Asia Sri Lanka Unprecedented visitors' arrivals have been registered in 2026, marking a strong recovery in numbers; However, the tourism boom has not translated into higher earnings, as shorter stays and lower spending per visitor have led to declining dollar revenues
Africa Rwanda At Rusumo Cross-Border Market works are underway to restore power and improve sanitation to revive business activity following complaints from traders for three weeks without electricity; completed in 2022 the market still has many vacant stalls
America Saint Lucia Officers attached to the Gangs, Narcotics and Firearms Unit conducted a special operation in the south of the island, targeting La Ressource in Vieux Fort, led to the seizure of firearms, ammunition, and narcotics
Africa Lesotho In an escalation of tensions, a potentially massive protest march by civil servants is looming, with the Lesotho Police Staff Association LEPOSA taking the lead in mobilising what could become one of the largest public sector demonstrations in years
Asia Sri Lanka The strike launched by the Government Medical Officers’ Association GMOA over the appointment system for doctors who have completed their internship has no basis for discussion, Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa said
Africa Guinea-Bissau Following the temporary suspension of 14 radio stations for failing to pay the annual licensing fee, t he Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ called on authorities to stop using tax debts to silence media outlets
America Uruguay Costa Oriental announced the opening of a new logistics warehouse in free trade zone Zonamerica; the investment has consolidated the interest from Brazilian, European, and Chinese companies in logistics services in FTZ in Uruguay
Asia Kyrgyzstan Women of Orto-Boz village in Batken district have presented a new high-end, low-theine tea variety using apricot blossoms
Europe Kosovo Presidential decree dissolving parliament as it repeatedly failed to elect a new president in time has been reject by the Constitutional Court, establishing that if MPs fail again by 28 April a third parliamentary election in 15 months will be inevitable
Asia Thailand Bangkok has begun testing a waste-to-energy plant that uses controlled combustion and emissions treatment systems to incinerate municipal waste to generate electricity, at the same time reducing the need of new landfills
Europe Lithuania LTG Cargo, rail freight branch of state-owned railway company of Lithuania LTG Group, has been granted a NATO Commercial and Government Entity code and identified as approved supplier: it can now participate directly in NATO's procurement processes
Oceania Micronesia First sovereign humanitarian warehouse will be built on government-allocated land in Palikir; the facility is designed to strengthen FSM’s ability to organise, manage and move relief supplies in anticipation of or during early stages of disaster response
America Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who served as president from 2020 to 2025 and previously as minister of justice and police in 2005-2010 suddenly died at 67; as police commissioner he investigated the 1982 killings of political opponents that scarred Suriname
Africa Mauritania National Meteorological Office informed that data and projection models analyzed indicate thermal conditions could be favorable for overall normal to below-average rainfall in the Mauritania's agricultural and pastoral zone for summer seasonal rainfall