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India launches phase-II of African e-network project

30.08.2010

India launched the second phase of pan-Africa e-network, adding 12 more countries to the New Delhi-aided long distance education and tele-medicine programme.

Speaking to senior ministers of 12 African countries via videoconference, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna underlined the importance India attaches to developing multi-faceted and enduring partnership with the African continent.

The tele-interaction lasted for nearly two hours and cut across the African continent covering countries ranging from Egypt in the north to Botswana in the south.

Other countries that formally joined the network included Burundi, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia and Uganda.

Eleven countries included in the first phase of the project launched last year were Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Seychelles.

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