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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 [...]Full text...
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Cameroon on Friday became the first African country to beat Brazil in a FIFA World Cup tournament when the Central Africans upset the South American giants 1-0 in their final Group G match in the 2022 edition in Qatar.
However, the Indomitable Lions still crashed out of the tournament [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - In another day of twists and turns at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, South Korea stunned Portugal 2-1 with a winner in the final minutes to jump from the bottom of Group H to qualify for the Round of 16.
Before South Korea's winner by [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, has reaffirmed his support for all efforts to end the crisis in Libya through a Libyan-Libyan solution.
He has, therefore, reiterated his support for the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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. [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
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, [...]Full text...
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The following are the fixtures and tables for Day 3 matches in Groups G and H in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to be played on Friday.
Group G
Cameroon v Brazil (19:00)
Serbia v Switzerland (19:00)
Table
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