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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of second-leg 2nd Preliminary Round matches of 2024/25 CAF Champions League played on Saturday.TP Mazembe 2-1 Red Arrows (TP Mazembe qualify for Group stage on 4-1 aggregate)Petro de Luanda 0-0 Maniema Union (Maniema Union progress to group stage on 1-2 aggregate)Orlando [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of the 2024/25 CAF Confederation Cup second-leg 2nd Preliminary Round matches played on Friday and Saturday.Played FridayZamalek 2-1 Kenya Police FC (Zamalek reach group stage on 3-1 aggregate) Stade Malien 3-1 Paynesville FC (Stade Malien progress to group stage on 3-2 aggregate)Played SaturdaySekhukhune [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by reports of a full-scale assault on El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said on Saturday.UN chief António Guterres called on Lt. General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo to act responsibly and [...]

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Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies and reforms that could be supported by a new 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, with requested access of US $253 million.The ECF would support restoring [...]

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Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved US$90 million in additional financing for the Horn if Africa: Djibouti Regional Economic project.The new support will expand the scope of the US$70 million original project, approved in December 2021, to enhance regional connectivity and resilience, logistics efficiency, and [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Saturday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency              Buying        SellingBurundi Franc     0.9226       0.9251Euro                     2,989.9168       3,020.0864British Pound      3,563.6447      3,599.5515Japanese [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Young people took centre stage at UN Headquarters on Friday in the lead-up to the Summit of the Future – an unprecedented opportunity for world leaders to address current and emerging global challenges, and reform outdated international institutions.  Scores of youth from across the world packed [...]

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Al-Zawaida, Gaza (PANA) - The fear and anxiety caused by the ongoing war in Gaza is causing a range of speech problems including stuttering amongst young children, according to a therapist interviewed by the United Nations.In a modest tent in a makeshift camp for displaced people west of the town [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the second-leg 2nd Preliminary Round matches of 2024/25 CAF Champions League to be played on Saturday and Sunday.Saturday 21 SeptemberTP Mazembe vs. Red ArrowsPetro de Luanda vs. Maniema UnionOrlando Pirates vs. GalaxyMamelodi Sundowns vs. Mbabane SwallowsAhly vs. Gor MahiaYoung Africans [...]

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