members of civil society organisations and leaders of student unions have protested against the Covid-19 compulsory vaccination policy, claiming the right to free choices and control of one's body
Asia India Sonam Wangchuk, awarded with Rolex Prize 2016 for his ice stupas, a simple yet life-changing tecnique of piling up ice to guarantee irrigation in the dry seasons with meltwater, now sees the University of Aberdeen developing his technology