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 Rwanda The Rwanda Housing Authority said more than 9.000 hectares will be made available for investors who want to establish industries in several towns in the country, as part of the 2050 Secondary Towns Urbanisation Agenda
Europe Luxembourg Pupils will be free not to wear masks during most of their school day, but will have to take regular tests for Covid-19
Oceania Fiji Remittances through Vodafone Fiji's mobile money platform continue to increase; last month alone, some US$16 million in remittances were received through M-PAiSA, which is almost 25% of total incoming money transfers
Asia Armenia The Armenian church in Turkish Malatya reopened for services after restoration; the first liturgy since 1915 was held by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Sahak Mashalian
Asia Uzbekistan Within the XIII Tashkent International Film Festival, closing today, a pilot version of a multimedia streaming platform - a local analogue of the Netflix platform - has been presented
Africa Togo Prime Minister Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé is among Africa’s top 100 most influential women in the Avance Media’s annual ranking of influential women in Africa and its diaspora
Europe Norway The distribution of Bibles in schools could be stopped by the Directorate of Education, as giving students religious writings, books or objects as gifts may be contrary to the Education Act
America Haiti Haitian novelist Emmelie Prophète enters the final of the 2021 Ivory Prize for Literature
Europe Slovenia Fish catches in 2020, exceeding 155 tonnes, increased for the first time in five years, registering an increase of 29% on 2019
Asia United Arab Emirates Women leaders at the helm of the world's fair declared that Expo 2020 Dubai will shatter stereotypes about Arab women as the first world's fair to be held in the Arab world is led by a woman
Asia Laos The installation of electricity transmission poles along the Laos-China Railway have been completed, as well as the external power grid; officials confirm inauguration in early December 2021
Africa Cameroon The aim of Gaelle Laura Zambou Kenfack, a Cameroonian entrepreneur who returned after 10 years in Germany as a consultant, is to promote products made in Cameroon, launch them on the market and bring attention to local products
Asia Tajikistan Population has grown by almost 73% over the past 30 years: 5 million 361 thousand people in 1991 against 9 million 506 residents counted this year