Africa Sierra Leone A ship departed from Freetown was intercepted and diverted to Canary Islands, in a crackdown on international drug trafficking; Spanish police found aboard 35-40 tonnes of cocaine in what has been called “record-breaking cocaine seizure in the Atlantic”
Europe Iceland The president of the Grindavík Workers' Union criticised the reopening of Grindavík, citing inadequate infrastructure and safety problems and calling for legislative changes to improve conditions for residents by focusing on equity and financial security
Oceania Fiji The government has granted Vodafone Fiji a non-commercial 5G licence to operate; Vodafone Fiji will undertake testing with end users in the 5G pilot network before a full commercial licence is issued later this year
Africa Madagascar The Safidy Observatory, in its report on the observation of the annual revision of the electoral rolls, noted an 11,7% increase in the number of registered persons compared to the electoral rolls resulting from the 2023 revision, 42% of whom were women
America Jamaica The Ministry of Agriculture has announced a J$20 million (€118000) relief fund to support fishermen who have been affected by rising sea waves along the Jamaican coast
Africa Equatorial Guinea The country is continuing to study industrialisation and economic diversification paths for the nation's development, and the departments involved in China Baowu's investment proposals have submitted their preliminary reports
Africa Kenya The City Hall building in Nairobi has become the first government building in Africa to be certified as a 'green building' by the World Bank's International finance corporation
Africa Seychelles The trade department of the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade, in collaboration with the European Union, recently organised a workshop on the identification and screening of potential geographical indications
Africa Tunisia Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures who are leading a protest fast
Africa Egypt Suez Canal revenues are down 40-50% this year to date due to attacks on shipping by Yemen's Houthi rebels
Europe Switzerland The Graubünden cantonal police have launched an investigation on suspicion of discrimination and incitement to hatred following the decision of equipment rental shops in Davos to stop renting to Jewish people
Asia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia said Israel's actions in the Palestinian Territories are 'legally indefensible' at the second day of the International Court of Justice hearing
Africa Rwanda The local office of the Mechanism in charge of the last files of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the special court in charge of trying those responsible for the Rwandan genocide and other human rights violations, is about to close its doors
Africa Cameroon Cameroonian plastic artist Hako Hankson has been invited to represent Cameroon at the next Venice Art Biennale; born in 1968 in Bafang, in the west, he now lives and works in the economic capital Douala