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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The following is the full lineup of the Round of 16 fixtures of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after completion of the group matches on Friday. 3 December Netherlands v USA (15:00 GMT) Argentina v Australia (19:00 GMT)  4 December France v Poland (15:00) England v Senegal (19:00) 5 December Japan v Croatia [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's coach, Otto Addo, resigned on Friday after the West African country crashed out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, according to the local media. Addo, 47, a former Ghana international replaced Milovan Rajevac last February initially as interim head, and agreed to take on [...]

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London, UK (PANA) - A British Court has set the stage for the hearing of a case in which an Irish firm is seeking compensation for the termination of its contract to construct a gas plant in Nigeria. The Irish firm, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), is suing the Nigerian [...]

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Bagatelle, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, reiterated here Friday the government’s commitment to produce 60% of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources and to phase out the use of coal by 2030. The move is intended to shift to a low carbon economy and [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The High Authority for Communication (HAC), Mali's media regulatory body, has initiated action to ensure good coverage of the upcoming elections. The President of HAC, Fodié Touré, initiated the action at a meeting held with the President of the Press House of Mali, Bandiougou Danté. Speaking at the [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Burkinabe government, Jean-Emmanuel Ouédraogo, on Friday denied reports in the local press of an attempted coup last Sunday night against the president of the transition, Captain Ibrahim Traore. "The president of the transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, never mentioned the term coup attempt. [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House Parliament, Aguila Saleh, has announced a meeting with the chairman of the High State Council, Khaled al-Mechri, that would be attended by the UN Envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily. He said that there is an agreement between the two legislative chambers regarding the [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union (AU) and the regional grouping, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), say they have made a breakthrough as they have held meetings with two rebel movements that have since 2005 refused to be part of efforts to reconcile the Khartoum government with [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC is holding crisis talks on Friday amid concerns that President Cyril Ramaphosa is on the verge of resigning. This is after Parliament released the report of a panel tasked with establishing whether Ramaphosa had a case to answer with regard to [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has said that South Africa should be ruled by a respected elder until the next election, leading a government of national unity, if President Cyril Ramaphosa loses the political support of his party. Pressure is mounting on Ramaphosa [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency                                 Buying           Selling US Dollar                                   56.00          59.00 Pound Sterling                          [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday completed the third review of Seychelles’ economic performance under the 32-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement that was approved on 28 July, 2021. The completion of the review allows the authorities to draw the equivalent [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Far too often, Africa is viewed from outside “through a prism of problems” said UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday, speaking in the Ethiopian capital, home to the African Union (AU), where he has been taking part in the sixth UN-AU annual conference. “When I see Africa, [...]

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