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
Asia Bhutan Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted an invitation from his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay to visit Bhutan next week; PM Tshering Tobgay is in India on an official visit, his first foreign visit since taking office in February 2024
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan's absence from PACE is a loss for the organization, said the President of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, who is participating in the 11th Global Baku Forum
Asia Cambodia The Women Run 10K with the theme "Women of Victory" saw the participation of about 3.000 runners; the event was organized by the Cambodian National Olympic Committee in collaboration with Sovannaphum Life Assurance
Africa Cape Verde The Movement for Democracy chose the Porto Novo region of Santo Antão to celebrate the party's 34th anniversary in a ceremony presided over by its leader, Ulisses Correia e Silva
Europe North Macedonia After banning state media funding and fixing it by law, the country's Social Democratic government has completely reversed course on media reforms over seven years: newspapers have received a formal guarantee that they will continue to receive subsidies
Africa Burundi The leader of Burundi's main opposition party, the National Freedom Council, said he will return to Burundi as soon as possible because the country needs his contribution to national development
Asia Yemen People in Hodeidah governorate gathered in mass marches in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to emphasize readiness to mobilize in the face of America and UK, under the slogan "Yemen's Ramadan is a flood that wins for Gaza"
Asia Taiwan One project to build a "Round-the-Island" high-speed rail network and another one to extend National Freeway 6 to Hualien have been proposed
Africa Cameroon The country has obtained a $2,2 million investment commitment from Japan to boost the coffee and cocoa sectors; the plan is to increase domestic cocoa and coffee production by 2030, with targets set at 640.000 tons and 160.000 tons, respectively
Oceania Australia Australia will begin funding UNRWA again, after stopping funding in late January, foreign Minister Penny Wong announced
Africa Sudan The number of inhabitants facing emergency levels of hunger, the stage before famine, more than tripled in one year, approaching five million, according to the Integrated food security phase classification, the food security index used internationally
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is firmly convinced that the government will acquire Balliceaux in the interest of its historical importance to the country, as a memorial to our ancestors who died there
Asia Thailand The head of national parks and wildlife announced the establishment of training centers to discipline aggressive wild elephants, facing growing number of attacks on people; in 16 forest complexes are about 4.000 wild elephants that pose serious problems