Africa South Sudan Conditions for elections remain unfavorable, UN experts warned during a press conference in Juba after concluding their visit to South Sudan; planned December elections face risks from renewed violence, shrinking civic space, persistent impunity.
Africa Niger The number of schools forced to close due to insecurity in conflict-affected areas has increased from 312 to 377 in recent months, Unicef reported; more than 300 schools were closed in 2020, affecting nearly 22.00 children
Africa Guinea Marked with the hashtag '#AlphaCondeChallenge', numerous parody images of President Alpha Condé surrounded by the military have been circulating on Twitter for a few days now, where a real competition has been launched
Africa Uganda Mansour Ssejjemba, a Ugandan martial arts enthusiast who learnt from kung fu masters in China, is aiming to spread the skills and culture of kung fu in his country and take it around Africa
Europe Slovenia An exhibition of works by Zoran Mušič, the most internationally recognised artist of Slovenian origin, has opened at the Maribor Art Gallery
Asia Sri Lanka Conservationist Anjali Watson is fighting to save the critically endangered leopards and reports that with the war over in 2009 about 70% of the animals' habitat has been destroyed, and only 750-1,000 adult leopards remain
Africa Algeria The Minister of Education has announced that the illiteracy rate will be reduced to 7,94% in 2021, thanks to free education and literacy courses offered to citizens
Africa Tanzania The government has finalized plans to introduce cage fish farming in the Kagera region in an effort to increase revenue from fisheries resources
Europe Denmark The Supreme Court has increased to ten years in prison and deportation with a permanent ban on entry the sentence of a 32-year-old living in Denmark who had been convicted of delivering drone equipment to ISIS
Africa Seychelles The Central Bank of Seychelles has called on the nation's banks to relax their lending policies and thus allow access to capital for citizens so that the economy can move forward and recover
America Haiti The insecurity that has been affecting the country for months is aggravating the deep socio-economic crisis; fighting between gangs is preventing access to the oil terminals in the capital, causing fuel shortages throughout the already battered state
America Barbados Today begins the 'Parenting The Next Generation' program: young parents between 18 and 25 will have the opportunity to improve their skills on child development, effective communication, substance abuse and sexual and reproductive health
Asia Azerbaijan Three Azerbaijani films - “Daxildəki ada” by Rufat Hasanov, “Bilesuvar” by Elvin Adigozel, “Bastard” by Daniel Guliyev - have been presented at the XVII Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, which closed yesterday night
Europe Estonia Tondiraba Park, with a green area of 29 hectares and 5,7 of sports and playground areas, opened in Tallin as the largest in the Baltics with a total investment of 6,7 million euros