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 | US, Tanzania discuss nuclear safety | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Uranium mining and milling infrastructure promi
nently featured in consultations concluded here between US Department of State C
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ordinator for Threat Reduction Programmes, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, and Tanzan
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an government officials, the US Embassy here said Thursday.
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| Nigeria to re-launch satellite | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will next year re-launch its communication satel
lite (NigCom Sat-1), which went 'missing'
toward the end of 2008, 18 months after it was launched, Vice President Namadi S
ambo said here Friday.
06/08/2010 full text... |
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| Africa's ICT ministerial confab opens in Nigeria | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The third Africa Union Communications and Information Te
chnologies Ministerial Conference got underway in Abuja,
the Nigerian capital city, Tuesday, with a communications expert stressing the n
eed for countries to invest more in the sector so as to generate
employment for their peoples.
03/08/2010 full text... |
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| Africa agriculture science week begins | | Ougadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Fifth Africa Agriculture science week open
ed on Monday in Ouagadougou with a call on African countries to look inward in f
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nding solutions to the various problems confronting the sector.
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| Strauss Centre, Africa's policy research institute, partner on climate change | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In view of the increasing interdependence of co
untries on global issues, the Robert S. Strauss Centre for International Securit
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and Law Strauss Centre at the University of Texas on Friday announced that it h
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d entered into a partnership with the South Africa-based Institute for Security
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tudies (ISS), Africa's leading applied policy research institute.
16/07/2010 full text... |
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| ECA reintegrates centre for technology | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
has reintegrated the African Regional Centre for Technology (CRAT) into the comm
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ssion after 10 years of absence, CRAT Executive Director, Abderrahim Doumar, ann
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unced on Monday in Dakar.
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| Angola, South Korea sign ICT deal | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola and South Korea on Monday signed an agreement on
information and Communication technology (ICT) in Luanda aimed at training Angol
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ns and exchange of experiences.
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| Angola, South Korea sign ICT deal | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola and South Korea on Monday signed an agreement on
information and Communication technology (ICT) in Luanda aimed at training Angol
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ns and exchange of experiences.
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| CILSS forecasts flood in Sahel countries | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) is forecasting "a normal to wet rainy season, with high risks of floods in countries of the sub-region" for the July-September period, a communiqué issued by the Centre said on Thursday.
17/06/2010 full text... |
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| UNESCO to launch 2010 World Social Science report | | Paris, France (PANA) - The United Nations Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) has said that although social science from Western
countries continues to be of great global influence, the field is
expanding rapidly in Asia and Latin America, particularly in China and
Brazil.
10/06/2010 full text... |
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| Nuclear Review Conference ends in consensus agreement | | New York, US (PANA) – The 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, held at the UN headquarters in New York, US, has adopted by consensus a Final Document containing a blueprint for concrete actions and next steps towards a world without nuclear weapons.
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| Network of African science academies to meet in Rabat | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The executive committee of the network of African scienc
e academies (NASAC)
will meet in Rabat, Morocco, 26-28 April, to take stock of the Pan-African insti
tution and find ways to enhance
its development, sources at the Hassan II Academy for sciences and technologies
in the Moroccan capital said.
24/04/2010 full text... |
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| Kadhafi calls for scientific revolution in Arab universities | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, on Tuesday in Sirte c
alled for a scientific revolution in Arab universities, stressing the need to pr
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mote scientific research in these institutions and begin the battle for science
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nd technology so that Arabs can achieve progress and prosperity.
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| DRC among winners of Prize for the increase in teachers' efficiency | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The â?Education for allâ? centre in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the three schools that won the 2010
UNESCO Prize â?Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoumâ? awarding exemplary practices and
performances to increase efficiency among teachers, according to the statement
issued by UNESCO and made available to PANA on Friday.
09/04/2010 full text... |
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| Mauritius eyes geothermal power, seaweeds | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Council of Research of Mauritius is currently
working on two major projects:
the production of electricity from geothermal sources and the exploitation of se
aweeds for commercial purposes.
02/03/2010 full text... |
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| South African scientists win AU prizes for excellence | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two scientists from South African universities ha
ve taken the two awards for "excellence in science technology" , awarded by t
he African Unity (AU), at a ceremony in Addis Ababa, on the sidelines of the AU
Summit in Ethiopia.
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| Africa resolved to reduce its digital divide | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 14th ordinary summit of the African Union (AU
), which opens Sunday (31 Jan.) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will give strong direc
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ives to speed up the reduction of the digital divide between the rest of the wor
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d and Africa which presently counts only 2.5% of internet users, the AU Commissi
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ner in charge of New Technologies of Information and Communication (NTIC), Jean-
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ierre Onvehoun Ezin said.
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| Libya starts activating nuclear programme agreements | | Tripoli, Libya(PANA) - Libyan Nuclear Energy Board has activated agreements
concluded with some countries in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear
energy and engaged several enterprises specialised in the construction of atomic
reactors for power generation and water desalination.
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| Survey: 'Only 2.7% of Africans use internet' | | Paris, France (PANA) - Only 2.7% of Africans use the internet, according to a
survey presented on Monday in Paris by Tidiane Dioh, who is in charge of the
media Programme at the International Francophone Organization (OIF).
21/12/2009 full text... |
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| Senegal to re-launch President's grand prize for technological innovation | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal will this year re-launch the President's Grand P
rize for technological promotion and innovation after almost 10 years of dormanc
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, the Senegalese senior minister of Mining, Industry, Processing of Agricultural
Products and Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises (SMEs), Mr Ousmane Ngom, announced on Wednesday in Dakar.
16/09/2009 full text... |
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| Yar'Adua cancels GHz Spectrum Band licence | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Umaru Yarâ?Adua Tuesday cancelled the licensi
ng of the 2.3 GHz Spectrum Band conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commiss
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on (NCC), saying â?the letters and spirit of the stipulated rules and guidelines
were not adequately complied with.â?
Yarâ?Adua subsequently directed NCC to initiate fresh process for the award of
the 2.3 GHz Spectrum Band licenses.
11/08/2009 full text... |
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| AU urged to set up research foundation | | Paris, France (PANA) - The chief education officer of Cheikh Anta Diop Universit
y in Dakar, Senegal, Prof. Abdou Salam Sall, has urged the African Union (AU) to
set up a research foundation to ginger African researchers into action.
21/07/2009 full text... |
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| Rare bird discovered in Mauritius | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Dutch, Mauritian and British scientific team ha
s discovered the remains of a “pelvis de dodo", the world's rarest bird, as well
as huge turtles in Mare-aux-Songes in the southern part of the island, where the
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have been conducting a search for some time.
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| Global crisis, a chance for education - Tunisian Minister | | Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The world economic crisis, instead of being a handicap,
may be an opportunity for students and the education sector to develop, the Tuni
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ian minister of Education and Training, Hatem Ben-Salem, said on Wednesday in Tu
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is at the opening of the conference for Finance and Education ministers on the e
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onomic downturn and education.
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| Global crisis, a chance for education - Tunisian Minister | | Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The world economic crisis, instead of being a handicap,
may be an opportunity for students and the education sector to develop, the Tuni
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ian minister of Education and Training, Hatem Ben-Salem, said on Wednesday in Tu
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is at the opening of the conference for Finance and Education ministers on the e
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onomic downturn and education.
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| Namibia to build technical Institute in Congo | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Namibian government plans to build a technical
and vocational Institute in Loudima, Northern Congo, with a view to
strengthening links between the two countries in the area of vocational
training, official sources told PANA on Thursday in Brazzaville.
02/07/2009 full text... |
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| Researcher discuss knowledge management in Africa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nati
ons Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms Lalla Ben Barka, has called for the
promotion of knowledge as an essential element in the development process.
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