Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 384
©- - 02 may 2012 - 11:44:16 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has imposed diplomatic, economic and financial sanctions on Guinea Bissau after the 29 April meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, between the foreign ministers of the regional Contact Group and the country's political stakeholders failed to reach a consensual arrangement to return the country to constitutional rule within 12 months
©- - 01 may 2012 - 09:33:12 - thread União Africana (408 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has welcomed the release of Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and Interim President Raimundo Pereira by the country's Military Command, which arrested and detained them after the 12 April coup in the country
©- - 30 april 2012 - 13:35:48 - thread União Africana (438 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 384
©- - 30 april 2012 - 12:36:47 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has condemned Sunday's terrorist attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kano, Nigeria, which targeted Christian worshippers
©- - 30 april 2012 - 12:09:04 - thread União Africana (158 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Anti-slavery activist Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), was arrested Saturday evening by the Mauritanian police, PANA learnt here Sunday
©- - 29 april 2012 - 15:37:26 - thread União Africana (97 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Sunday by the nation's central bank: Currency Buying Selling (1)-Euro 384
©- - 29 april 2012 - 13:34:32 - thread União Africana (138 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The seven-member ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau is meeting in Banjul, capital of The Gambia, Sunday to discuss the next steps in the resolution of the current crisis in the country (Guinea-Bissau)
©- - 29 april 2012 - 10:08:38 - thread União Africana (290 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan is expected on Thursday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, as West African leaders continue the search for a solution to the crisis in Guinea Bissau triggered by the 12 April coup that aborted an election process, the Senegalese Foreign Affairs minister, Mr Alioune Badara Cissé said on Friday
©- - 28 april 2012 - 13:22:37 - thread União Africana (382 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and Interim President Raimundo Pereira, who were arrested and detained by the soldiers who seized power in the country 12 April, may have been freed, PANA learnt here on Friday evening
©- - 27 april 2012 - 20:46:09 - thread União Africana (221 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 27 april 2012 - 11:51:06 - thread União Africana (117 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders who met at an extra-ordinary summit in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Thursday ordered the immediate deployment of a contingent of the ECOWAS Standby Force to Guinea-Bissau, where soldiers seized power 12 April and have set up a so-called National Transitional Council
©- - 27 april 2012 - 01:09:06 - thread União Africana (500 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 26 april 2012 - 12:27:18 - thread União Africana (121 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 26 april 2012 - 10:49:25 - thread União Africana (116 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders are meeting at an extra-ordinary summit in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Thursday, on the political crises in Guinea-Bissau and Mali
©- - 26 april 2012 - 08:32:37 - thread União Africana (306 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Wednesday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 25 april 2012 - 11:39:01 - thread União Africana (134 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 25 april 2012 - 10:00:11 - thread União Africana (115 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Tuesday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 24 april 2012 - 12:04:24 - thread União Africana (133 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Monday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 381
©- - 23 april 2012 - 13:20:25 - thread União Africana (131 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 29
©- - 23 april 2012 - 11:11:19 - thread União Africana (125 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published in Nouakchott on Sunday by the central bank
©- - 22 april 2012 - 16:21:58 - thread União Africana (142 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has visited Guinea Bissau's interim President, Raimundo Pereira, and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, who have been in detention since the military coup there on 12 April, PANA reports Saturday
©- - 21 april 2012 - 12:48:47 - thread União Africana (206 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published here Friday by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 29
©- - 20 april 2012 - 13:37:02 - thread União Africana (127 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Thursday reiterated its opposition to the military coup in Guinea Bissau, and vowed not to recognize the transitional government formed by the junta
©- - 19 april 2012 - 21:44:30 - thread União Africana (192 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom watchdog, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), onThursday expressed concern about the “plight of journalists” in Guinea-Bissau following the 12 April military takeover in the West African country
©- - 19 april 2012 - 21:34:25 - thread União Africana (178 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Elated at the key roles played by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the successes it has achieved in the sub-region, three parties from the ruling majority coalition in Mauritania on Thursday urged their government to re-join the 15-member regional bloc
©- - 19 april 2012 - 18:53:06 - thread União Africana (178 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Thursday: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 19 april 2012 - 11:24:39 - thread União Africana (123 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Wednesday: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 18 april 2012 - 11:34:00 - thread União Africana (121 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 381
©- - 18 april 2012 - 11:32:03 - thread União Africana (128 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 378
©- - 17 april 2012 - 13:58:58 - thread União Africana (125 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 29
©- - 17 april 2012 - 13:57:48 - thread União Africana (116 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government Tuesday deplored last week's coup in Guinea-Bissau
©- - 17 april 2012 - 12:25:32 - thread União Africana (244 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Tuesday suspended Guinea Bissau from the 54-member bloc with immediate effect, a senior AU official said
©- - 17 april 2012 - 11:46:27 - thread União Africana (259 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The high-level delegation dispatched by the ECOWAS Chairman, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, to meet with the junta that seized power in Guinea Bissau, was able to enter the country on Monday despite the closure of sea and air borders announced by the putschists, PANA has learnt
©- - 17 april 2012 - 11:41:53 - thread União Africana (294 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council kicked off a crisis meeting to discuss the coup-plagued Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday, AU Commission chief Jean Ping has warned the military against “window-dressing” a coup d’état through the introduction of a so-called “new political architecture
©- - 17 april 2012 - 10:20:14 - thread União Africana (301 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed grave concern over the ''deepening political crisis in Guinea Bissau'', despite calls by the international community for the immediate restoration of constitutional order in the country
©- - 17 april 2012 - 08:46:55 - thread União Africana (359 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has "strongly" condemned last Thursday's military coup in Guinea Bissau
©- - 16 april 2012 - 20:23:02 - thread União Africana (202 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mali may have turned to Mauritania to help broker peace between it and the Tuareg rebels who have seized the northern part of the country
©- - 16 april 2012 - 12:17:07 - thread União Africana (231 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 381
©- - 16 april 2012 - 12:08:06 - thread União Africana (127 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 16 april 2012 - 12:07:05 - thread União Africana (118 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A high-level ECOWAS delegation, to be led by Commission President Desire Kadre Ouedraogo, is due in Bissau Monday to deliver a letter from the chairman of the regional organization, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, to the military junta in Guinea Bissau, ECOWAS sources told PANA Sunday
©- - 15 april 2012 - 15:27:20 - thread União Africana (289 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ethiopia's long distance running legend Haile Gabreselassie on Sunday beat British runner Paula Radcliffe in the much-anticipated OMV Champions Race, at the 29th edition of the Vienna City Marathon in the Austrian capital, according to the online 'RaceNewsService', The British world marathon record holder got a 7-minute, 52-second head start in the half marathon chase race against Gebrselassie
©- - 15 april 2012 - 12:05:39 - thread União Africana (264 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Thursday's inauguration of Dioncounda Traore as the Interim President of Mali, as part of the deal ending the military putsch in the West African nation, dominated local newspapers in the country this week
©- - 15 april 2012 - 11:34:37 - thread União Africana (235 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinean president Alpha Condé, mediator in the socio-political crisis in Guinea Bissau, has thrown his weight behind initiatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the unfolding crisis in Guinea Bissau
©- - 14 april 2012 - 15:00:01 - thread União Africana (405 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the military coup that took place in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday and demand the immediate restoration of constitutional order
©- - 14 april 2012 - 07:26:58 - thread União Africana (467 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has welcomed Japanese car maker Toyota's plan to set up its regional headquarters in Kenya, noting that it would boost trade ties with Japan, a statement from his office said Friday
©- - 13 april 2012 - 16:45:08 - thread União Africana (221 words)