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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union Commission (AUC) and HelpAge International have signed a memorandum of understanding to work towards improving the welfare of older people and the ageing population in Africa, the Commission announced Wednesday
©- - 14 september 2016 - 17:09:46 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (307 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has launched a study on ecological risks of hull cleaning operations in its port waters in a bid to get rid of anti-fouling compounds that persist in water, killing sea life, harming the environment and possibly entering the food chain
©- - 14 september 2016 - 13:49:22 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (429 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) considers acceptable the appeal lodged with the Constitutional Court of Gabon by candidates to the 27 August 2016 Presidential Election, according to a statement issued here Wednesday
©- - 14 september 2016 - 12:14:32 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (381 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu and Vice-President Inonge Wina were on Tuesday sworn in following the 11 August elections at an inauguration ceremony in the capital, Lusaka, at Heroes Stadium
©- - 13 september 2016 - 13:42:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (160 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 09 september 2016 - 14:00:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (121 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - While pondering the exit strategy for the African peacekeeping force in Somalia, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has reiterated its call to the UN Security Council to consider lifting the arms embargo imposed on Somalia as contained in UNSC resolution 2244 (2015)
©- - 09 september 2016 - 09:32:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (506 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 08 september 2016 - 15:06:10 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (147 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian minister of Economy and Finance, Moctar ould Diaye, and the Japanese ambassador, Hisatsugu Shimuzu, on Thursday exchanged notes on a US$2 million grant to finance the purchase of equipment to improve security at the Nouakchott and Nouadhibou airports
©- - 08 september 2016 - 14:09:41 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (158 words)


Flic-en Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Education and Human Resources Minister Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun on Wednesday said that providing education is a social enterprise and, “indeed, without education we cannot envisage the eradication of absolute poverty and achieving the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development
©- - 07 september 2016 - 17:29:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (435 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 07 september 2016 - 12:05:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (146 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A tsunami simulation exercise, named Indian Ocean Wave 2016 ‘IOWave16’, will on Thursday and Friday put Indian Ocean countries into a tsunami warning situation requiring prompt government decisions and interventions, PANA learned from official sources in Port-Louis
©- - 07 september 2016 - 09:02:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (368 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The range of conflicts that the African Union (AU) has to mediate and resolve have not only persisted but have grown in complexity, the organization's Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui said here Tuesday
©- - 06 september 2016 - 19:27:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (558 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday urged Morocco and the Polisario Front "to create the necessary environment for the resumption of talks and the early holding of the self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people
©- - 05 september 2016 - 17:55:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (270 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chair of the African Union, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno on Monday reaffirmed the readiness of the AU to assist the parties in Gabon in finding a rapid settlement to the post-election situation prevailing in the West-Central African country
©- - 05 september 2016 - 16:22:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (227 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 05 september 2016 - 09:26:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council on Sunday in New York expressed concern over the political impasse in Guinea-Bissau and urged leaders in the West African country to find a solution to the crisis, and ensure a functioning government
©- - 05 september 2016 - 05:58:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (441 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 02 september 2016 - 16:19:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 02 september 2016 - 10:48:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – As the African Ministerial Conference on the Ocean Economy and Climate change progresses Thursday, Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and External communications, Mr Xavier-Luc Duval, has stressed the need to draw the attention of international agencies and donors to this issue
©- - 01 september 2016 - 12:46:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (465 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - With fisheries and aquaculture emerging as transformational forces for African economies, more needs to be done to mitigate the impacts of climate change and illegal fishing on oceans and coastal communities
©- - 01 september 2016 - 11:38:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (686 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 01 september 2016 - 09:35:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Thursday said that Mauritius is determined to make of the Ocean Economy a new pillar for wealth creation
©- - 01 september 2016 - 09:31:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (648 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Mahen Kumar Seeruttun has asked the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for further assistance in urgently helping the island to control and eradicate the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
©- - 01 september 2016 - 06:21:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (282 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday signed two technical cooperation agreements to strengthen the 'National Food Safety and Plant Health Protection Systems' and the 'Forest Code Revision and Institutional Reform', official sources in Port Louis said
©- - 31 august 2016 - 17:46:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (446 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy in Guinea-Bissau, Modibo Toure, has emphasized the need for Guinea-Bissau’s political leaders to put aside partisan considerations and focus on national interests and the welfare of the suffering population
©- - 31 august 2016 - 13:44:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (363 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 31 august 2016 - 12:58:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation Minister, Mr Etienne Sinatambou, has said that emerging technologies such as cloud computing, the internet and big data, and the digital landscape offer unlimited opportunities
©- - 31 august 2016 - 07:09:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (420 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - The World Bank Group, in collaboration with Mauritius, is organizing the African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate Change from 1-3 September, 2016, in Mauritius, PANA learnt on Tuesday from official sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 30 august 2016 - 13:44:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (464 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Seventy-two people were killed in road accidents that occurred in Mauritius during the first semester of 2016, while 275 were seriously injured and 1,564 were slightly injured
©- - 30 august 2016 - 07:05:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (219 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Though the African Union (AU) announced at its recent summit in Kigali, Rwanda, that it intended to initiate a national dialogue on reconciliation among Libyan stakeholders in order to address the security crisis that erupted in 2011, it is still unclear how this dialogue will be put in place
©- - 29 august 2016 - 16:01:33 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (425 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –The FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, will visit Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles from 29 August to 3 September 2016 in support of the Indian Ocean Commission’s Regional Programme on Food and Nutrition Security
©- - 28 august 2016 - 07:20:54 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (184 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) that has been ravaging Mauritian livestock for the past three weeks continued to dominate the headlines again this week as the authorities proceed to vaccinate those animals that are still in good health
©- - 27 august 2016 - 12:44:13 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (465 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth left Port Louis on Friday with a high-level delegation to attend the 6thTokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) which will take place on 27-28 August 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya
©- - 26 august 2016 - 17:46:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (231 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) on Thursday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling 1 Euro 399
©- - 25 august 2016 - 15:33:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 25 august 2016 - 08:57:07 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - An annular Solar Eclipse, that will be a deep partial solar eclipse, where the sun disc will be eclipsed up to 90 per cent, will be visible in Mauritius on 1 September 2016, the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre (RGSC) announced on Thursday in Port-Louis
©- - 25 august 2016 - 07:39:58 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (250 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 24 august 2016 - 08:44:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The US government is gravely concerned about the harsh prison terms imposed on 20 individuals who were arrested following the 29 June riots in Nouakchott, Mauritinia, due to deficiencies in legal representation of the defendants and the government's evidence presented against the accused, a statement from the US State Department said
©- - 22 august 2016 - 15:01:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (256 words)


Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Seeking to promote Uganda as an important global oil and gas resource holder, authorities in this East African country are preparing to host a prestigious conference from 22-23 November 2016, which will provide a platform for the government and state companies to discuss the development and best practice of the country’s already thriving oil and gas industry
©- - 21 august 2016 - 09:30:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (259 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Friday launched a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to prevent cervical cancer among girls as part of the Expanded Programme of Immunisation in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations
©- - 19 august 2016 - 06:37:45 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (316 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 35 African heads of state and government have confirmed their intention to attend the sixth Summit of the Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD), an international forum to discuss Africa’s economic growth and trade in Africa, officials said Wednesday
©- - 18 august 2016 - 15:26:03 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (413 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) on Thursday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling 1 Euro 398
©- - 18 august 2016 - 12:57:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (139 words)