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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reinstated Sao Tome and Principe in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers following an appeal against Mauritius.
This was announced in a statement on the federation’s website on Wednesday.
The Falcons and True Parrots Team will now join Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau in Group A of the Cote d’Ivoire 2023 AFCON qualifiers.
According to research conducted by the University of Miami, the ten surnames that were likely to consume the most alcohol in Latin America were revealed.
The test was done in 2015 with volunteers who were asked how many times they drank a week and in what amount, hence the result of the 10 most drunken surnames in Latin America.
ON FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) celebrated with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela the occasion of its 210th anniversary of independence.
The celebratory event, held at the Embassy of Venezuela at Ratho Mill, also saw the inaugural display of the photographic exhibition ‘Caribbean, Independence and Emancipation’ in the spaces of the Venezuelan diplomatic headquarters.
“The independence of Venezuela 210 years ago led the way for the liberation of South America, and the right of the peoples of this hemisphere to govern themselves,” stated Renwick Rose – president of the Vincentian/ Cuban Friendship Association.
He was delivering remarks at the Independence Anniversary celebrations of Venezuela, held on Friday July 9, 2021 at the Embassy of Venezuela, at Ratho Mill.
THE government of Zimbabwe recently dissolved the inaugural Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) that had been appointed in September 2019 and swiftly appointed a new team to fill up the void. The committee draws its existence from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Act Chapter 22:15 sub-section 29B.
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Since it was introduced over a decade ago, only about 30 of the world’s 196 countries have embraced and expressed a positive stance towards cryptocurrency usage in their economies.
While the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the European Union (27 countries) have accepted its usage by working to prevent or reduce the use of digital currencies for illegal transactions, cryptocurrencies remain banned in China, Russia, Vietnam, Bolivia, Columbia, and Ecuador.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has repeatedly warned banks about cryptocurrency transactions.
The Virgin Islands will receive about $362,000 in funding from the United Nations Covid-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund, government announced Tuesday.
The funds will contribute to the income support programme established by the government to assist vulnerable residents affected by the pandemic, according to Government Information Services.
It will be accompanied by technical assistance provided by the International Labour Organisation, the World Food Programme, and UNICEF to enhance residents’ employability and boost social protection.
SOURCE: BBC News – UK-bound arrivals from South America and Portugal will be banned from Friday over concerns about the Brazilian coronavirus variant.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the change would come into force from 04:00 GMT.
British and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights will still be able to travel but must isolate for 10 days, he said.
The decision was announced following a meeting of ministers on Thursday.
Paris, France, Jan 13 – More than 43 million hectares of forest — an area bigger than Germany — have been lost in a little over a decade in just a handful of deforestation hotspots, conservation organisation WWF said Wednesday.
Swathes of forest continue to be flattened each year — mainly due to industrial-scale agriculture — as biodiversity-rich areas are cleared to create space for livestock and crops.
Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides due to take part in this year’s Copa America, pulled out of the tournament, the secretary general of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Tuesday.
The two teams were set to join 10 others from South America in the tournament, which will be hosted by Argentina and Colombia in June and July.
“Qatar and Australia will not come to play in the Copa America,” Gonzalo Belloso told Argentine radio station Radio Red.
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