UNESCO-Korea project enters third phase with Namibia

UNESCO-Korea project enters third phase with Namibia

The "ICT Transforming Education in Africa" project Inception meeting is ending today. Funded by UNESCO and Korea, the project is entering its third phase, with Namibia newly added as one of the beneficiary countries. The meeting, according to Namibia's Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Albertus Aochamub, is a platform for stakeholders to partner up.

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Business / Economics

Former Twitter executives say Musk owes them millions

Former Twitter executives fired by Elon Musk have filed a lawsuit accusing the billionaire of owing them more than one hundred twenty-eight million dollars in severance pay.

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Africa

Sudan war may spark world’s largest hunger crisis

The war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis unless fighting stops, The World Food Programme has warned. The BBC reports that more than 10 months of fighting between rival forces has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced, and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger.

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Business / Economics

Telecom Namibia improves service quality

Telecom Namibia has announced the signing of key customer-facing business processes, marking a step forward in its commitment to improving service quality. This initiative forms phase one of a broader project, named Project Phoenix, aimed at optimising all internal processes within the s. Here's Telecom spokesperson Nomvula Kambinda with more.

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World

Seven men arrested in India for violating a tourist

Seven men are in custody in India for the alleged gang-rape of a Brazilian-Spanish tourist and assault on her husband, authorities said, in a case that has shone a new spotlight on the endemic problem of sexual violence against women in the country. According to CNN, the couple, who had been traveling by motorcycle from the state of West Bengal to neighboring Nepal, was found late Friday by police officers […]

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World

French parliamentarians secure abortion rights

French parliamentarians have voted to enshrine the right to access abortion services into the constitution. Ross Cullen reports that lawmakers and senators overwhelmingly approved the changes in a rare joint session of parliament.

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Business / Economics

Digital Market Strategist explains Meta outage impact on local businesses

Following widespread technical problems lasting more than two hours Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of users logging errors in accessing the social media services on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, all Meta apps, we spoke to Digital Market Strategist Nrupesh Soni for his take on the outage.

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APO International

Senegal coach Pape Thiaw reminisces 2002 World Cup experience at FIFA Museum

Former Senegal forward Pape Thiaw says playing at the 2002 World Cup co-hosted by Korea and Japan was one of the most exceptional experiences in his career. Thiaw alongside other Senegalese greats such as El Hadj Diouf and Aliou Cisse were part of a starstudded Senegalese side that reached the quarterfinals at the 2002 global football bonanza. Speaking after visiting the FIFA museum in Zurich, the former FC Metz and […]

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APO International

Algerian Gas Entices Foreign Investors as Minister Arkab Joins African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy

Algeria’s Minister of Energy and Mines Mohamed Arkab will speak at the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy 2024 conference – taking place November 4–8 in Cape Town. As the country moves to attract new investment in oil and gas, the minister will shed light on upcoming opportunities in exploration, production and infrastructure development. Algeria stands as a compelling investment destination in the energy sector, backed by its […]

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