Africa Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that extend his time in office to 2030; new legislation, approved by Parliament last month, also introduces a provision allowing presidents to be elected by lawmakers instead of direct public vote
Asia Cambodia A team from Fisheries Administration and Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia collected 206 king turtle eggs from 20 hatchlings in last 2 months; the turtles are listed on International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List as critically endangered
Africa Algeria An initiative to open free trade zones in 2024 was announced to foster cooperation with five neighbouring countries, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia and Libya, as stated by the Algerian president
Asia Lebanon The Israeli Air Force launched an extensive wave of attacks against Lebanon, in which at least seven civilians were killed, in response to rocket attacks by Hezbollah towards the north of the country that killed an Israeli soldier
Africa Central African Republic About 10.000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in the Central African Republic, more than ten years after the beginning of the civil war, as stated by Marthe Kirima, Minister of Family and Gender Affairs of the Central African government
Asia Bangladesh Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat accepted the journalists' call for social media to be subject to an accountability policy and said he would take action on the matter after talking to all stakeholders
Africa Cape Verde The beach of Ponta Preta will host the kitesurf world cup from 16 to 25 February, organized by the GKA Kitesurf World Cup Cabo Verde; some 85 sailors, including 15 Cape Verdeans, will compete in the event
Oceania Fiji The term 'Micro' will be included, from 1 August, in the name of the Ministry that will be known as the 'Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications', given the growing importance of this category
Africa Ghana Ghana's opposition presidential candidate, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress, said he didn't agree with the proposal of anticipating the 2024 general elections to November, from the planned December date
Asia South Korea One-third of tourists who visited Korea in 2023 were 30 years old or younger, according to the Korea Tourism Data Lab, the online information platform of the Korea Tourism Organization, and 42,3% came from Japan, a 15,7% increase from 10 years earlier
Africa Uganda Peter Oloya, a former child soldier who survived the horror of being kidnapped by the LRA, is now an internationally renowned artist and his art is expressed through working with clay
America Argentina Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei embraced in St. Peter's Basilica during a mass to canonize the first Argentine saint, Mama Antula, marking their first encounter blending faith and politics
America Brazil Brazilian police have seized former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and accused him of manipulating a draft decree to overturn election results, allegedly pressuring military chiefs for a coup and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice
Asia Cyprus The interior ministry is in the process of examining and evaluating the entire lifeguard system to ensure it is managed more efficiently; the announcement came just a day before the lifeguard’s plan to go on strike