Oceania Fiji A vacancy notice for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been posted by the Judicial Services Commission, inviting applications from suitably qualified local and overseas candidates to head Fiji's independent prosecuting authority
Europe Kosovo Seven suspects were arrested for publishing personal information, photos and videos of women and girls without their consent in a group on the messaging app Telegram called Albkings, which counted over 100.000 members
Europe Russia Russia and Ukraine said they released 75 people each in a prisoner exchange brokered by the United Arab Emirates: the first time prisoners have been exchanged between the two countries in the past four months
America Antigua and Barbuda Women and youth, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and other underserved groups in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia are set to benefit from a joint programme of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund
Africa Kenya The ban imposed in some parts of the country on muguka, an alkaline plant variety of the popular stimulant known as khat, or miraa, has been lifted by President Ruto
Africa Ivory Coast After gold, of which Ivory Coast is an established producer, bauxite and manganese, the country opens a new mining era with the discovery of a large deposit of Coltan (columbo-tantalite) in the centre west of the country
Africa Nigeria Old national anthem, abandoned by the military government in 1978, has been reinstated by President Tinibu, sparking heated debate with many complaining that the country has more pressing problems such as insecurity, rising inflation and a currency crisis
Africa Sudan Of the 7 million people - and more - displaced in Sudan by the ongoing conflict since April 2023, "more than half are children," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Africa Benin Beninese citizenship will be opened 'to all Afro-descendants who wish to do so', announced President Patrice Talon giving details of the process to obtain it
Europe France A state of emergency in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been lifted, though maintaining a curfew and sending hundreds of paramilitary reinforcements after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured
Asia Yemen Yemeni Houti rebels claimed an attack on the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea, a response to the latest joint British-US air raids in Yemen against the same rebels, in which at least 16 people died
Africa Togo A new satisfaction survey will come from the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority to assess consumers' perceptions of telecommunications operators, including mobile and fixed Internet services
Asia Lebanon Adam Afana, aged five, is the first Palestinian child injured in the Israeli war in Gaza to land in Lebanon, where he has been receiving treatment at Medical Centre of the American University of Beirut
Asia Turkey In the park named after the Mexican rescue dog Proteo, who died while carrying out search and rescue work in Adıyaman, south-east Turkey, after the earthquake of 6 February 2023 in Kahramanmaraş, 45 dogs are being trained free of charge