Europe Serbia Chinese and Russian companies have contributed in drafting Serbia’s mining regulations, now adopted by Parliament, raising concerns among non-governmental organizations, citizens and experts that say the practice could hide concessions
Africa Zambia The IMF said it will visit Zambia, presumably in mid-April, to assess the negative impact of the ongoing drought on the country's growth and budget
Asia China In 2023, for the first time, the country built more ships in its shipyards than all the rest of the world combined, both for civilian and military use; the fact has worried a number of countries including the USA
Africa Ghana The 13th African Games are underway in Accra, concluding next March 23 and serving as the official qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
America Dominica Private sector organizations have been urged to step forward and take action to prioritize gender equality in the workplace by the Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Services
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers sent to Parliament the draft law on the prevention of conflicts of interest in state institutions, a key reform law on which the EU is pressing for the European Council to decide on the opening of accession negotiations by March
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese physician Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has published an open letter calling on the United Nations to postpone the withdrawal of the multinational Monusco force from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Oceania Kiribati Daniel Kritenbrink, the top U.S. diplomat for Asia-Pacific, said officials will engage with Kiribati and Vanuatu to open new embassies, following the opening in Tonga
Africa Mauritania Mauritania and the European Union have signed a non-legally binding joint declaration, setting out the strengthening of a partnership on migration
Europe Czech Republic Plans have been unveiled to build a gigafactory for electric car battery production worth €7,9 billion by an undisclosed foreign investor in the Karviná region
Asia Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz officials are now calling for the 2019 uranium mining ban to be lifted, while populist President Sadyr Japarov continues to pursue state production in the extractive industries he first supported more than a decade ago as an opposition politician
Africa Libya Strengthening women's participation in the upcoming electoral processes was topic of discussion in a recent meeting of the High Electoral Commission, with the Head of Outreach Department and the Women's Advisor at the UN Electoral Support Mission in Libya
Europe Kosovo Doruntina Kastrati, 32-years-old artist, representing Kosovo at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, will depict the post-war feminization of labour in the country in her abstract sculpture exhibition
Asia Jordan Jordan's Grand Mufti, Ahmed Hasanat, Sunday announced that Tuesday would be the first day of Ramadan, as the Ramadan crescent was not seen during an event to monitor it held by the Iftaa' Department at the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque