Africa Cameroon Historically dependent on its crude oil exports, Cameroon forecasts a major shift with mining becoming the main of its national resources; government expects mining revenues to soon surpass those from oil, with ambitious projections reaching $1,75 billion
Europe Moldova The population and housing census, organized once every 10 years, is scheduled from April 8 to July 7 and the information obtained will be crucial for policy making, monitoring and evaluation, scientific research and more
Europe Andorra The training offered by the Employment Service last year had 647 participants enrolled, in 59 vocational courses, and 66% of participants obtained the corresponding certification in the final knowledge assessment
America Ecuador Ecuador's government increased the value-added tax VAT from 12% to 15% at the beginning of this month, as a measure to finance the fight against organized crime, following a weekend with at least 28 murders
Asia Kuwait The rules and regulations for the acceptance and use of donations in public institutions have been announced by the Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Finance
America Cuba Air China will begin operations in Cuba starting next May, the president of the Cuban Aviation Corporation said
Africa Madagascar Ambatovy, major industrial operation mining and refining nickel and cobalt, has been allowed by the government to sell more than 10% of its ammonium sulfate production on local market for national economic interest, despite Law on Major Mining Investments
Europe Belgium Google has started construction of a second data center in Belgium, in Farciennes, Hainaut province, with total investment of €1 billion, which will also use to expand its existing data center in the country
Africa Chad There is growing concern about the consumption of energy drinks by young people, which are often consumed for reasons of lack of sleep, fatigue and lack of information about the composition
America Honduras In Honduras, wildfires have affected 63.433 hectares so far in 2024, with 1.014 fires recorded since January, marking a 10,8% increase compared to the same period last year
America Colombia Colombia and Panama are allegedly failing to correctly protect migrants crossing the dangerous Darién jungle, according to a report by NGO Human Rights Watch published this week
Africa Liberia Five county councils recently met to collectively review, finalize, approve, and sign a joint resolution committing each county to allocate 2-5% of its development budget to fund sanitation
America Antigua and Barbuda According to Xen Ayra, Antiguan citizen who recently made their debut at a major annual conference for game developers in California with his team, said Antigua can benefit from the global gaming industry
Asia Bhutan Druk Holding & Investments, Bhutan's investment division, is partnering with Bitdeer Technologies Group to increase the ocuntry's mining capacity sixfold through the use of advanced hardware technology