Africa eSwatini 11 000 jobs have been added in 2023-25; though it may appear as a positive development for Eswatini’s economy, economists fear that Eswatini’s labour market is expanding in low-productivity jobs rather than sectors building long-term economic security
Asia Laos State Inspection Authority identified development and investment projects, particularly roads and bridges, as primary sources of fraud, notice the loss of large sums of money to corruption
Africa South Sudan Over seven million people are estimated to face acute food insecurity between now and July; even worse, patients with tuberculosis and/or HIV often suspend their treatment as it is difficult to tolerate on an empty stomach, MSF reports
Europe Spain 23 years after Spain undertook the rescue of the Iberian lynx, in a terminal state with only 94 individuals remaining in two separate populations, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature changed its status from endangered to vulnerable
America Haiti The inhabitants of Fonds-Baptiste in Haiti now have a new solar-powered water system operational
Europe Greece WWF Greece, with four Greek universities from November 2023 to April 2024, revealed the missed opportunities and chronic characteristics that contributed to the destructive forest fires of 2023, adding important lessons to be learnt
Asia Malaysia Of the 41.000 school-age refugee and stateless children registered by UNHCR in Malaysia, only 34% have access to informal education and none to formal education, UNICEF reported
Africa South Africa Participants in the Beef stock rock fest, a rock music festival held in Broederstroom, a few dozen kilometres north of Johannesburg, will have a special permit to smoke cannabis freely, a first-ever in the country
Africa Tanzania The first national Situation Room for emergency communications and operations was introduced in Tanzania thanks to funding from the Italian Cooperation
Asia Georgia Women entrepreneurs from across Georgia gathered for an empowerment forum; women own only a third of economically active enterprises and occupy only 16,5% of management positions in private companies
America Canada Ottawa listed Iran Revolutionary Guards through the Criminal Code listing regime to be able to use all tools to combat the terrorist activity of the IRGC, also if perpetrated in association with other listed entities such as Hezbollah and Hamas
Africa Uganda Ugandan online newspaper 'The Observer' published a report showing how disposable nappies are a problem at the Kiteezi landfill in the Wakiso district, which houses most of the waste from the Kampala metropolitan area
Africa Cameroon At 91 years of age, 41 of which have been spent in Cameroon's presidential chair, Paul Biya could still be a candidate for his own presidential succession next year as his political entourage does not hesitate to support his potential re-election
Europe Denmark The Danish team for Euro 2024 refused a pay rise to guarantee the women's team the same pay, after a new four-year agreement was reached with the Danish Football Association