Day: July 11, 2023

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Teachers Leverage On Technology For Financial Empowerment

Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA), has taken initiatives to empower practicing and retired members in the profession by leveraging on the digital platform.

Speaking in Kisii town, Kisii County, the KEWOTA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Benta Opande, unveiled a digital platform project where teachers posted questions for picking by peera and students at subsidized fees.

Every, single question uploaded will be charged sh. 5 which will be payed to the teacher. A total of 840 student subscribers had been captured in the platform, revealed the CEO.

According to Opande, an MOU had been signed with stakeholders including Equity Bank to supply laptops to the association’s members to boost the government’s ICT Laboratory project.

Repayment for the laptops will range from 1-96 months, the mode that was of the individual teacher’s choice.

On the impending 20,000 teacher recruitment exercise by the Education ministry, the CEO expressed the association’s concern saying the 113,000-deficit called for bridging.

She, however, thanked the government for the gesture but wanted internship teachers whose contracts expired in February next year be hired on permanent and pensionable terms.

Lydia Moraa, the area association’s representative, decried the suffering the girl-child and retired teachers went through.

The rep assured them of the association’s presence at the grassroot and commitment to alleviate their plight.

Source: Kenya News Agency

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Sousse: Examination of Instalingo case file postponed

The indictment division of the Court of Appeal in Sousse decided on Tuesday to postpone consideration of the Instalingo case until July 20, at the request of the public prosecutor and the defendants’ lawyers, said the court’s official spokesman, Hédi Khssib.

The prosecution and the defendants’ lawyers had appealed against the sentence handed down by the examining magistrate, who had dismissed the charges against 15 suspects and referred 36 others to the indictment division, to be released or detained, on a case-by-case basis, the same source pointed out.

In September 2021, the public prosecutor ordered the opening of an investigation against Instalingo, a company specialising in digital content based in Kala Kebira (Governorate of Sousse), for attempting to change the form of government, inciting citizens to kill each other, calling for public disorder, murder and pillage, in accordance with Articles 67, 68 and 72 of the Criminal Code.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Regional conference on “Youth and the Future” opens in Tunis

The work of the regional conference on “youth and the future” kicked off on Tuesday morning at the Convention Centre in Tunis, in the presence of Minister for Youth and Sport Kamel Deguiche.

The Minister stressed the vital role of young people in shaping and defining a more mature model for the future, one that takes account of the challenges facing the region, notably food security, environmental issues, climate change and technological and economic revolutions.

«The government has begun to draw up a new pact with young people, based on a forward-looking vision that places young people at the heart of its priorities. This reflects the State’s determination to achieve a qualitative leap in the projects and programmes dedicated to them, in coordination with the various government and international partners.

The conference, organised by the National Youth Observatory with the support of the United Nations, will run for two days (July 11 – 12) and will be marked by a series of workshops for young Tunisian and Arab leaders, creators and experts.

Around 300 young volunteers and other actors from Tunisian and Arab civil society are taking part in this conference.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Arab Sports Games 2023 (Swimming): Mohamed Khalil Ben Ajmia and Rami Rahmouni win gold

Tunisian swimmer Mohamed Khalil Ben Ajmia won the gold medal in the 200m backstroke at the events held on Tuesday as part of the Algiers 2023 Arab Sports Games.

Ben Ajmia clocked a time of 2’37″04 to win his first gold medal of the Games, having already won silver twice and bronze once.

Compatriot Rami Rahmouni also bagged gold in the 1500m freestyle (15’42”).

Tunisia’s Jamila Boulakbeche and Heni Mosfar settled for bronze in the 100m freestyle and 200m butterfly respectively.

Tunisian swimmers have so far won 18 medals at the Games (2 gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze).

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Arab Sports Games-2023/ (women’s Boxing): Silver for Tunisia’s Wiem Jouini and Meriem Zayani

Tunisian boxers Meriem Homrani Zayani and Wiem JOuini won silver in the women’s boxing tournament at the Arab Sports Games (July 5-15), on Tuesday in Algiers.

Zayani lost to Oran Mediterranean Games gold medallist, Algerian Hadjila Khélif, by a referee stoppage in the second round of the -60kg category.

Tunisia’s Wiem Jouini (-50kg) had earlier lost to another Algerian, Roumaïssa Boualem.

In addition to hosts Algeria, 12 Arab countries are taking part in the Algiers event, which involves women’s competitions for the first time.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Arab Sports Games-(Women’s Boxing): Tunisian Chedha Jelassi bags silver

Tunisian boxer Chedha Jelassi, the last Tunisian contender in the women’s finals held on Tuesday at the Arab Sports Games in Algiers 2023, fell short of surpassing her compatriots as she clinched the silver medal in the -52kg category.

Jelassi was defeated by Jordanian boxer Hanan Nasser on points.

Earlier, Meriem Homrani Zayani and Wiem Jouini also claimed silver medals in the women’s boxing tournament at the Games.

Zayani was beaten by the gold medalist from the Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algerian Hadjila Khélif, through a referee’s stoppage in the second round in the -60kg weight category.

Wiem Jouini (-50kg) was defeated by another Algerian boxer, Roumaïssa Boualem.

Next to hosts Algeria, twelve Arab countries are taking part in the Algiers edition, which marks the first inclusion of the women’s tournament.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Arab Sports Games 2023-(Women’s Boxing ): Podiums

Podiums of the women’s boxing tournament at the Arab Sports Games (5-15 July), following the finals held on Tuesday in Algiers.

(-48 kg):

1-Fatiha Mansouri (ALG)

2-Moutaki Yasmine (MAR)

3-Hafsi Wafa (TUN)

-Almaeeri Jawaher (UAE)

(-50 kg):

1-Boualem Roumaïssa (ALG)

2-Jouini Weam (TUN)

3-Hantool Kalthoum (KSA)

-Cheddar Rabab (MAR)

(-52 kg):

1-Nassar Hanan Ayed (JOR)

2-Jlassi Chadha (TUN)

3-Al Ali Haya (UAE)

-Miloudi Souha (ALG)

(-54 kg):

1-Bertal Widad (MAR)

2-1-Abdelkader Hadjala Fatma-Zohra (ALG)

3-Chebbi Amel (TUN)

(-60 kg):

1-Khelif Hadjila (ALG)

2-Homrani Zayani Meriem (TUN)

3-Ashour Hadeel Ghazwan (KSA)

(-63 kg):

1-Zobeida Hayam Fatma-Zohra (ALG)

2-Alnaimi Ragad Ibrahim (KSA)

3-Al Jabor Dana (Qatar)

(-66 kg):

1-Khelif Imane (ALG)

2-Belahbib Oumayma (MAR)

3-Ibrahim Tiba Fahem Ibrahim (IRQ)

(-75 kg):

1-Lahmidi Saida (MAR)

2-Benane Djoher (ALG)

3-Ben Mabrouk Molka (TUN)

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Medenine: 450 Sub-Saharan migrants stranded at borders, relocated to secure facilities

The group of Sub-Saharan migrants stranded at the borders in Ben Guerdane of Medenine Governorate have all been relocated to secure facilities, enabling them to receive necessary medical and psychological care, Medenine Governor Said ben Zayed told TAP on Tuesday.

“This is a humanitarian operation driven by the sole duty of humanity and is in line with the well-entrenched values in Tunisia’s history,» emphasised the governor.

He further mentioned the interventions carried out for the group of migrants in the border area, conducted by teams of Tunisian Red Crescent volunteers who were deployed to the field last Sunday to provide the necessary care.

As a reminder, the transfer operation of a group of 450 Sub-Saharan migrants stranded in the border zone in Ben Guerdane commenced on Monday morning, with a number of the migrants being directed to the governorates of Medenine and Tataouine.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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US embassy defence attaché sees Navy’s potential as positive

The defence attaché of the US Embassy in Angola, John Ringquist, on Monday in the northern province of Zaire, considered the Soyo Naval Base an opportunity for the Navy to demonstrate its security capabilities in the country and in the Gulf of Guinea region.

Speaking to ANGOP, in the scope of the re-inauguration ceremony of Naval Base in Soyo, the US diplomat was worried due to the region´s instability and reaffirmed his country’s readiness to fight crime and illegal activities.

To him, the presence of the warships in the Gulf of Guinea region disrupts the activities of pirates, illegal fishermen and others, hence the need for cooperation between the naval forces of African countries and beyond.

He considered Angola a potential partner whose work can contribute to the improvement of the region.

John Ringquist said that there is no need to have a ship in the Gulf of Guinea every day, but with strong partners, like Angola, they should work to exchange and create security in the future, given the importance of the relationship between the naval forces of the two countries.

He said that the US has carried out specific naval exercises in North, South and West Africa, as well as with partners from other parts of the world, namely France, Spain, Brazil and Portugal.

On his turn, the defence attaché of the Portuguese Embassy in Angola, Paulo Guedes Vaz, considered that the Soyo Naval Base is important for combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region, stressing that the Angolan government’s investment will modernise the infrastructure, adding that it will make the Navy invest more in the training of its staff.

The diplomat also spoke of the need for the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and the Portuguese Armed Forces to continue making joint military exercises in order to strengthen combat skills.

The Soyo Naval Base has a regional maritime coordination centre and its re-inauguration was part of the celebrations of the 47th anniversary of the navy, marked this Monday

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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