Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Africa Central African Republic To achieve the desired goals in controlling the public procurement process, CAR will receive support from the World Bank, which will mainly concern the reform of the public procurement code and the introduction of digitisation in the process
America Dominican Republic From 1/01 to 8/11, the country recorded at least 1.140 violent deaths, of which 44 women were killed by their partners or ex-partners, 91 people died at the hands of National Police officers in alleged exchanges of gunfire and at least 11 suicided
Africa Angola Angola ranked 4th among the 18 Central and Southern African countries for the best response to HIV-AIDS, according to the Global HIV-AIDS Surveillance Agency, behind Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
Oceania Palau Water service has been restored throughout Koror after almost two days of widespread outages that left residents seeking emergency aid and forced the closure of schools and businesses
Oceania Fiji The Saint Agnes Catholic Church launched a trauma awareness and recovery programme led by psychologist and post-traumatic stress disorder expert Ioane Sigarara
Europe Denmark The Copenhagen Airport area is more polluted than the city centre, according to a new report by the National Centre for Environment and Energy at Aarhus University
Europe Serbia Countering the brain drain of skilled youngsters will require much better support programmes for those who are willing to return, new report says, as people leave for economic issues but also because of corruption, political instability, lack of security
Africa Tanzania A midwifery training centre has been inaugurated; called the 'Angel of Life Midwife Training Centre', the first of its kind in the country, it has the specific goal of reducing infant mortality rates
Oceania Solomon Islands The first Solomon Islands coin issue bearing the effigy of King Charles III, a $1 coin dated 2025, has been recently unveiled by the Royal Australian Mint ; Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands struck the first coin
Africa Sudan Artisanal gold miners in the El Uweinat mountain range, near the Egypt-Libya-Sudan tripoint, called for intervention by Sudanese authorities after an Egyptian army unit attacked them 'in Sudanese territory'
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
Asia Nepal Former Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of Koshi Province, Lilaballav Adhikari, is under police investigation after the court granted a two-days remand for further inquiry; he is accused of attempting to traffic youths to Japan using fake documents
Africa Zimbabwe Six months after the introduction of the ZIG, the sixth new currency in Zimbabwe in the past 15 years, pledges of stability failed as the new money was abruptly devalued by 43% in late September, and its black-market value has tumbled even further