Morocco have reached the World Cup knockout stage for the first time since 1986. Photo: Paul ELLIS / AFPSource: AFPFour years ago Africa was left without a representative in the World Cup last 16 for the first time since the round was introduced in 1986, but the response has been emphatic in Qatar.The 2022 tournament has seen two teams from the continent reach the knockout phase for only the second time — after Algeria and Nigeria in 2014.African nations have also taken a record-breaking 24 points in the group stage, smashing the previous best of 15 points in 1998.Morocco beat…
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Hwang Hee-chan of Korea Republic celebrates victory after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group H … [+] match between Korea Republic and Portugal at Education City Stadium on December 02, 2022 in Al Rayyan, Qatar. (Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)Getty Images Hwang Hee-chan’s late goal for South Korea against Portugal means that for the first time ever, three sides from the Asian Football Confederation have reached the round of 16 at the World Cup. South Korea’s win over Portugal means it finished second in Group H and will join Australia and Japan in the next round. That win…
Water Wells for Africa founder Kurt Dahlin discovered decades ago how harmful the generational impact of contaminated sources was in Southeast Africa. In 1994, he visited the country of Malawi as part of a humanitarian mission regarding refugees who were fleeing there from Mozambique, which was embroiled in a civil war. “I discovered the terrible scourge of water poverty where women, girls, and whole families where were all suffering from contaminated open water sources,” he told The Epoch Times. A woman carries water in Lupapa Village, Malawi, on July 6, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times) That discovery led to Dahlin’s…
By Annie Oeth UMMC Communications Child life specialist Cara Williams sorts through the many dolls donated for children’s hospital patients in this 2020 file photo. Santa’s helpers around the state can deliver items to Mississippi’s only children’s hospital at the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi Dec. 12-16. “This will be the first time that Holiday Giving Week is held at the Sanderson Tower,” said Jen Hospodor, director of community development, annual giving and alumni engagement. “Donors can drive by the children’s hospital’s holiday decorations and drop off items without leaving their cars, making holiday giving easy…
VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 2, 2022 /CNW/ – (TSX: AOI) (Nasdaq-Stockholm: AOI) – Africa Oil Corp. (“AOI”, “Africa Oil” or “the Company”) provides an update on its appeal process in relation to Kenya Revenue Authority’s (“KRA”) corporate income tax (“CIT”) and value added tax (“VAT”) assessments, made in connection with farmout transactions completed during the period of 2012 to 2017. View PDF Version Related Documents AFRICA OIL – KENYA HIGH COURT TAX APPEAL UPDATE (CNW Group/Africa Oil Corp.) On April 8, 2020, Africa Oil announced that Kenya Tax Appeals Tribunal (“TAT”) had ruled on the Company’s appeal related to KRA’s CIT and VAT…
During French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the United States this week, First ladies Jill Biden and Brigitte Macron visited the Planet Word museum – an immersive experience dedicated to language arts – where they and a group of students took in a bilingual poetry reading that included the national poet laureate and former national student poet. What You Need To Know First ladies Jill Biden and Brigitte Macron visited the Planet Word museum on Thursday during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the United States The two first ladies, both lifelong educators, and a group of students took in a bilingual poetry…
Jeff Landry speaks during CPAC Texas 2022Photo: Shutterstock Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) has launched an online form encouraging state residents to report the “taxpayer-subsided sexualization of children” by librarians, their supervisors, teachers, school board members, and district superintendents. “Librarians and teachers are neither empowering nor liberating our children by connecting them with books that contain extremely graphic sexual content that is far from age appropriate for young audiences,” the form, entitled “Protect Minors,” reads. “If this type of taxpayer-subsided sexualization of children has impacted you or your family, tell us about it.” Landry, who recently launched a bid…
South Africa is home to tens of thousands of small-scale fishers and fishing households. Some fish are purely for consumption and subsistence, while others make up a small commercial sector. Small-scale fishers have long suffered discrimination in South Africa. Under the apartheid government’s segregation policies, many were forcibly removed from their homes and traditional fishing grounds. They were also unable to sell their catch. Despite high hopes for reform under the post-apartheid government, policies did not favor the majority of small-scale fisheries. Instead, they emphasized privatization and economic growth. As a result, small-scale fishers in the Western Cape province joined…
Comment on this storyCommentCAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s ruling party said Friday that it is still considering whether to allow legislators to start impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, the last remaining member of Nelson Mandela’s inner circle still in government leadership.A panel of two judges and a lawyer sent shock waves through the government on Wednesday when they recommended an impeachment committee investigate whether Ramaphosa committed misconduct in an incident involving a large sum of money hidden in a couch that was later stolen.Ramaphosa said in response, “I categorically deny that I have violated this oath in…
Hundreds of academics and leaders of international institutions from around the world came together for an African Development Bank Forum on ways to harness the skills, wealth and dynamism of Africa’s 160-million-strong diaspora to its growth and development. The hybrid event took place against the difficult geopolitical backdrop of high global economic imbalances slowing direct investment into the continent as well as accelerating shifts in the job market. As a result, experts believe the $95.6 billion that Africans abroad remitted to the continent and their skills and expertise have assumed greater importance to Africa’s prospects. Participants agreed that more…