Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Africa Sierra Leone A team of researchers and agronomists have found traces of a wild coffee known as Coffea stenophylla, a discovery that has generated great excitement over its potential to revolutionize the global coffee sector
America Dominican Republic The country will help its neighbor Haiti teams and personnel travel to the Tokyo Olympics
Africa South Africa Local experts underline how rural and urban schools are at risk of falling behind in the country's push towards digitization of education, thus widening the already large gap between disadvantaged schools and those in affluent areas
Europe United Kingdom People across the country have been invited to take part in an annual butterfly count over fears they have been affected by bad weather this spring
Africa Guinea The renovation of the Dibiya Secular Primary School, a block consisting of three classrooms, a directorate, two latrine blocks of 3 cabins by the United Mining Supply company through Wazni Foundation has been completed for more than 3.500 students
Africa Uganda Local authorities in Butambala district have protested against a move by the National Forest Authority to replace indigenous trees in the Nawandigi Central Forest Reserve with exotic tree species, not suited for the soil and environment
Europe Estonia The Environmental Investment Center (EIC) has opened application for a pilot project implementation of a green hydrogen system in the public transport sector
Asia Philippines To encourage domestic travel as a first step in revitalizing the tourism industry, the Department of Tourism has urged health facilities to lower the cost of PCR tests
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The PRIASA-II project management has announced the call for tenders for the purchase of furniture for the processing units; the project will disseminate new techniques on quality, conservation, processing and marketing of produce
Oceania Fiji The national rugby team will wear a jersey with the words "Vaccinate Fiji" - in support of Covid-19 vaccinations compaign - in the match against the All Blacks in Hamilton today
Africa Libya €21 million will be given by Italy to fund the activities of the so-called Libyan Coast Guard and detention centres in the country, just as Amnesty international published a new report on violations and abuses in detention centres in the first six months
Africa Madagascar Anthropologists studying the country's endangered lemurs are working with local communities for the breeding of alternative protein sources, as families hunt at least one lemur per year for food
America Dominica The country, which is said to have the highest number of centenarians per capita in the world, has lost four centenarians in the past three months, dropping the number to 23