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 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 Botswana Duma Boko, president since 1 November, and his government plan to legalize undocumented Zimbabwean migrants with temporary residence and work permits; Botswana hosts the second-biggest Zimbabwean diaspora in the world and many are farm or domestic workers
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
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
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
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
Asia Bangladesh Security forces in Bangladesh launched a crackdown on supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump, many of whom were arrested for organising a celebratory rally
America Antigua and Barbuda Salvation Army launched its Christmas Kettle campaign, a cheerful 50 years long tradition that brings the sight of red kettles to streets and businesses to raise funds that directly support various community programs throughout the year
Oceania Australia Interest rates have been left at 4,35% earlier this month, as set in November 2023; the move of Reserve Bank of Australia surprises experts as inflation lowered to the 2,8% target and is bad news for homeowners expecting a rate relief before Christmas
Europe Spain A demonstration with over 130.000 people was held in Valencia against the regional government for its handling of the disastrous flood of 29 October, during which at least 214 people died
Europe Belarus Over 70.000 people took part in the national reforestation campaign 'Bringing Forests Back to Life' in the Bykhov district, the hardest hit by the summer storm
America Canada Endangered species in Canada could disappear before being protected due to assessment backlog; today the process is critically under-resourced and falls behind each year and it would take 30 years to complete assessments for over 1.000 vulnerable species
Oceania Samoa Samoan small-scale family farmers said they felt a sense of pride and happiness that many people arriving for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting could feast on locally grown produce; on the occasion they could present their climate-linked issue