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Messi confirms Qatar final his last World Cup

🌟 #FIFAWorldCup ⚽ SEMIFINALS France 🇫🇷 2 Morocco 🇲🇦 0 Argentina 🇦🇷 3 Croatia 🇭🇷 0 ⚽ FINAL SUNDAY France vs Argentina 6pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | QNA | Lionel Messi, captain of the Argentine national team, confirmed that the final match of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, on Sunday against the winner from Morocco and France, will represent …

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Vaccine manufacturing in Africa

Harnessing ways to make it work Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Africa suffers more than its fair share of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Over 90% of the world’s malaria deaths and 70% of all people living with HIV/AIDS are in Africa. More access to good medicines could significantly reduce this …

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Coca-Cola company names new president of Africa operating unit

Ortega replaces Bruno Pietracci, who has been named president of Coca-Cola’s Latin America operating unit Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Coca-Cola Company has announced that Luisa Ortega, will become president of the company’s Africa operating unit, overseeing markets across the continent. Ortega currently serves as president of the company’s …

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UNICEF, WFP embark on construction of joint premises in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have held a ground-breaking ceremony to kick off the construction of their multi-million-dollar joint office premises in Mbuya, a Kampala suburb. The UNICEF and WFP joint premises will enable the two …

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Founder of crypto exchange FTX faces charges from multiple U.S. agencies

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Multiple U.S. agencies have filed charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former chief executive officer of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, which went into bankruptcy in November 2022. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors and customers in crypto …

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Conference on Public Health in Africa underway

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The second Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) is underway in Kigali, Rwanda at the Kigali Convention Centre. The conference which officially opened yesterday. Dec 13th, attracted African Heads of State, ministers of health, and leading researchers and scientists. This conference is a platform …

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