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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Notwithstanding Plato’s 2,400-year-oldproverb, necessity alone is not the mother of invention. It also requires opportunity. An individual’s likelihood of becoming an innovator reflects parental background in terms of income and sociological factors, recent research shows. Highly talented children from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to innovate far below [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - While the African halal market is estimated at over $150 billion. In the Coastal West Africa Region, Côte d'Ivoire's halal food and agricultural products market is similarly growing.It shows promise thanks to the increasing number of halal product consumers in the country and in the [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) — The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                      [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's government is facilitating hazardous mining and processing of toxic lead waste in the city of Kabwe that poses major health risks to children, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Wednesday. These business activities add to the harm faced by Kabwe residents, who have [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  A United Nations independent expert warned on Tuesday of an increase in hostage-taking by states and non-state actors, with hostages being used unwittingly as bargaining chips in international relations.“Hostage-taking is a form of cruelty – pure and simple – and almost always involves torture,” said Alice [...]

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Goma, DRC (PANA) - Before the recent escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which caused an explosion of sexual violence, the United Nations had developed a programme to help survivors of such violence recover economically.In 2024, the UN provided support to train women who had suffered [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  As the number of violent conflicts reaches “the highest level since World War II,” arms transfers and diversion are contributing to internal repression, human rights abuses and serious violations of international humanitarian law, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a new report on Tuesday, [...]

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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -  Economic diversification away from oil, investing in its people and strengthening institutions are crucial for stemming economic decline in Equatorial Guinea, says the World Bank in its latest Country Economic Memorandum report on the country.The decline in the country’s oil revenues, combined with past shortfalls [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania,Currency          Buying          SellingEuro                      2,729.7886    2,757.61British Pound      3,297.6199     3,331.9049Japanese Yen      [...]

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Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Synthetic drugs are rapidly transforming the global drug trade, fuelling an escalating public health crisis, according to the UN administered International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).In its 2024 Annual Report, released on Tuesday, the INCB explains that unlike plant-based drugs, these substances can be made anywhere, without [...]

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Rome, Italy (PAA) - “The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 million young children at risk of acute malnutrition, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.The East African country faced famine in 2022, but a scale-up in humanitarian assistance helped [...]

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