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 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 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 Comoros The Mwali Regional Examinations and Competitions Office has issued a notice banning seven public schools from presenting their students for national examinations after the National Education Ministry banned the operation of ten schools on the island
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
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
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
Asia India Millions of weddings will be celebrated today 12 November, day of the beginning of the auspicious season, and this year coinciding with the awakening of God Vishnu after four months of sleep; in Delhi alone, there will be over 50.000 weddings
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 Japan A snow crab fetched a top price of 1,5 million yen (around €9.200) in the first seasonal auction held in the port of Tottori, Honshu
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
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 Guinea-Bissau The fourth edition of the Basic Social Services Fair for the communities of the Djoló-Gabusinho neighbourhood was launched by the Technical Group for Social Protection, in collaboration with the French NGO Essor