Europe Ukraine As war enters its fifth year, Kyiv has been seeking new ways to avoid risking heavy losses of soldiers and the use of unmanned ground vehicles has increased; armed with bombs, guns or rockets they have forced Russian troops to surrender their position
America Uruguay Foreign Minister Omar Paganini openly criticized the "lack of transparency" in Venezuela's recent elections, expressing concern over questionable results that exceed 100% and discrepancies with preliminary opposition victory indications
Africa South Africa The results of the latest HIV prevalence survey in South Africa show decreasing new HIV infections from 249.000 in 2017 to 232.400 in 2022
Europe North Macedonia Germany insisted on the constitutional inclusion of Bulgarians for North Macedonia's path to the EU, after Skopje failed to meet expectations for constitutional changes
Asia Syria A Kuwaiti delegation recently visited Damascus to facilitate the resumption of high-level diplomatic relations between the two countries as soon as possible
Africa Gabon Eleven months after coming to power in a coup, calls are growing for Gabon's transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema to run for office
Europe Poland Health Minister Leszczyna wants to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors as of 1 January 2025, considered an essential measure to limit the use of e-cigarettes among young people
Africa Chad Access to Chad's largest online news platform, Tchadinfos.com, has been restored after a four-day suspension; it had gone offline on Friday after refusing to comply with a request from former Chadian president's adviser Abakar Manany
America Guatemala Guatemala has entered the international capital markets with its first bond issuance of the year, offering senior unsecured bonds and sustainability notes, aiming for an investment-grade credit rating by 2028 under its new government
Oceania Papua New Guinea Betty Tiko-Motoro, a PNG University of Technology academic, is working to advance agricultural management practices by integrating 21st century technologies
Africa South Sudan The country is considering stopping all oil exports through Sudan due to the deepening financial crisis and a long-standing dispute over the rupture of an oil pipeline
Oceania Tuvalu The Prime Minister of Tuvalu and Minister for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, Feleti Teo, called on Pacific men to actively engage in addressing the challenges of women and girls in the region
Africa Uganda As the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development programme comes to an end this month after more than ten years, the government is already looking to the future to build on the successes of the initiative
Africa Tanzania Kenyan e-commerce platform Kilimall announced plans to expand its East African operations through Tanzania