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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Thousands of Mauritanian public employees, thoug ht to be ghost workers after a workers' census, took to the streets in the capit a l, Nouakchott, to protest the non-payment of their salaries effective February, o fficial sources told PANA Tuesday
©- - 23 february 2010 - 16:10:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Tuesday in Port-Louis published the exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 23 february 2010 - 10:26:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The chairperson of the Football Federation of Guinea-Bis sau, Jose Medina Lobato, declared here on Monday that the country's national foo t ball team would do everything possible to qualify for the African Nations Cup fi n als in 2012
©- - 22 february 2010 - 18:38:00 - thread African Union (143 words)


Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The delegation of the Federal Executive Council to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with ailing President Umaru Yarâ?Adua is billed to leave f or Jeddah via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Monday night, Min i ster of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe confirmed
©- - 22 february 2010 - 17:16:00 - thread African Union (431 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here on Monday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 22 february 2010 - 12:09:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The trip to Saudi Arabia to check on ailing Nigerian Pre sident Umaru Yar'Adua by a ministerial delegation has been postponed after Saudi authorities denied landing clearance to the presidential jet to be used by the ministers, the local press reported Monday
©- - 22 february 2010 - 08:51:00 - thread African Union (294 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Alleged Mauritanian terrorist Oumar Ould Sid'Ahmed, also known as Sahraoui, has been extradited from Mali to Mauritania, according to local press reports here
©- - 22 february 2010 - 07:57:00 - thread African Union (109 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Libya on Friday signed several co operation agreements at the end of the meeting of their joint commission for cooperation i n Nouakchott, official sources told PANA
©- - 20 february 2010 - 15:56:00 - thread African Union (73 words)


Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- A project aimed at promoting the implementation of the inte rnational convention for the disabled was launched here Thursday, attended by Wi l liam Williams, the Australian Ambassador in Togo, PANA reported
©- - 19 february 2010 - 16:00:00 - thread African Union (187 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Friday
©- - 19 february 2010 - 12:16:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Officials of Mauritania's Democratic Opposition Coalition (COD), which brings together nine political parties, have denounced th e â?collapseâ? of the country's democratic gains and â?a drift to dictatorshipâ ? under the regime of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was elected on 18 J uly 2009
©- - 18 february 2010 - 21:54:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouamar Gaddafi, on Thursday received Syria's vice-president, Farouk Charaa, who is on a visit to Libya as part of a tour of North Africa
©- - 18 february 2010 - 21:07:00 - thread African Union (88 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Mauritius said Thursday that tourist arrivals would reach 915,000 in 2010, representing an increase of 5 per cent over the figure of 871,356 in 2009, PANA reported from he r e
©- - 18 february 2010 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (453 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Panel of Eminent African Personalities on Thursday e xpressed concern at the current political impasse in Kenya and the effect this c o uld have on the implementation of the National Accord
©- - 18 february 2010 - 14:07:00 - thread African Union (277 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The NGO "Keep It Safe Society (KISS)", a youth as sociation of the University of Mauritius, has called for the introduction of sex education in the school curriculum to hel p reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among the country's youth
©- - 18 february 2010 - 12:49:00 - thread African Union (196 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Thursday in Port -Louis published the exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 18 february 2010 - 10:12:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The President's Office in Mauritius has set up of a commission of enquiry to investigate the former governor of the Bank of Mauri t ius, Rundheersing Bheenick
©- - 17 february 2010 - 21:33:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC), the body of ministe rs in Nigeria, Wednesday constituted a six-man Committee to travel to Saudi Arab i a to visit President Umaru Musa Yarâ?Adua and his family
©- - 17 february 2010 - 19:29:00 - thread African Union (276 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian weather services announced on Wedne sday that a tropical cyclone, called "Gelane", is closing in and is currently ab o ut 780 kilometres away from the north-east part of the Island
©- - 17 february 2010 - 17:40:00 - thread African Union (102 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- In his pastoral lecture to mark the 2010 lenten p eriod in Mauritius, the Catholic Bishop of Port-Louis, Monsignor Maurice Piat, o n Tuesday expressed concern over the falling standard of education in that countr y
©- - 17 february 2010 - 13:24:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published by the The Commercial Bank o f Mauritius Wednesday in Port-Louis
©- - 17 february 2010 - 10:42:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The third edition of Research Week opened on Tues day at the Mauritius University aimed at transforming the country into a sustain a ble and innovative island
©- - 16 february 2010 - 21:47:00 - thread African Union (238 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation of the African Human Rights Commission (CADHP) on Monday urged the Mauritanian authorities to take measures to de-congest prisons in the country
©- - 16 february 2010 - 21:07:00 - thread African Union (159 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Syria and Mauritania are holding talks on how to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the latest developments in the Arab and inter n ational scenes and the next Arab summit to be held in Libya, among others, offic i al sources told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 16 february 2010 - 15:12:00 - thread African Union (151 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Tuesday in Port- Louis, the capital, published the exchange rates of the main currencies against t he local rupee
©- - 16 february 2010 - 11:08:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation from the European Union Parliament on Monday arrived in Nouakchott for a five-day working visit during which it wil l hold discussions with the authorities on several subjects including cooperation between the EU and Mauritania, official sources said
©- - 15 february 2010 - 21:17:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The sub-regional rights watchdog, Media Foundation for W est Africa (MFWA), has called for the repeal of all â?laws which restrict media freedomâ? in Mauritania while condemning the recent two-year imprisonment handed down to Hanevi Ould Dahah, publisher of the online paper (www
©- - 15 february 2010 - 18:38:00 - thread African Union (235 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are Monday's exchange rates for major currencies against the local rupee, as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauri tius in Port-Louis
©- - 15 february 2010 - 11:14:00 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation of the African High Commission for Human and Peoples Rights (AHCHR), led by Mrs
©- - 15 february 2010 - 07:05:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and its development partners will dis cuss programmes aimed at poverty reduction and prudent public expenditure in the country when its officials and those from donor countries hold the third phase o f their roundtable in April in Belgium, official sources told PANA here
©- - 14 february 2010 - 17:34:00 - thread African Union (148 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritius Commercial Bank on Thursday issued the following exchange rates of the local rupee against some major foreign curre n cies: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 26
©- - 11 february 2010 - 14:05:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping has urged the Nigerian people and military to continue in their firm support for and practice of constitutionality , while also congratulating the country's newly-appointed Acting President Goodluck Jonathan
©- - 11 february 2010 - 08:27:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major currencies, as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius in Port- Louis Wednesday
©- - 10 february 2010 - 11:43:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) â" The Mauritanian g-overnment, civil society orga nisations (CSOs) and development partners begin a workshop in Nouakchott on Wedn e sday on a project aimed at poverty reduction
©- - 09 february 2010 - 22:31:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted Mauritius a loan of 15 million euros to fund the construction of two sugar refineries as p a rt of a programme to reform the sugar industry in the Island
©- - 09 february 2010 - 18:28:00 - thread African Union (205 words)


Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Saudi Ambassador to Mali, Fawaz Ben Meshel Al-Timyat, died here on Monday, the Malian government said in a communiquأ© released on Tuesday
©- - 09 february 2010 - 17:52:00 - thread African Union (74 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and Turkey will start their third round of discussions on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries Tuesda y , PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 08 february 2010 - 14:31:00 - thread African Union (229 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The head of the Mauritanian branch of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, on Sunday denounced discrimination against the Haratine (black M auritanians)
©- - 07 february 2010 - 17:26:00 - thread African Union (236 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A committee for the defence of Mauritanian journ alist Hanedi Ould Dehah has been formed in the country, PANA learned in Nouakcho t t on Sunday
©- - 07 february 2010 - 14:11:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Armed robbers on Friday stormed the court premis es of a Mauritanian judicial division in Kiffa, 600 kilometres east of Nouakchot t , the capital, seizing arms and other items in the process, according to local n e ws reports
©- - 06 february 2010 - 13:22:00 - thread African Union (105 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The former governor of Mauritania's central bank (BCM), Sid'El Moctar Ould Nagi, and his deputy, Mohamed Ould Oumarou, have been temporarily released from prison, judicial sources told PANA on Saturday
©- - 06 february 2010 - 12:57:00 - thread African Union (104 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in N ouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, on Thursday jailed the editor of the Taqadou m y news Website, Hanefi Ould Deha, for two years for "inciting rebellion and offe n ding public morals," judicial sources told PANA Friday
©- - 05 february 2010 - 18:31:00 - thread African Union (276 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) â" Women human rights- activists in Mauritius, unde r the umbrella Women in Politics (WIP), on Thursday asked political parties to f i eld women as one-third of their candidates in the next general elections
©- - 04 february 2010 - 22:37:00 - thread African Union (213 words)


Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika Thursday warned "o ver-expectant Malawians" that there would not be a "chunk of money flowing into t he country because we have assumed the chairmanship of the African Union," PANA r eported from here
©- - 04 february 2010 - 18:23:00 - thread African Union (321 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian national first division football championship has been hit by another crisis following the withdrawal of four cl u bs from the competition, sources close to the championship told PANA here Thursd a y
©- - 04 february 2010 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (76 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian government will, on Thursday, 18 Fe bruary, launch a national referendum at which the people will express their view s on how to make the country a "durable Island", PANA reported from the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis
©- - 04 february 2010 - 13:20:00 - thread African Union (222 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The price of petrol in Mauritius has been increas ed by 7
©- - 04 february 2010 - 12:34:00 - thread African Union (66 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Employees of the African Union (AU) have demanded that the new AU Chairperson should address outstanding demands for benefit and s ecurity, PANA reported from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
©- - 04 february 2010 - 12:27:00 - thread African Union (411 words)