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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - After the first test of semi-automated offside technology at the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2019 in Qatar, FIFA has organised another demonstration of an advanced offside technology. According the FIFA media channel, FIFA invited the members of the Working Group for Innovation Excellence to an [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal recorded 4 new coronavirus-related deaths, 132 new cases and 114 new recoveries on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced at its daily briefing on the epidemiological situation. The new deaths bring to 116 the total number of patients who have died from the [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At its meeting on 30 June 2020, via video-conference to discuss the future of competitions and other related issues following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided as follows - Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 - After consultation with [...]

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Washington DC, US (PANA) - Although it is still six years away, Washington, D.C. is making a push to bring the 2026 FIFA World Cup to the US capital With North America selected as the location of choice for the 2026 World Cup rather than one country in particular, D.C. officials [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Currency                                    Buying               Selling Australian Dollar                        26.81                 28.23 Canadian Dollar                          28.53           [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Two deaths and 40 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Guinea on Tuesday out of 379 tests carried out, according to the daily bulletin of the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), sent to PANA on Wednesday. The new infections bring to 5,391 the total number of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) delegation in Libya has expressed solidarity with Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) in its efforts to resume oil production, denouncing the presence of foreign mercenaries in the southwest al-Charara oilfield. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the EU delegation, in agreement with the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 22 new cases of coronavirus , three rcoveries and one death have been recorded in Libya, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Wednesday.    To date, Libya has 824 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 206 recoveries and 24 deaths, the center said in [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Madi Jobarteh, one of Gambia’s leading human rights activists faces a “false publication and broadcasting” charge pressed by Gambian police and he was expected to report to a police station on Wednesday, PANA confirmed in Banjul. According to sources, Mr. Jobarteh was “invited” by officers stationed at [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  A man was killed and four others, including a pregnant woman, were taken hostage by armed attackers on Sunday in Tacharane town,  Gao region of northern Mali sources told PANA. The attackers, who intercepted their victims' vehicles, freed the driver and team leader charged by them to [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday approved conclusions on Africa, restating the paramount importance of a stronger European Union- Africa partnership. The conclusions note that Joint Communication Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa constitutes an excellent basis on which to initiate a “new ambitious partnership with [...]

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  Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                   50.40                        52.00 Pound Sterling                         64.20                       66.00 Euro                                             56 .90                       58.70 CFA Franc (5000)                     400.00                      425.00 Swedish Kroner (100)             480.00                     520.00 Australian Dollar                       34.50                       37.50 South African Rand                  12.00                       14.00 Canadian Dollar                          37.00                     [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has cancelled the 2019/20 football season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The GFA took the decision on Tuesday after a meeting in Accra during which the 12-member Executive Council weighed up options available to the football governing body if football [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The economic toll of COVID-19, both through lockdowns and external shocks, will have a staggering effect on African economies, according to Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of Africa Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).   Abebe made the remark at the IEA Africa Ministerial Roundtable on COVID-19 Impact [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Addressing poverty eradication on Tuesday in front of the General Assembly, UN chief António Guterres warned that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling “disproportionately on the most vulnerable: people living in poverty, the working poor, women and children, persons with disabilities, and other [...]

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