Africa South Sudan Conditions for elections remain unfavorable, UN experts warned during a press conference in Juba after concluding their visit to South Sudan; planned December elections face risks from renewed violence, shrinking civic space, persistent impunity.
Africa Zimbabwe Petina Gappah has been honored with the 2026 Flora Nwapa Literary Society Award, the second Zimbabwean writer after Tsitsi Dangarembga to receive the honour that recognises trailblazers in writing, publishing, scholarship, across Africa and the diaspora
Europe Vatican City Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter was issued on 25 May; titled Magnifica humanitas in Latin, it is translated as Magnificent Humanity or On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Africa Seychelles ‘Status and Trend of Seychelles’ Coral Reefs 2026 Report’, one of the most comprehensive assessments of coral reef health ever conducted in the country, has been presented upon initiative of Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust SeyCCAT
Oceania Solomon Islands The Solomon Islands Ports Authority has celebrated its 70th Anniversary; staff, government representatives, stakeholders and partners acknowledged its role in connecting communities and its contribution to the economic development of the country
Africa Comoros A Memorandum was signed with Bahrein to strengthen cooperation in digital government development and digital transformation; the activity falls under Bahrain’s Global Digital Twinning Initiative for eGovernment Excellence in support of foreign countries
Asia Uzbekistan The restriction that limited importing of vehicles to one per year for persons or companies, for their personal or corporate needs, has been lifted
Europe Luxembourg Affordable housing is under attention, as Europe is intensifying controls in skyrocketing rent prices, and new bedroom rules in Luxembourg but out large families from access to social housing
Oceania Fiji NF Party leader, former Finance Minister Professor Prasad called on Sugar Minister for an immediate government top-up to the recently announced forecast cane price, warning that the current rate could create instability in the sugar industry
Europe Romania A month after the fall of a coalition government, President Dan designated independent candidate Eugen Tomac to form a government; he has ten days to try and get parliament's approval, taking Romania out of its political limbo
Oceania Tuvalu At the Island States Ocean Summit held in Tokyo, Japan, Tuvalu's President underlined that climate action and ocean management should merge into one single global agenda, warning that low-lying states can no longer afford to plan for the two separately
Asia Oman In what has already been dubbed 'summer of scorching taps', households face difficulties as water from the taps runs at around 47°C, making it necessary to mix it with water from the fridge for basic activities like brushing teeth or washing a baby
Africa Rwanda Increase in the prices of oil and marine diesel, used by fishermen for their boats, has immediately reflected in an increase of fish and shellfish price sold in markets
Africa Lesotho Chief Justice condemned the Lesotho Defence Force's conduct in one of the Kingdom’s most turbulent periods of 2014/15, describing former army commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli’s controversial “red alert” order as an unlawful licence to kill