New York, US (PANA) - The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has said young people in Guinea will receive skills training that will help them find jobs, under a new project set up by the organization and funded by the Government of Japan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Besides having the highest share in working poverty, sub-Saharan Africa's unemployment rate is the second highest in the world, says the International Labour Office (ILO) in a new report. Full text...

Bangui- Central Africa (PANA) -- Unemployed graduates in Bangui have decided to ask the Central African Republic (CAR) President François Bozizé to reverse a decision barring their integration into the public service. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- The rate of unemployment in Algeria has dropped from 29 to 21. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius youths grouped into a socio-political organisation named "Groupe Jeunes Lalit", on Thursday began demanding an across-the-board unemployment benefit for all unemployed people in the island. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- When his friend leaped from an apartment block to his death in central Harare early this year after failing to get a job, Timothy Gwaunza contemplated doing the same, for a similar reason. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Some 54,400 job seekers were registered in Mauritius at the end of June, against 50,800 during the same period last year, according to the Central Statistics Office (BCS) in Port-Louis. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The number of unemployed in Mauritius fell from 21,194 in December 2001 to 19,612 in December 2002, while 21,613 job licences were issued to foreigners last year, according to sources at the Mauritian Training Ministry. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Thousands of Tanzanian youth face an uncertain future with unemployment now standing at 5. Full text...

Praia- Cap Verde (PANA) -- Unemployment rate in Cape Verde's major urban centres has remained unchanged at 16. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- A group of disabled and unemployed Moroccan graduates has threatened to set themselves ablaze as way of forcing the government to find work for them, the Television channel 2M reported Wednesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- At the ongoing UNESCO general conference in Paris, the representative from Namibia has said the country was counting on centres set up for innovation, entrepreneurship and technology, in its bid to contain unemployment among the youth. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Urban unemployment rate in Cape Verde dropped by about 3. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- An International Labour Organisation economist, Grace Strachan, has said that the UN agency and its partners would not relent their efforts to create job opportunities for an estimated 70 million unemployed youths throughout the world. Full text...