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.
Europe Portugal The Connecting Europe Express starts today from Lisbon: the hop-on hop-off train will connect 26 countries in 36 days in a celebration of the European Year of Rail 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 Georgia Nigerian native Richard Ogbunuju, a Georgian citizen who has been living in the country for the last 20 years, is running for mayor of Tbilisi in the election scheduled in a month, on 2 October
Europe Slovakia An industrial park of 14 hectares worth 35 million euros will be built in Dubnica nad Váhom by the end of 2022
Africa Sierra Leone World Bank Country Director for Sierra Leone, Ghana and Liberia, has pledged to support the Bank in the creation of the country's proposed national health insurance plan
Europe Russia According to the largest Russian online book service LitRes, the novel "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov is the most popular book among the local social networks users
America Venezuela In one month today, 6 zeros will be removed from the Venezuelan Bolivar, in order to facilitate its use - the decision has been made by the Central Bank of Venezuela because of the extreme inflation rate
Africa Morocco The first edition of the Cultural Production Award for participatory digital encyclopaedias, dedicated to intellectual and creative productions linked to Morocco's cultural heritage, was launched
Asia Kazakhstan 137 Kazakh schools will continue to work in three shifts: separated groups of pupils will attend lessons in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening, while waiting for the Ministry of Education and Science to open 200 schools across the country
Asia Kuwait Coral reefs of Qaruh island have been bleached, largely due to the waters’ upper layers overheating and altering environment related to climate change - EPA affirms; the process may be reversible if water temperatures decrease steadily
Europe Latvia Old railways are becoming "green" cycling routes linking Riga to the Russian city of Pskov with a project worth 27 million euros to be completed by April 2022
Europe Albania Work is underway on the Skërfica tunnel, the most important work on the new Delvine-Kardhiq national axis, a strategic road infrastructure project that will open up new areas of tourism potential and economic development