Africa Mauritius Genre Statistics 2025 still show men dominate the economy and retain most of the political power, but show increasing weaknesses in education, health and certain social behaviors
Asia Kazakhstan Approximately $171,3 million was invested in the country's professional, scientific and technical activities in January-November 2023, Finprom's financial and business analysis service reported, compared to $100 million in 2022
Europe Kosovo Kosovo authorities will abolish the use of Serbian dinar in its territory particularly in the Serb-majority northern areas of the country; Serbian President Vucic said this was 'worrying and calls into question all processes of normalisation and dialogue'
Asia Iraq An Iranian missile strike against targets in northern Iraq has sparked a dispute between neighbouring allies, with Baghdad recalling its ambassador in protest and Tehran insisting that the attack was intended to deter Israeli spy threats
Africa Liberia Liberia's outgoing President George Weah has said in recent days that he has no intention of seeking re-election in the 2029 electoral round
America Grenada Grenada's 46-year-old Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has a plan to ensure that the ruling National Democratic Congress remains in office for the next 10-15 years to effectively implement its Transformation Agenda
America Guyana Guyana has presented a historic GUY$1,146 trillion (US 5,84 billion) national budget for the upcoming year, a 46% increase over the previous fiscal plan
Africa Mauritania The country increased customs duties by 171% at El Guerguerat border crossing with Morocco, thus disrupting the flow of trucks and affecting Moroccan transporters of fruit and vegetables to the Nuakchot market
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Guinean League for Human Rights considers the government's presidential decision to suspend freedom of meetings and demonstrations to be 'yet another constitutional drift'
Asia South Korea 2024 Winter Youth Olympics are to begin tomorrow 19 January through 1st February in Gangwon
Africa Lesotho His Majesty King Letsie III officiated at the installation of Chief Lerotholi Mathealira Seeiso as the new Principal Chief of Mokhotlong, exhorting him to become a 'servant leader' and to serve all with love and without any discrimination
Oceania New Zealand From 1 April 2024 electric vehicles will have to pay road user charges (RUC); initially exempted, electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids inclusion is the first step in fulfilling the National-ACT coalition's commitment to include all vehicles in RUC system
Africa Egypt The country remains Africa's leading military power, according to 2024 edition of the ranking of world's most powerful armies published by the US defence industry website, Global fire power, ranking 15th globally, out of a total of 145 countries analysed
Asia Brunei Brunei wushu star Basma Lachkar has been nominated as a candidate for the World Games Athlete of the Year 2023 by the international multi-sport event World Games