Africa Zambia Following statements circulating on social media, some politicians reminded that any individual’s citizenship or immigration status are matters of law, not tribe, and no tribe in Zambia must ever associated with foreignness or unequal citizenship
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The country will participate for the first time in this year's Olympic Games, with three disciplines: athletics, canoeing and judo, with the expectation of a 'participation with dignity'
Oceania Tonga Tonga's communications regulator, MEIDECC, has notified Starlink, the global satellite internet network, to discontinue all services to its roaming subscribers on the mainland and in the seas of Tonga
Asia Tajikistan Controls on the movement of heavy vehicles have been strengthened by the Ministry of Transport; mobile teams visited cement works, coal mines, sand and gravel pits to explain the importance of complying with modified requirements
Africa Togo The new Universal Health Insurance programme has already enrolled 800.000 people since it was launched in January 2024; this figure is almost 50% higher than the 470.000 people previously covered by the National Institute of Health Insurance
Oceania Papua New Guinea As Pope Francis prepares to visit Papua New Guinea in September, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart said he will find "a Church with a strong practice of faith, but in the style of Papua New Guinea"
Africa Zambia With two million more children able to attend state schools from 2021 without paying after school is made free for all, experts say overcrowding is jeopardising the quality of education, especially for low-income students
Asia Oman The National Museum opened the 'Oman Day' exhibition and events with the title 'The Splendour of Silver: Treasures of the Omani Court' at the Kremlin Museums in Moscow, Russia
America Argentina Argentina won the Copa America with a 1-0 victory over Colombia in extra time, marking Argentina's 16th Copa America title
Africa Uganda CanalBox, a new broadband Internet service provider, was officially launched in Uganda with an investment of more than Shs 50 billion (US$ 13,5 million) over the past 11 months in the country
Asia Saudi Arabia The Saudi General Food Security Authority disbursed the first instalment of payments to local wheat farmers who supplied their allocated quantities for the 2024 season; $78,7 million was deposited in the bank accounts of 792 farmers
Asia Taiwan Nearly 400.000 Taiwanese are expected to travel to the US this year; as demand for air travel to the US booms, more flights are being added from Taiwan to Seattle, with the number of companies operating the route this year rising from one to four
Africa Lesotho To strengthen the quality of HIV testing services, the country is moving to the WHO-recommended three HIV test strategy in which a person is diagnosed with HIV after three consecutive reactive tests
Africa Senegal The two environment ministries of Gambia and Senegal have promised to work together to protect forest cover with the desire to achieve the common goals of protecting the two nations' natural resources