Africa Comoros Tayar, the first Comorian ride-hailing app, has been launched with support of Comorian Association of ICT and its incubator Comor'Lab; relying on geolocation, it is designed to enhance road safety and has an alert system connected to emergency services
Europe San Marino Alessandra Gasparelli, flag-bearer of San Marino at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the youngest member of the country's delegation of athletes, gave an interview to express her pride in representing her nation
Africa Eritrea In the Central Region, water and soil conservation activities aimed at environmental restoration are underway with a programme that focuses mainly on the construction of terraces on agricultural land
Europe Finland Forest owners flooded the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and Environment with applications for permanent protection under Metso, a state-funded programme for voluntary conservation in Southern Finland
Asia Maldives A mega initiative is planned to be launched in September to have only local teachers in the Maldives education system
Africa Burkina Faso The start of kidney transplant operations in the country is expected by the end of 2024, said Burkina Faso's Minister of Health and Public Hygiene Robert Lucien Jean-Claude Cargougou
Europe Belgium Immoweb, Belgium's largest real estate agency, and Belfius, the third-largest bank, have announced a 'strategic partnership', launching a mortgage simulator that allows property buyers to calculate and consider their options with a 'step-by-step' guide
Asia Cyprus Preparations are underway in the Paphos district village of Lysos for the drying and production of the area’s cured figs, commonly known as ‘maxilles’, which are on the island’s Unesco list of tangible cultural heritage
Asia East Timor East Timor deposited the instrument of accession to the 1907 Convention for the Settlement of International Disputes in the Pacific
Africa Central African Republic After the declaration on 26 July of an outbreak of monkeypox in health district Bangui 2, the government is taking measures, such as an epidemiological surveillance system to monitor developments and quickly detect new cases
Africa Cameroon An alarming drop in the passing rate of the general secondary education baccalaureate is is widely reported in headlines: only 37,6% of students graduated, down from 75,73% in 2023
Oceania Palau The government is struggling to manage the influx of solar energy and is asking neighbouring countries to suspend new solar projects, President Surangel Whipps said
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina A first risk-sharing framework instrument aimed at stimulating the competitiveness and business potential of BIH enterprises has been signed by Intesa Sanpaolo Banka D.D. Bosna i Hercegovina and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
America Cuba Several experts from UN bodies have called on the US government to lift all restrictions of the blockade against Cuba, considering the detrimental impact on the living conditions of the Cuban people