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Schools in Mali’s Bafoulabé pedagogical district began the 2026–27 year with 240 teaching posts unfilled, including 150 generalist and 90 specialist teachers, according to local education officials cited by AMAP on 6 October.
Mali’s cabinet adopted draft texts establishing a School of Mines and Petroleum and a public Agency for Research and Development of Mineral Resources. The communiqué sets out training and research mandates but gives no start date, budget or enrolment schedule.
Tenenkou’s local Chamber of Agriculture validated a 2027–31 action plan after a three-day workshop. About 40 participants reviewed farming, forestry, pastoral and fisheries conditions and set priorities; no cost or funding allocation was reported.
The Nigerian Academy of Science’s six-month ReLM programme pairs 25 early-career researchers with 25 established scientists. It began with an orientation on 7 September and targets postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers; the source reports no outcomes yet.
Jordanian Transport and Labor Minister Nidal al-Qatamin said Arab Bridge Maritime Company earned more than $40 million in the first nine months of 2026. Petra reported on October 2 that he made the statement at the company’s 88th general assembly meeting.
Aqaba Container Terminal handled 107,803 twenty-foot equivalent units in September, setting a monthly record for a third consecutive month. It served 53 vessels during the month.
About 28,200 Italian citizens visited Uzbekistan in January–August 2026, mostly for tourism, the National Statistics Committee reported.
The Jordan Strategy Forum’s investor confidence index reached 186.6 points in the second quarter of 2026, up from 153.1 in the first quarter. The report carried by Petra also covered activity confidence and selected macroeconomic indicators.
Preliminary statistics put annual real growth at 3%, with agriculture expanding fastest.
The government identified inconsistent records for three positions among 544 vacancies and plans a replacement notice by the end of October.
The bans cover insulin distributed without authorization, an improperly compounded product and unregistered peptides, as well as two medicine batches with quality issues.
Three university facilities were handed over in Kinshasa on 6 October.
