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
Asia Uzbekistan Yunusabad District Market will be rebuilt to six stories; due to extremely limited space in Tashkent, there is a need to develop industry and commerce through vertical growth of existing infrastructure
Asia Mongolia An international analysis estimated that there may be 66.000 people in Mongolia infected with hepatitis D
Europe San Marino The opposition Libera party has launched a proposal to activate the four-day work week, leaving the salary unchanged or with only small reductions
Asia Tajikistan UN Women and Embassy of France in Tajikistan collaborated to host an event focused on protecting survivors of gender-based violence through shelters to raise awareness among government authorities, the private sector, development partners
Africa Sierra Leone National emergency has been declared for growing abuse of kush, a psychoactive mixture of addictive substances made also from human bones affecting 63% of patients of Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital; security has also been tightened at cemeteries
America Bolivia Thousands of MSC Cruises passengers are stranded in a port in Barcelona due to 69 Bolivian passengers lacking the correct entry documentation for the Schengen area, as reported by Bolivia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Asia United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed ordered payment of all student debts in public schools: unpaid debts will be settled as part of initiative to support youth education
Asia Turkmenistan Under a project funded by the government of Turkmenistan and implemented by UNDP, the installation of modern laboratory equipment was successfully completed in 14 clinical laboratories in all districts of Balkan province and 16 in Dashoguz province
Europe Portugal Despite recent rain, the Algarve continues to be in a situation of extreme hydrological drought; the City Council of Albufeira will launch a set of 23 measures to promote the reduction of water consumption to be detailed to users in their next water bill
Asia Vietnam Teachers need higher salaries to improve their quality of life, declared experts during the workshop entitled "Teacher regulation - International experience for Việt Nam" organized by HCM City National University
Africa Gambia ChildFund Gambia donated 1.000 solar lamps and two 40-foot containers loaded with additional textbooks to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education for later distribution to schools throughout the region
Africa Comoros From improving the quality of service to implementing an action plan to strengthen the capabilities of its staff, Comores Telecom said it wants above all to listen to its customers, both in terms of comments and suggestions and at the level of criticism
Europe Croatia Croatia Airlines will introduce in-flight Internet service via Wi-Fi in June this year but it will be only available on the 15 planes of the new Airbus 220 aircraft fleet