Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global unemployment numbers will fall modestly this year, but unequal access to jobs is still a problem worldwide, particularly for women in poorer countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report on Wednesday Full text...
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Helping youth in Benin find economic opportunities: World Bank Blog (By Solene Rougeaux and Saint-Martin Kodjovi Mongan Agbeshie)
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Like many of its neighbours, Benin is experiencing growing threats of conflict Full text...
Nigeria’s dichotomy: low unemployment, high poverty rates: World Bank Blog By Jonathan Lain and Utz Pape
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - When analysing poverty, only looking at unemployment rates will be insufficient and misleading Full text...
South Africa unemployment rate decreases to 32.6%
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's unemployment rate decreased to 32 Full text...
Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - According to the latest UN survey, released on Friday, the Arab region registered a 12 per cent unemployment rate in 2022, the highest in the world Full text...
Unemployment rate on the rise in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius, a governmental organization, on Friday released the figures regarding the unemployment rate in the island which stood at 7 Full text...
Unemployment in Mauritius on the rise
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that the rate of unemployment in the country for the first quarter of 2022 is estimated at 8 Full text...
Unemployment rate in Mauritius inches down
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The rate of unemployment in Mauritius decreased by 33,500 from 9 Full text...
Mauritius records slight decrease in unemployment rate
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Unemployment rate in Mauritius for the year 2021 was 9 Full text...
Mauritius: Unemployment rate decreases by 1 per cent
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics tMauritius, a Mauritian governmental institution, indicated on Tuesday that total unemployment rate decreased by 1 percentage point from 10 Full text...
Unemployment in Mauritius hit 9.2% in 2020: Statistics Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Wednesday indicated that the unemployment figures increased by 12,500 from 39,700 in 2019 to 52,200 in 2020 resulting in an unemployment rate of 9 Full text...
Mauritius records slight increase in unemployment rate
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Thursday said that the unemployment rate in the island-nation increased from 10 Full text...
Unemployment rate in Tunisia drops by 2% in third quarter 2020
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The rate of unemployment in Tunisia dropped during the third quarter this year, reaching 16 Full text...
Tunisian unemployed embark on sit-in at seat of government for 10th consecutive day
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Several unemployed Tunisians, particularly graduates from higher institutions, Friday continued their sit-in at the seat of government here for the tenth consecutive day, PANA reported Full text...
Tunisia's unemployment rate climbs to 18% in second quarter of 2020
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of unemployed in Tunisia increased significantly from 15 Full text...
Libya has more than 50,000 unemployed graduates
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya has some 50,643 university graduates, most of them unemployed, according to statistics released by the ministry of Labour and Readaptation of the Government of National Accord Full text...
Unions call for unemployment insurance scheme in Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Federation of Public Private & Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) Tuesday lobbied authorities here to establish an unemployment insurance scheme Full text...
Number of unemployed people in Tunisia increased by 45% between 2007 and 2019
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of unemployed people in Tunisia increased by 45 per cent between 2007 and 2019, experts said at a think-tank workshop held on Friday in Tunis Full text...
Unemployment rates drop in Tunisia in last quarter of 2019
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The unemployment rate dropped in Tunisia to 14 Full text...
Unemployment continues to swing upwards in Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana’s latest quarterly multi modular survey, whose primarily module is to provide labor force statistics, has indicated that unemployment amongst youth has increased Full text...
Nigeria: Senate ask Nigerian govt to declare state of emergency over rising unemployment
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian senate Wednesday called on the executive branch of the federal government to declare a state of emergency on unemployment in the country, calling it a “time bomb” Full text...
AfDB says unemployment situation in Nigeria is frightening, shocking
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) says that youth unemployment situation in Nigeria is frightening, shocking and could be catastrophic soon Full text...
Nigeria, Netherlands to partner on capacity building to tackle unemployment
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is to partner the Kingdom of the Netherlands in capacity-building towards tackling the challenges of unemployment in the African country Full text...
More than 637,000 unemployed Tunisians recorded in first quarter of 2019
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The number of unemployed persons in Tunisia is estimated at more than 637,000 in the first quarter of this year, compared to the figure of 645,000 unemployed in the last quarter of 2018, according to results of a survey carried out by the Tunisian national statistic institute Full text...
Nigeria: Nigeria's unemployment rate to hit 33.5 per cent next year, says Minister
Tunisian unemployed graduates threathen to commit suicide
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several higher education graduates in Mahdia province in southern Tunisia threaten to commit suicide if their job applications continue to be ignored by the authorities Full text...
Unemployment rate declines in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Unemployment rate declined in Mauritius from 7 Full text...