Africa Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that extend his time in office to 2030; new legislation, approved by Parliament last month, also introduces a provision allowing presidents to be elected by lawmakers instead of direct public vote
America Peru Government issued Decree No. 009-2024 categorizing transgender individuals as mentally ill, aiming to expand access to mental health care across public, private, and mixed services, sparking significant controversy within Peru
Europe Moldova Moldova advanced in the world rankings of gender equality, coming 13th out of 146 countries, moving up six places from the year 2023
Africa Rwanda The country, through the Rwanda TVET Board, partnered with the Luxembourg government, represented by LuxDev, to launch a €5 million project to improve digital skills in technical and vocational education and training
Oceania Solomon Islands Women's political representation in the country remains low despite legislation requiring parties to include 10% female candidates; there are loopholes that limit the impact and only four of the 13 parties have reached the threshold
America Suriname The FAO and Suriname's Ministry of Agriculture met to advance the "South-South Cooperation Project" aiming to enhance rural livelihoods through digital data collection and management, with plans for scaling the initiative to improve small-scale producers
Europe Monaco A veil of dust from the Sahara desert will cover Monaco and the Côte d'Azur, bringing with it a spike in pollution caused by PM10 fine particles, according to forecasts by the Department of the Environment
America Antigua and Barbuda Nominations are now open for the country's first customer service awards, the WOW Factor Awards, to recognise outstanding customer service across a wide range of sectors, including education, sports, tourism, marketing, finance, IT, media and energy
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu, a nation where athletes train on the airport runway, will manage to send a one-man team to the Paris Olympics, with Karalo Maibuca, flag-bearer three years ago in Tokyo, competing for the country in the men's 100 metres
Asia Turkmenistan The country will study the potential implementation of 5G technology, in a proposal presented by the Director of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Council of Ministers that received the approval of President Serdar Berdimuhamedow
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Anti-Migrant Smuggling Bill 2024 was successfully passed by the Federal Parliament, which aims to deter migrant smuggling and aligns national laws with the International Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air
America Trinidad and Tobago Oil production in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 dropped by 11%, reports Trinidad Express
Asia Syria Syrian chess player Mazen Fandi won a silver medal at the 26th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024 in Kazakhstan
Europe Lithuania The Lithuanian government has decided to go to European Union Court over the European Commission's decision to keep frozen €8,7 million of the €26 million Recovery and Resilience Facility grant for Lithuania