Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
America Bahamas The Bill 'Trial by Judge Alone', 2024, , which aims to provide an alternative mode of trial for persons remanded to the Supreme Court, has been presented to the House of Representatives by Minister of Homeland Security Wayne Munroe
Asia India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is escalating his rhetoric against Indian Muslims, in a controversial move to mobilise his most radical Hindu electorate that eventually resorted to conspiracy theories and allegedly even fake news
Africa Cameroon Cocoa farmers are trying to find suitable treatments for pod diseases that are weakening the crops; as many local producers sell in Nigeria rather than on the local market, competition among buyers had already driven up the price for chocolate producers
Africa Gambia Director General of the State Intelligence Services and National Security Advisor of the country stated that the fight against terrorism must be approached from a multidimensional perspective that includes addressing the causes and triggers
Asia Bahrain A major contract to provide EPC services and technology for the modernisation of the wastewater treatment plant in North Sitra has been awarded to Bluewater Bio, one of the fastest growing water technology companies in Europe
Africa Tunisia Over 1.300 migrants died or disappeared in 2023 in shipwrecks close to the Tunisian coast, reports the NGO Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights; Tunisians accounted for the second highest number of irregular migrant arrivals into Italy
Africa Mali The main Touareg separatist groups confronting government forces in northern Mali announced the formation of a new coalition, called the Permanent Strategic Framework for the Defence of the Azawad People, chaired by Bilal Ag Acherif
America Grenada A weapons amnesty is now in place with lawmakers in Parliament voting in favour of a motion to give people on the island three months to surrender illegal firearms and ammunition
Africa Tanzania Heavy rain and strong winds caused damage and new flooding as Cyclone Hidaya hit the country over the weekend; ferry services between Tanzania's commercial centre, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar island - an international tourist destination - were suspended
Asia Armenia The annual report for 2023 issued by the Central Bank of Armenia presents several key changes in the country's financial system
Europe Italy Today the journalists from public TV channel RAI will strike, after years, against the "suffocating control" over journalistic work, the attempt to make it a government megaphone, the absence of an industrial plan, staff shortages and precarious positions
America Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute has launched three short courses aimed at enhancing community-specific skills in the hospitality and tourism sector
Africa Algeria A political football dispute over the presence of a map of the disputed territory of Western Sahara on a team's jersey will go to appeal after the Algerian Football Federation and the club USM Alger referred Morocco to the Court of Arbitration for Sport