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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Japan came from behind to stun Spain 2-1 but both reached the Round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar while Germany crashed out despite a 4-2 win over Costa Rica in an exciting finale of Group E matches on Thursday. At the Khalifa International [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A UN body responsible for working to bring Sudanese political and social rivals together to agree on how to run  a transitional period followed by elections on Thursday said it was able to gather over 80 Sudanese women to say what they wanted in and after [...]

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Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is now scheduled to hold a special meeting on Friday. The virtual meeting was meant to take place on Thursday afternoon to deal with the Phala Phala farm saga surrounding South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The [...]

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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Morocco on Thursday beat Canada 2-1 in their final Group F match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to reach the Round of 16 with Croatia, who held Belgium to a 0-0 draw in the other group match. The Moroccans ended the group stage with 7 points [...]

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Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has lost the political support of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and is "very likely" to announce his resignation as head of state in the next few hours, according to reports circulating here. Ramaphosa will also resign as president [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Central Office for the Fight against Illicit Enrichment (OCLEI) of Mali and the Superior Authority for State Control and the Fight against Corruption (ASCE-LC) of Burkina Faso signed on Tuesday in Bamako, a cooperation and collaboration protocol, a reliable source told PANA. Through this document, OCLEI [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is projected in the African region, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Thursday. The Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022 assessed the nine targets related to the [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central Africa in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Providing statistics to back its position on World AIDS Day on Thursday, it said 90% of people living with HIV/AIDS in the country had known [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, in the Boucle du Mouhoun region of northwest Burkina Faso, local security sources said on Thursday. A policeman was killed in the attack, sources said. The defence and security forces have [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120 people were evacuated on Wednesday on a charter flight from Libya to Italy, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced. In a statement, the UNHCR said they included children, women at risk, victims of violence and some people who had just been [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - East Africa's foreign ministers have concluded two days of deliberations in Khartoum focussing on security, economic and political developments facing their region, describing the outcome as “successful”. The 48th meeting of the East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), was chaired by Sudan's foreign [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities marking World AIDS Day, commemorated on 1 December each year, were organised on Thursday at the Equestrian Square in Abu Setta, on the Tripoli Corniche, aimed at raising public awareness about this disease, its symptoms and transmission processes. Organised under the theme: "Equality", the day is [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Communications, Mohamed al-Chahoubi, and the Tunisian Minister of Transport, Rabi Majidi, on Wednesday signed an agreement to increase the number of flights between the two countries and on linking their airports. The agreement signed in Tunis on the sidelines of the visit of [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Lesotho's Prime Minister, Sam Matekane, is scheduled to meet his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Friday. The Office of the Prime Minister said a planned meeting with the country's business community would be pushed back to a date yet to be announced. The [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday'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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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Telecommunication companies in Ghana are beginning the process of deactivating SIM cards of subscribers that are yet to be fully linked to the national identity cards, as the deadline to comply passed on Wednesday. The decision by the telecommunication networks – AirtelTigo, MTN and Vodafone – to [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Holy Week in Guatemala, traditional tea preparation in China, and the artisanal knowledge surrounding France’s iconic daily bread loaf, the baguette, are among the latest cultural practices and expressions to be recognised by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). They were inscribed on the Representative List [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising inflation has caused a striking decline in real monthly wages in many countries, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a report published on Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for policies to prevent further poverty, inequality and social unrest.  Global monthly wages fell in real terms [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end the inequalities which are blocking progress towards stopping the pandemic, and eradicating the virus. “The world has promised to end AIDS by 2030,” said Secretary-General  António Guterres in his official message, [...]

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