Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian ministry of Health and Well-being on Tuesday said that so far, no case of coronavirus was detected on the island, ‘’contrary to fake news circulating on the internet about the disease’’ Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -  Mauritanian authorities have set up an inter-ministerial committee for reviewing the conditions for granting entry visa chaired by Prime Minister Ismaël Bedda ould Cheikh Sidya, official sources told PANA on Tuesday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has announced cancellation of the 2020 National Day celebrations due to meteorological forecasts predicting the deterioration of weather in the island in the coming days Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Monday said “there is no shortage of supply of basic commodities such as rice, oil, flour, milk and petrol on the market Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – The Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Hamada Madi, and the European Union ambassador, Vincent Degert, on Friday signed the financing convention of a new project ‘’Entrepreneurship and commercial cooperation’’ for the entrepreneurs of the Indian Ocean, sources close to the IOC said in the Mauritian city of Ebene Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania shared its experience of dialogue with elements of radical Islamist groups detained during 2010, which led to the renunciation of violence on the part of several terrorists, it was revealed on Friday in Nouakchott at a meeting of the Colorado Network for Penitentiary Emergence in West and North Africa (RECEPAON) Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The government of Niger on Thursday expressed its support for the action of the government of Saudi Arabia, regarding the temporary suspension of the rites of Oumra (small pilgrimage) and the visit to the mosque of Prophet Mohamed in Medina, intended to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the Bissau-Guinean military to refrain from interfering in the post-electoral crisis the country is experiencing with two candidates claiming victory in the presidential election Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The British High Commission in Mauritius and the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) on Thursday launched the DIT Africa Investment DealRoom, which is a direct follow-up to the UK-African Investment Summit that took place in London on 20 January 2020, PANA reported from here Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Entry into Mauritania has not been prohibited for foreign nationals, but those arriving are subject to a protocol for health surveillance of the coronavirus outbreak in accordance with the rules of the World Health Organization (WHO), an official source said on Thursday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Guinea Bissau’s government on Monday signed a financing deal of about US$ 65 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' Commerce and Consumer Protection ministry on Wednesday introduced a temporary ban on importation of live animals including fish in view of the COVID-19 internationally Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday announced that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was  invited as Chief Guest at the 52nd National Day celebrations to be held on 12 March 2020, has postponed his trip to Mauritius “due to the prevailing difficult economic situation" Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Wednesday said that there has been no case of Covid-19 reported in Mauritius, following a meeting on the “alarming situation of this disease which is spreading at a fast pace across around the world and its impact and gravity on both international and national fronts Full text...

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

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting a four-day meeting of the Colorado Network for Penitentiary Emergence in West and North Africa (RECEPAON) from Tuesday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail minister, Mr Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius, a governmental institution, said on Monday that the number of tourist arrivals in the country in 2019 decreased by 1 Full text...

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

Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Media Trust, an umbrella organization of the Mauritian government, honoured the best journalists of the year 2019 at a ceremony held Saturday evening in Ebène, 20 km north of the capital, PANA noted Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement published on Saturday, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) of Mauritania denounced "arbitrary arrests and detentions without reason" having touched the defenders of human rights "in the exercise of their right to freedom of expression and assembly " in recent years Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - President Alpha Condé Friday evening announced a “slight postponement” of the double referendum and parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday and boycotted by several opposition parties, an official source told PANA here Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Mauritanian minister of the Interior, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzough, has warned all those “breaching the country’s unity, national cohesion and stability” on social networks at a press briefing here Thursday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has agreed to sign the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on the Inter-State Transfer of prisoners, official sources told PANA Friday in the Mauritian capital, following the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 42 flights connecting Tunisia to Saudi Arabia were canceled following the decision of the Saudi authorities to suspend the entry of pilgrims into Saudi territory due to the spread of the coronavirus in the world, the Secretary General of the Tunisian Federation of travel agencies and tourism, Dhafer Latif, announced Full text...

​Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities have prepared a national Action Plan comprising preventive and control measures aimed at assisting stakeholders to intervene efficiently as regards Covid-19, official sources told PANA on Friday in Port Louis Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Thousands of Mauritanians have been deprived of Internet access for nearly 48 hours, PANA learnt on Friday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The vote recount, requested by the Supreme Court in the Guinea Bissau presidential election, has confirmed winner of the 29 December, 2019, polls, Umaru Sissoco Embalo, as the president-elect Full text...

Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) - Kenya on Thursday was elected as Chair of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for a period of two years Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Monica Juma, on Thursday, called on Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth in Port Louis, the Government Information Services (GIS) said Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - On the sidelines of its 6th Summit of Heads of State, the G5 Sahel Permanent Secretariat and the Union of G5 Sahel Chambers of Commerce (UCCG5S) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on economic, social challenges and strengthening the resilience of populations of the sub-region, according to a document sent to PANA on Wednesday Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An autonomous battalion of Mali's special forces is participating in the 2020 edition of exercise Flintlock, which ends on Friday in Mauritania, PANA learned on Wednesday from security sources Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The international conference of the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) is due to open on Thursday at Flic-en-Flac in Mauritius on the theme, 'Financial and governance issues in private pension schemes', ”, opens Thursday at the Hilton Hotel, at Flic-en-Flac, government officials said here on Wednesday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan prime minister, Fayez Al-Sarraj, on Tuesday expressed his desire to see the African Union play a central role in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The sixth summit of G5 Sahel heads of state began early Tuesday afternoon, in the premises of the former International Conference Center of Nouakchott, PANA reported, indicating that the leaders of the member countries, representatives of development partner institutions and states and many guests were at the opening session Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister of Communication and  Government spokesperson, Yaya Sangaré, currently on a visit to Ryad, Saudi Arabia, had a working session on Monday with his Saudi counterpart, Turki Al Shabanan, on opportunities for cooperation between the public media services of the two countries, PANA learned from an official source Full text...

Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - A mission to support the management of Covid-19, led by the Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Hamadi Madi, is currently visiting Madagascar and Comoros, PANA learned at IOC headquarters in Ebène, Mauritius, on Tuesday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Four heads of state of the G5 Sahel have arrived in Nouakchott for their sixth summit which opens in the Mauritanian capital on Tuesday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...