Transparency International reports that due to increased violence and insecurity, there hasn’t been much progress made against global corruption in the past year.
Zimbabwe plans to build “Zim Cyber City,” a modern capital that will likely cost up to $60 billion in raised funds and feature brand-new government structures and a presidential palace.
According to Pakistan media reports, the price of consumables has climbed by 20 to 31%, and Pakistan’s poverty rate has increased by 35.7%.The cost of basic necessities is once more burning a large hole in the Pakistani average person’s pocket.
In Ghana’s capital, Accra, photographer and filmmaker Paul Ninson opened the Africa’s largest photography library. The “Dikan Center” is a hub where more than 30,000 photography books and collections on early African photographers, the diaspora, and creatives are kept
There have been demands for Turkey’s foreign ministry to take up the case following the death of a Turkish migrant who died after arriving on a Greek island late last year.
The United Nations projects that China’s population will be surpassed by India’s population this year. According to experts, while this presents a chance to benefit from the demographic dividend, much will depend on how India makes use of its resources, especially its massive population of young people.
Asian communities in California are reeling from two mass shootings that happened within days in gathering and workplaces. After three years of the pandemic,a period when Asian hate crimes increased, the shootings took place as residents celebrated the Lunar New Year.
After the government lifted a ban on such rallies,Tanzania’s opposition Chadema party held its first protest in six years this week. Despite the restored right to protest, critics doubt whether Tanzania’s Party of the Revolution, the second-longest-ruling party in Africa, will stop suppressing rivals and argue that a law is needed.
Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, was retaken by Ukrainian forces from Russian forces in November, but the city is still at war, with attacks forcing families to relocate again. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Kherson, Ukraine
The Taliban government limited Afghan women’s rights after coming to power in August 2021 with a number of decrees.These include ban of women working or going to school.
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