Asia China 10 United States-based companies have been added to China's export control list, government procurement barred from 50 US companies two weeks after the Pentagon blacklisted some of China’s best-known companies for alleged ties to the Chinese military
Africa Central African Republic Discussions have begun in Bangui on the second review of the government's economic and financial program, supported by the Extended Credit Facility
Africa Equatorial Guinea The minutes and opinion resulting from the second reading study of the bill regulating the highway code were adopted by the Senate Standing Committee on the Interior, Local Government and Public Utilities
Oceania Fiji Fijians will be able to apply for a new permanent resident visa program offered by the Australian government, a project aimed at increasing Australia's permanent immigration from the Pacific
Africa Niger Niger judicial authorities have ordered the release of Abdourahamane Ben Hamaye, a journalist and aide to former President Mohamed Bazoum, and Mohamed Mbarek, a cousin of the former president's wife accused of conspiracy against state authority
Asia Iraq The new medical city in Nasiriyah, in the southern governorate of Dhi Qar, which will be Iraq's second hospital, will be planned and designed by a Greek company on an area of 330.000 square meters
Asia Georgia For political parties participating in elections it would no longer be compulsory to draw up their lists with a gender balance, as required by current legislation on women's quotas, according to new proposal by opposition party Girchi
Asia Indonesia State toll road operator PT Jasa Marga announced that it has temporarily suspended the expiration of the electronic toll card during the homeward and outward exodus season during Eid al-Fitr
Africa Zimbabwe The country has declared a state of calamity over the devastating drought, with El Nino causing 80% of the country to receive below-normal rainfall; President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the nation needs $2 billion for humanitarian assistance
Asia Afghanistan Turkey-based construction company 77 INSAAT has reportedly expressed interest in establishing a cement plant in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, near the border with Turkmenistan
Africa Senegal Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed Ousmane Sonko as his prime minister; Sonko could not run for president because of a criminal conviction
Africa Uganda The government is trying to exploit bamboo production, which has positive implications both in terms of grow and productive potential and for the environment, as for example burning it instead of eucalyptus can be a viable alternative to save forests
America Dominica Dominica Public Service Union is proposing the introduction of the option for public servants to retire at age 65, said General Secretary Thomas Letang
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Judith Suminwa has been appointed as prime minister, the first time a woman has assumed government leadership