Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi and Somalia have called for an "urgent" Summit of Heads of State and Government of troop-contributing countries to the African Mission for Peacekeeping in Somalia (AMISOM), ahead of the end to their mandate before the end of this year, even as the threat of radical Islamists persists against the central government in Mogadishu

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A study by the Mauritius Research Council (MRC) on education level and on women’s participation in research and development showed that the number of female candidates opting for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects at the higher school certificate and tertiary level in Mauritius is lower than the number of male candidates, particularly in the field of engineering and ICT

©- - 20 february 2019 - 14:46:56 - thread Union africaine (323 words)


UN-AU task force expresses support to Lake Chad Basin Commission in fighting Boko Haram

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) have reaffirmed their commitment to support the efforts of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in the implementation of the Regional Strategy for the Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience of the Boko Haram-affected areas

©- - 20 february 2019 - 12:57:46 - thread Union africaine (512 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 20 february 2019 - 08:24:14 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A converted 130-year-old cottage located next to a cave on a beach in a small coastal village has been named the best restaurant in the world

©- - 19 february 2019 - 11:37:46 - thread Union africaine (273 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania

©- - 19 february 2019 - 11:31:43 - thread Union africaine (136 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 18 february 2019 - 09:36:41 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Young boys and girls, sometimes college students, fighting each other in public places, jostling, insulting and even banging on police officers who came to restore order, five young people arrested and a policeman injured Wednesday, made the headlines this week in Mauritius
©- - 16 february 2019 - 11:53:23 - thread Union africaine (595 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as released by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 16 february 2019 - 10:56:20 - thread Union africaine (134 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) has revised marginally downwards economic growth for Mauritius in 2019 from 3
©- - 16 february 2019 - 09:23:48 - thread Union africaine (708 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The local branch of the Francophone Press Union (UPF) of Mauritania, in collaboration with the Ministries of Health and Culture, on Friday organized a one-day sensitization and mobilization programme against cancer for media stakeholders, PANA reported from Nouakchott
©- - 15 february 2019 - 22:16:02 - thread Union africaine (166 words)


Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – The education sector in Guinea Bissau has been paralyzed since Thursday in the wake of a strike by teachers’ trade unions demanding payment of salary arrears from the government, reliable sources contacted from Ziguinchor (Senegal) told PANA on Friday
©- - 15 february 2019 - 14:59:50 - thread Union africaine (307 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The rich world must work hard to find the resources urgently required to beef up the fight against poverty, which is driving scores of young people to join terrorist organisations, Dr Belay Begashaw, Director-General of the Kigali-based Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa has said
©- - 15 february 2019 - 14:04:03 - thread Union africaine (947 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 15 february 2019 - 11:05:58 - thread Union africaine (136 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former French head of the state (2012-2017), François Hollande, on Thursday began a brief tour of West Africa which kicked off in Mauritania and will take him to Mali and Guinea, PANA learned from official sources
©- - 15 february 2019 - 10:55:54 - thread Union africaine (144 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 15 february 2019 - 08:26:48 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 14 february 2019 - 07:52:41 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has approved the candidacy of Libya to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2020-2022 period, a communiqué from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday
©- - 13 february 2019 - 10:52:40 - thread Union africaine (205 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 13 february 2019 - 10:43:34 - thread Union africaine (136 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 13 february 2019 - 08:17:33 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) −The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat and the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina have reaffirmed their commitment to accelerate Africa’s economic transformation, the AfDB said on Tuesday
©- - 13 february 2019 - 07:03:09 - thread Union africaine (474 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At the end of their ordinary summit in Addis Ababa, the leaders of the African Union (AU) on Monday evening waded into the political deadlock in Libya as the continental body sought to present a timetable that would culminate in elections in the autumn of this year
©- - 12 february 2019 - 10:45:11 - thread Union africaine (418 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 12 february 2019 - 10:29:09 - thread Union africaine (129 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Summit has honoured the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva, for promoting the Zero Hunger Vision in Africa, which has helped to accelerate the pace of agriculture reforms in the continent
©- - 12 february 2019 - 09:24:49 - thread Union africaine (305 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 12 february 2019 - 07:56:07 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Summit has approved a comprehensive set of reforms to the UN Security Council, retaining the power to elect or select countries to occupy five non-permanent seats and two permanent seats with all powers including veto to represent the continent at the powerful world body
©- - 12 february 2019 - 07:20:10 - thread Union africaine (638 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) has welcomed closer cooperation with the African Union (AU) for the implementation of the Action Plan of the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to resolve the crisis in the north African country
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (PANA) - African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, has held several high-level bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, the Bank announced on Monday
©- - 11 february 2019 - 17:08:24 - thread Union africaine (429 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui held talks with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday at the ongoing Assembly of African Heads of State about the possibility of forming a national unity government
©- - 11 february 2019 - 16:07:43 - thread Union africaine (384 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Summit has been puzzled by the failure of the UN Security Council to authorise an increase in financing to back the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region, which has weakened the ability of the affected countries to stabilise the desert region
©- - 11 february 2019 - 15:06:52 - thread Union africaine (495 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Monday urged African leaders to fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) at a meeting highlighting the scourge on the sidelines of the 32nd African Union (AU) ordinary summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
©- - 11 february 2019 - 11:56:48 - thread Union africaine (368 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 11 february 2019 - 08:17:59 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Microsoft founder and global development icon, Bill Gates has moved the African Union Summit with the secrets of a phone call from the late freedom hero Nelson Mandela, who inspired his two decade-long effort to raise US$15 billion to help fight poverty in Africa
©- - 11 february 2019 - 04:07:57 - thread Union africaine (472 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The President of the world football governing body, FIFA, Gianni Infantino, made a historic appearance at the 32nd African Union Assembly of Heads of State on Sunday with a call to the leaders of Africa to end corruption in football and to tap into its immense opportunity to address Africa's social ills
©- - 10 february 2019 - 21:21:09 - thread Union africaine (486 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi accepted the baton of leadership at the African Union Summit on Sunday, vowing to pursue the dream of unity
©- - 10 february 2019 - 19:10:43 - thread Union africaine (458 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has thanked African Member States and the African Union Commission for supporting peace operations in Africa, saying that the service and sacrifice of African peacekeepers is “at the forefront of our minds”, The UN chief’s praise for the work of Blue Helmets and other peacekeeping personnel was part of his address to Heads of State gathered at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, a UN statement said
©- - 10 february 2019 - 19:03:15 - thread Union africaine (475 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that human rights abuses, the impact of colonization of Africa, lack of development and human rights abuses were at the core of mounting scale of human displacements and the refugee crisis in Africa
©- - 10 february 2019 - 18:33:58 - thread Union africaine (628 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Summit announced a surprise breakthrough on Sunday in the implementation of its landmark free trade agreement following the receipt of South Africa’s instruments of ratification to the treaty aiming to liberalise trade around the continent
©- - 10 february 2019 - 17:25:36 - thread Union africaine (557 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders attending the 32nd session of the Heads of State and Government Assembly have emphasised the need to fight terrorism, climate change and enhance the capacity of their continental body to deal with more complex issues like cyber security and technology
©- - 10 february 2019 - 14:54:05 - thread Union africaine (795 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected the African Union Chairman for 2020 and would serve this year as first Vice President to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
©- - 10 february 2019 - 12:38:45 - thread Union africaine (156 words)