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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The following is the line up of the quarter-final matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar following the final Round of 16 matches played on Tuesday. Friday 9 December Croatia v Brazil at Education City Stadium in Doha (15:00 GMT)  Netherlands v Argentina at Lusail Stadium in Al Daayen (19:00 [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government plans to spend more than 125 billion CFA francs on health, according to the budget voted recently in the National Assembly. According to this budget, 125,785,961,000 CFA francs will be spent on the health sector in 2023, compared to 98,100 billion CFA francs in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The third edition of the International Insurance Forum in Libya started on Tuesday in Tripoli under the auspices of the Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity, Mohamrd Al-Haweij. The forum, which is under the slogan "Solidarity Insurance in Libya: Realities and [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) adopted on Tuesday by a majority vote, the draft law on the establishment of a Constitutional Court. In a brief statement, the spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Abdallah Blihak, announced that the House also approved by "consensus" the transfer [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on Tuesday condemned the suspension of Radio France Internationale (RFI) programmes by the Burkinabe authorities. Citing "shortcomings" in the French broadcaster's coverage of the security situation in the West African country, the Burkinabe government on Saturday suspended its broadcast throughout [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, resumed work on Monday after four months of "forced rest" following an illness. "I began my activities with a series of meetings with, among others, the Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, government spokesperson, the secretary general [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix, who is on a two-day working visit to Mali, has had a working session with the head of Malian diplomacy, Abdoulaye Diop, the Malian News Agency (AMAP) reported on Monday. The visit is part of the preparation of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya earned 93.728 billion dinars (about US$19.44 billion) in the first 11 months of this year. This compares with expenditures 88.887 billion dinars (US$18.44 billion), thus leaving a surplus of 4.841 dinars, (about US$1 billion), according to a report by the Ministry of Finance released on Monday. The [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Abdoulaye Bathily, will hold an online dialogue on Thursday with Libyan women and men. He said he wanted to hear their views on human rights issues on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day celebrations, said a statement issued on [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 80,000 people have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, the majority arriving over the past two years fleeing ongoing insecurity in Somalia and the unrelenting drought – the longest and most severe in decades. Despite a recent decrease in the pace of daily arrivals, UNHCR, [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency                                 Buying           Selling US Dollar                                   59.75          62.25 Pound Sterling                          [...]

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Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday said it will institutionalise the National Health Observatory (NHO), which is an important tool for evidence-based policy making. The Health and Wellness Minister said that the Government was investing massively in health infrastructure, such as the setting up of [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in five people employed – almost 23 per cent - have experienced violence and harassment in the workplace, whether physical, psychological or sexual, according to the first ever joint analysis of data worldwide. It was carried out by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), [...]

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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the last Round of 16 matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to be played on Tuesday. Morocco v Spain at Education City Stadium in Doha (15:00 GMT) Portugal v Switzerland at Lusail Stadium in Al Daayen (19:00 GMT) -0- PANA MA [...]

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