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.
Oceania Palau Micronesian countries are looking to Palau as a leader in the success of the tourism bubble, stated the president of Nauru, pointing out that travel bubbles could be a model to emulate to reopen borders and welcome visitors during pandemic
Africa Lesotho First National Bank Lesotho has launched an e-commerce platform where customers can buy and sell goods and services
Europe France World famous actor Jean Paul Belmondo, a beloved cinema star who, among other titles, won the 2016 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Venice, has died at the age of 88
Oceania Tonga The integrated delivery of public services in the country and Fiji, known as the REACH project, financially supported by Japan, is assisting government responses to the pandemic and raising public awareness on health themes
Europe United Kingdom Pet abduction, currently treated as a loss of the owner's property, will be a new criminal offence in England, considering the emotional distress it can cause; the decision comes after a rise in thefts reported during closures, 2.000 cases last year
Asia Cyprus More than 45.000 students of Gymnasiums, Lyceums, and Technical Schools will return to classes today, thus officially opening the new school year
Africa Tanzania The government has suspended from publishing a private newspaper for 30 days after linking a 'terrorist' gunman who killed four people to the country's ruling party
America Grenada The government declared “no movement days” as well as a daily curfew due to the recent rise in Covid-19 cases: there are days of the week where locals can’t change locations at all
Asia Israel Doctors successfully separated conjoined twins at the head for the first time in the country in a 12-hour operation; both babies are now likely to live completely normal lives
Africa Madagascar A 17-month state of emergency linked to Covid-19 ended as virus cases dropped to a minimum
Africa Mozambique Applications are now open for Sustenta 2021/2022, the national program to support agriculture, which last year provided funding to nearly 300.000 farmers in eight provinces
Asia Iraq Nearly 3 in 5 children can't access safely managed water services and less than half of all schools have access to basic water, putting children's health, nutrition, cognitive development and future livelihoods at risk
America Trinidad and Tobago Five-year-old Trinidadian author, Coryn Anaya Clarke, has written a second book, her St Kitts-Nevis travelogue; The first book 'Chronicles of Coryn: 7 Days of Fun' was published last year and was recently named one of the most popular books in the world