America Canada Canada has become a significant player in the illegal wildlife trade according to an investigation by the Globe and Mail and the Pulitzer Center that give evidence of black-market activity propped up by vast wilderness, patrol blind spots, weak penalties
Africa Madagascar A collaboration to start the process of repatriating human remains seized during French colonial rule has been announced by the Ministers of Culture of France and Madagascar
Africa Eritrea A national workshop to improve farmers' and food processors' understanding of food safety was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture
Africa Burkina Faso Voice of America broadcasts has been suspended in Burkina Faso for three months for coverage of militant attacks in the country and neighbouring Mali
Africa Liberia The director of the Liberia Media Empowerment Project, Samuka Konneh, urged journalists to emphasise fact-checking in their work to ensure that accurate information is provided to the public
America Uruguay Advanced scanning technology has been in introduced at Montevideo's port to enhance efforts against drug trafficking, with President Luis Lacalle Pou inaugurating three new X-ray scanners, a move expected to improve security
Africa Algeria President Tebboune stressed the need for private school curricula to be in line with national ones; the note came from the Council of Ministers he chaired on 6 October and indirectly hits to past issues on francophone curricula
Asia Palestine Since October 2023, 659.000 children have been unable to attend school in Gaza because of damaged or completely destroyed facilities, UNICEF reported
Asia Afghanistan Song Wenbing, the head of the contracting company of the Aynak copper mine, revealed plans to invest over five billion dollars in the first phase of the project after meeting in the presence of the Taliban authorities
America Cuba Cuba submitted an official request to join the BRICS as a partner country in a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin
Asia Bangladesh The US has appealed to Bangladesh to protect the rights of its minority communities in the wake of increasing attacks on the Hindu minority community after the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Africa Chad The government appealed to the population to help tackle the deadly floods caused by torrential rains and rising waters of the Chari River, which runs through the capital N'Djamena
America Paraguay New NGO reports reveal that collagen trade is a contributor to deforestation in Paraguay's Gran Chaco forest, particularly impacting the Ayoreo Totobiegosode indigenous territory, where it caused 18.000 hectares of deforestation from 2021-2023
Europe Montenegro Investors are submitting another wave of permit applications for their solar energy projects to the Montenegrin authorities