Africa Ghana Tradional chief of Berekum area has warned against data leaks by bank staff, reminding that releasing private information is highly discouraging and affects rural areas where it is most important to create and support trust to advance financial inclusion
Europe Poland The UNESCO/IUCN reactive monitoring mission confirmed the negative impact of the fence erected by Poland on the ecosystems of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Africa Burkina Faso Over 40.000 Burkinabe nationals have arrived in Mali since December, says UNHCR, which also claims that every day "hundreds of people" continue to arrive on Malian soil from neighboring Burkina Faso NOTA
America Cuba Wearing a rainbow-colored stole and a rainbow flag in her collar, Reverend Elaine Saralegui welcomed everyone to her LGBTQ+ church in the Cuban port city of Matanzas
Europe Albania Tirana Airport served 577.753 passengers in February, up from 341.247 a year ago; in terms of destinations, London UK led with 53.358 passengers, closely followed by Italian airports Milano Orio, Rome and Pisa
Asia Afghanistan Abdul Rashid Iqbal, president of Kabul Polytechnic University, said the first international water conference of this atheneum will be held by the end of September this year
America Paraguay During his visit to Washington D.C., Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano emphasized the urgent need to cooperate with the US to combat corruption, protect democratic institutions, and strengthen cybersecurity cooperation
America Uruguay Over 5.000 people remain displaced due to heavy rains and 5 national routes are reported closed, according to Uruguay's National Emergency System
Asia Cambodia There has been a significant increase in mobile payments due to digital transaction options allowing more people to switch from cash to digital payments, the National Bank of Cambodia said
Africa Ivory Coast The country has been confirmed as the site of the African women's basketball championship, AfroBasket, to be held in July 2025 in Abidjan
America Peru Ecuador Armed Forces destroyed a clandestine bridge used for smuggling on the Peruvian border, seizing 2.500 liters of fuel, highlighting the lucrative illegal fuel trade in the Ecuador-Peru border areas and also eliminating over 10.000 coca plants found
Asia Palestine UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese presented a report with a body of evidence "suggesting that Israel has committed at least three of the proscribed acts in the Convention" of genocide toward the people of Gaza
Asia Armenia Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan said Armenia will participate for the first time in the Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of the European Union, scheduled for mid-April in Spain
America Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association welcomed its new nursing assistants into the nursing field, while 30 students celebrated graduation from the multi-year program