Category: General

Amman: The Sixth Conference on Inclusive Education and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities commenced Thursday at the Hussein Cultural Center, aiming to enhance the integration and societal roles of individuals with disabilities and their families.

Hatem Hamlan, Deputy Director for Community Development, highlighted Jordan’s strides in disability rights, emphasizing the need for inclusive education and the advancement of disability rights, supported by robust legislation like the Disability Rights Law. He underscored the Secretariat’s efforts to foster social integration through modern educational methods and suitable facilities.

Ayman Saud, Director of the People with Disabilities Unit, emphasized the Amman Municipality’s dedication to serving individuals with disabilities across various domains, including culture, social welfare, economics, sports, and recreation. He highlighted the model neighborhood in Jabal Al-Hussein as a pioneering initiative, enabling independent access for individuals with disa
bilities and paving the way for disability-friendly urban environments.

Shadi Abu Rumman, Conference Chair and Director of the Education for All Center, stressed the significance of inclusive participation of individuals with disabilities in the workforce and social activities as a key indicator of societal progress. He emphasized early intervention to address challenges from childhood, enhancing educational opportunities, and fostering societal integration and empowerment.

The conference, organized jointly by the People with Disabilities Unit in the Amman Municipality and the Education for All Center, spans three days and features scientific sessions with participation from various stakeholders, including ministries, governmental agencies, and private institutions. The aim is to devise best practices and recommendations for the integration of individuals with disabilities into society.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Israeli enemy warplanes have stricken the region situated between Alma as-Shaab and Naqoura towns, our correspondent reported on Thursday.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Nablus – Ma’an – A young man was shot by Israeli occupation forces at dawn today, Thursday, in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, and another was arrested.

Local sources confirmed that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the town, toured several neighborhoods, and arrested the citizen, Hilal Abu Al-Saud, after storming his house, searching it, and tampering with its contents.

The sources indicated that confrontations broke out between the young men and the invading occupation forces, who fired live bullets and wounded a young man in the foot, after which he was transferred to a medical center to receive treatment.

Source: Maan News Agency

Ramallah – Ma’an – Health announced today at dawn that a child was killed by occupation bullets in Ramallah.

She added that the child, Khaled Raed Suleiman Arouq (16 years old), was injured by live occupation bullets in the chest, in Ramallah, and doctors declared him dead.

Source: Maan News Agency

Rabat – Participants in the seminar organized by the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) on the theme “Fact-Checking: Detection of fake news in media content”, announced Thursday in Rabat, the creation of the Network of African Press Agencies Fact-Checkers Journalists (RJF-FAAPA).

This Network, whose creation was announced at the ceremony to award certificates to seminar participants, presided over by FAAPA president and MAP Director General Fouad Arif, is intended as a structure for concerted, effective and serious work by FAAPA member agencies in the fight against disinformation.

It promotes the setting up of a framework for journalists, enabling them to create a platform specialized in the verification of news and multimedia content, as well as the development of a guide to fact-checking with a view to making it available to journalists from African press agencies.

The members of this Network, who have expressed their determination to forge ahead with the mutualization of efforts in th
e fight against fake news, will contribute within their respective newsrooms to the implementation of information verification techniques, and will help strengthen coordination between FAAPA members in this field.

In a statement to MAP, RJF-FAAPA coordinator Jean Bedel Ndandula, from the Congolese Press Agency, praised the great commitment shown by the seminar’s trainers and participants to the topics covered, including theoretical and practical workshops on fact-checking methodology, ways of combating disinformation and fact-checking tools and techniques.

‘Creating this network is a first. It is a scientific fraternity that is emerging and also a great challenge because FAAPA press agencies will now fight together against disinformation for democracy and peace in Africa “, underlined Ndandula.

Cameroonian journalist and media expert Xavier Messé A Tiati, who took part in the seminar as a trainer, said that the technological advances and professionalism of the Maghreb Arab News Agency are “unique” in Afric
a, emphasizing MAP’s constant concern to share its experience and expertise with FAAPA member press agencies.

“Morocco has always been keen to help African countries in the fields of health, security and the economy. Today, within the framework of FAAPA, this sharing of experience is taking place in the field of information and journalism”, noted Tiati.

The five-day seminar, attended by 24 journalists from FAAPA member press agencies, covered various aspects of the chosen theme, including “the history of the spread of fake news and the emergence of Fact-checking”, “the objectives and challenges of Fact-checking”, “Fact-checking tools and techniques” and “Fact-checking methodology”.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Amman: The Amman Stock Exchange concluded trading on Thursday with a 0.28 percent rise, reaching 2,440 points.

A total of 5.3 million shares were traded, valued at JD10.5 million, across 2,043 transactions.

Among publicly traded companies, 27 experienced an increase in share prices, 13 saw a decrease, and 30 remained stable.

Source: Jordan News Agency