Africa Somalia New EU VISA restrictions make it more difficult for Somalis to travel to the bloc; the recently approved measures intensify an ongoing dispute with Mogadishu over the return of Somalis living irregularly in the EU
Europe Hungary The sale of dogs, domestic cats and wild birds at animal fairs has now been banned by government decree, a change promoted by NGOs and the Ministry of Agriculture
America Barbados The National Tridents football team and their management attended a recent anti-doping presentation and question-and-answer session at the BFA Technical Centre in Wildey
Europe Croatia 'Freedom Tree' on the island of Rab has been named the Croatian tree of the year 2024, which will represent the country at the European award; this holm oak was planted on 23 April 1921 on the occasion of the departure of Italian soldiers
Africa Malawi Authorities and human rights advocates are under increasing pressure to investigate the recruitment of young Malawian girls into Russia's Alabuga Special Economic Zone, amid reports of exploitation and dangerous working conditions at a local drone factory
Africa Guinea Guinea's Kofi Annan University celebrated the graduation of students in its 23rd year; the class is now named 'Promotion Djiba Diakité', in homage to the Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic
Europe Iceland Two female citizens were recently diagnosed with AIDS after months of illness, despite numerous visits to health services where no one thought to test them for HIV before the virus led to AIDS
Africa Djibouti The Intergovernmental Authority on Development announced the 2nd Knowledge Share Fair on the Blue Economy, under the theme “Investing in Blue Economy for Regional Integration” to take place in Djibouti from 26 to 28 November 2024
Africa Equatorial Guinea The government has expressed its concern about the unemployment situation the country has been experiencing in recent months and, to address the problem, has met with wholesale companies to work to reduce youth unemployment
Asia Syria Over 500 testimonies collected by dozens of journalists, filmmakers and human rights activists in Syria and Iraq are now part of an online archive called the Daesh Prison Museum
Africa Chad Chad is host to over 680.000 Sudanese refugees; 60.000 new refugees arrived in the last month alone, most of them women and children, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Africa Niger From 19 to 21 November, the capital Niamey will host the 'Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel', a three-day event dedicated to the urgent struggles and aspirations of the Sahel peoples
Africa Ivory Coast Former Ivorian Prime Minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan was nominated as the candidate of the Ivorian Popular Front in the 2025 presidential election with 99,34% of the votes cast by some 4.500 voters
Europe Russia Nearly 700.000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine and as of October, about 1.500 were killed or wounded every day; the figures appear in media reports quoting Sir Tony Radakin, UK Chief of Defence Staff, and Vladimir Putin