Middle East and Africa Archive
Lifestyle
UNICEF India has launched #babiesneedyou, a digital campaign that implores parents, future parents and the general public to put vaccination high on their priority list. The campaign seeks
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E-Governance
The Ethiopian government has renewed efforts to silence independent voices abroad by using apparent foreign spyware, Human Rights Watch said Monday. It suggests the Ethiopian authorities should immediately
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E-Governance
Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced a senior opposition figure on February 15, 2015, to 18 months in prison for criticizing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to Human
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E-Governance
Facebook Users The Center for the Study of Organized Cyber Crimes, an extra-judicial branch of the Revolutionary Guards, arrested 12 individuals and summoned another 24 for interrogation as
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Corporate
IBM (NYSE: IBM) launched Wednesday the IBM Middle East and Africa Digital Sales Center in Cairo. The center, which represents a $3 million investment by IBM, is part
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E-Governance
Nabeel Rajab Authorities in Bahrain arrested human rights advocate Nabeel Rajab following a message on his Twitter account that said, “Many #Bahrain men who joined #terrorism & #ISIS
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Editorial
If ISIS decides to execute cyber attacks on the systems of its enemies, it will be difficult to identify the attackers and catch them. Then what’s the remedy?
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Lifestyle
Save the Children and Google announced Monday a new public giving campaign to combat the deadly Ebola virus that is sweeping across West Africa. For every $1 donated
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Enterprise Tech
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched several initiatives to help curb the spread of Ebola in West Africa. They include a citizen engagement and analytics system in Sierra Leone
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Feature
A slew of videos that talked about the beheading of Islamic State hostages have appeared in the past few weeks, though the authenticity of the videos has not
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Middle East and Africa
MoboFree.com, a leading African social marketplace, today announced that the total volume of items currently for sale in its marketplace is worth USD 526 million and is expected
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Enterprise Events
MIT Technology Review’s Digital Summit will take place in San Francisco on June 9 and 10. As a major sponsor of the event, the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab
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Corporate
Global Internet media company Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO) is partnering with Open Arms, a nonprofit organization that provides care for orphaned children in Malawi, to build a computer
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Corporate
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), an integrated free zone technology park, launched ‘Silicon Park’. It is claimed to be the first
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Consumer
Leading PC company Lenovo has appointed The House Worldwide as its creative agency of record in EMEA. The House replaces Saatchi & Saatchi in EMEA. Saatchi & Saatchi’s
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