Africa Sao Tome and Principe Birdlife International launched a tender for the renovation or reconstruction of part of the old Usina building in Roça Porto Alegre, to be used to house southern NGOs that work to safeguard biodiversity and promote sustainable use of natural resources
America Nicaragua The Nicaraguan government has dissolved the Union of Journalists and 15 other NGOs, bringing the total banned since 2018 to 5.670 in a sustained crackdown on independent civil society
Africa Burkina Faso As nine million hectares of soil, about 1/3 of the country, is degraded with a rate of 360.000 hectares/year, and Ouagadougou doubled its population to over 3m people in 14 years, the 6-beds-plots project proves central for food security and environment
Europe Ukraine To preserve the country's cultural legacy amid destruction, Ukraine's art community turned to technology, including blockchain: launched this February, the Ukrainian Fund of Digitized Art UFDA digitizes art into non-fungible tokens, to be sold at auction
Africa Zambia The Zambian Women in Film and Zambian Short Film Festival has launched the Zambia Women’s Film Lab that is aimed at empowering 25 filmmakers with skills and training necessary to navigate the film industry
Africa Niger Aid al-Adha and Tabaski will be celebrated on June 6, announced on May 28 by the Islamic council of Niger after the observation of the lunar croissant Dhoul Hijja 1446 on the hégirien calendar; Nigerian population is invited to multiply good actions
America Grenada Grenada 18th Gold Medal at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show in London, UK, cemented the island’s legacy as a horticulture hotspot; the 2025 display featured nutmeg, cocoa, orchids, heliconias, anthurium, ginger lilies, shampoo gingers
Africa Togo Leader Faure Gnassingbe has been given the new role of President of the Council of Ministers which has no fixed term limit, parliament said - a move the opposition called a constitutional coup that could extend his rule for life
America El Salvador Prominent human rights lawyer Ruth López has been detained in El Salvador on charges of embezzlement, amid growing tensions between the government and human rights organizations critical of its policies
America Honduras 38 Honduras nationals, including children, have arrived on the first US voluntary deportation flight; the country offered financial aid and future legal reentry, as part of a new migration policy
Asia Kyrgyzstan Laboratories worth over 1 million euros were opened at the Akylman Presidential Lyceum, opened in Cholpon-Ata in 2023; 194 students are currently enrolled
America Costa Rica Electric vehicles have registered the highest penetration in Costa Rica in comparison with all other American countries and the country has taken the lead in electric mobility across the continent, according to the IEA’s Global EV Outlook 2025 report
Africa Nigeria A symposium on strengthening aviation security as a critical pillar of national safety has been organized in Lagos by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority; stakeholders called for vigilance and proactive measures to prevent aviation and air space threats
Asia Malaysia The ASEAN-GCC-China Forum, held in Kuala Lumpur, called on the business sector to seize new opportunities; With solid political groundwork established, leaders stressed that it’s now up to industry players to advance regional economic cooperation