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 Botswana Khoemacau Copper Mining praises itself of also paying attention to environmental, social and governance issues, including significant renewable energy generation and promising community development initiatives
Africa Eritrea The country participated in the ministerial conference on marine litter and plastic pollution recently held in Geneva, Switzerland, with the aim of finding a binding global agreement to prevent and control sea pollution
Oceania Papua New Guinea The country has decided to grant a licence to a state-owned company to develop a gas field, preferring to keep control and income from the resources within the government rather than give a foreign private company the rights to develop the new project
Africa Ghana Over 145.000 jobs have been created in the country since 2017 according to the Youth Employment Agency's Job Centre
Africa Gabon New warning issued by the Minister for the Promotion of Good Governance and Anti-Corruption, following the latest revelations by the National Audit Authority that unveiled financial chicanery committed by some creditors
Africa Mali Joint military operations with Burkina Faso will be organized against the jihadist groups that have been specially active in the Sahel region
Africa Angola The second edition of Angola Oil & Gas 2021 starts today, the official meeting place and investment platform for the Angolan oil industry, bringing together the country's public and private sectors for a two-day conference
Europe Finland The "European Green Capital 2023” competition will elect its winner today in Lahti among the finalist cities of Sofia, Tallin, Krakow and Helsingborg; the jury will evaluate environmental work in 12 areas
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Department of Agriculture has received a long base pick-up from the Taiwanese embassy in the country, to help increase the productivity of small agricultural businesses
Asia Brunei About 200 business registrations - an unexpected increase - have been recorded since the start of the second Covid-19 wave last month
Europe Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić attacked Twitter after several Serbian media outlets under his control were labelled as "state-affiliated", calling it a serious censorship and challenged Twitter to close his account on the platform
Europe Liechtenstein Employees who have not yet been vaccinated may not be entitled to their salaries in the event of quarantine; in fact, companies are under no obligation to continue paying unvaccinated employees in isolation
Europe Germany Berlin university canteens will offer mainly vegan and vegetarian meals from next quarter as part of a push to make menus more climate-friendly, with only 4% meat and fish