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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr Kailesh Jagutpal, on  Wednesday said that a management plan has been set up to monitor the monkeypox disease in the country

©- - 25 august 2022 - 09:05:39 - thread Union africaine (135 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The concept of Alternative Investment is at the fore of the 8th Africa Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and 7th Annual Africa Investment Funds and Asset Management (AIFAM) forum that opened Wednesday in Mauritius

©- - 24 august 2022 - 15:57:25 - thread Union africaine (261 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has committed to enhanced and continued collaboration with the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to ensure African Union (AU) policies and decisions on health emergencies are formulated, advocated and implemented

©- - 24 august 2022 - 11:49:23 - thread Union africaine (293 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 24 august 2022 - 10:45:25 - thread Union africaine (104 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius (UOM), Professor Sanjeev Sobhee, on Tuesday said that there is need to showcase the history of slavery to the Mauritian population and on the international scene

©- - 24 august 2022 - 08:28:27 - thread Union africaine (256 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) signed between Mauritius and Angola would be promulgated, the Government of Mauritius said in a communiqué issued on Friday, following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet

©- - 20 august 2022 - 10:00:52 - thread Union africaine (143 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A British national, Neil Hilton, has been sentenced by a Port-Louis court to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking of heroin, weighing 2,015 grams, on 17 December, 2018 in a hotel in Pointe-aux-Piments, in the north of the island

©- - 19 august 2022 - 07:39:16 - thread Union africaine (119 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government is to promulgate a new law in a bid to seriously tackle noise pollution

©- - 18 august 2022 - 08:45:29 - thread Union africaine (183 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday left for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for a two-day summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government summit

©- - 17 august 2022 - 10:43:18 - thread Union africaine (225 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity on Monday celebrated the 174th centenarian, the Government Information Service (GIS) said

©- - 16 august 2022 - 08:44:41 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that a 70-year-old man died last Sunday at the hospital where he had been admitted for COVID-19 infection

©- - 16 august 2022 - 08:34:18 - thread Union africaine (82 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday reported four new deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government Information Service (GIS) said

©- - 13 august 2022 - 08:17:57 - thread Union africaine (129 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep concern about violent protests in Sierra Leone over rising cost of living and corruption, which have resulted in deaths and destruction of property

©- - 12 august 2022 - 06:09:35 - thread Union africaine (183 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that the number of foreign tourists coming to the island has increased from 9,467 in January-July 2021 to 470,640 in the same period in 2022

©- - 11 august 2022 - 09:40:53 - thread Union africaine (269 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that an action plan has been developed to delineate the measures to be taken to promote breastfeeding and to gradually increase the percentage of breastfeeding to 50%, the Government Information Service (GIS) reported

©- - 10 august 2022 - 08:20:40 - thread Union africaine (229 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee agaubst the major currencies

©- - 08 august 2022 - 12:06:16 - thread Union africaine (98 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the air strike attacks by Israel on Gaza that have killed more than 30 Palestinian civilians, including six children

©- - 08 august 2022 - 08:40:56 - thread Union africaine (208 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun on Friday reiterated the vision to consolidate the country’s position as an International Financial Centre to further liberalise and diversify the current capital market and to strengthen its position in Africa

©- - 06 august 2022 - 08:53:02 - thread Union africaine (406 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities on Saturday reported two deaths that were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 28 July to 3 August

©- - 06 august 2022 - 06:15:29 - thread Union africaine (70 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday launched a National Breastfeeding Action Plan 2022-2027 in Port Louis as the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week began

©- - 02 august 2022 - 07:59:02 - thread Union africaine (431 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Friday recorded four deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 21-27 July, 2022

©- - 29 july 2022 - 17:22:02 - thread Union africaine (100 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities said on Thursday that some 4,403 people were living with Hepatitis C, out of whom 1,700 had been treated, 700 were cured completely and the remaining 1,000 were awaiting the final result of their tests

©- - 29 july 2022 - 08:08:34 - thread Union africaine (355 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told Parliament on Thursday that the island of Agalega, located 1,000 km from the main island in the north of Mauritius, and which belongs to Mauritius, will not be transformed into a military base

©- - 29 july 2022 - 08:02:20 - thread Union africaine (222 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said Wednesday three patients died from coronavirus (COVID-19) at the hospital over the past 24 hours

©- - 27 july 2022 - 16:13:15 - thread Union africaine (60 words)


Côte d'Or, Mauritius (PANA) - Angola beat Mauritius 2-0 on Sunday at the Côte d'Or stadium, eastern Mauritius, in their African Nations Championship 2023 (CHAN) qualifying match

©- - 25 july 2022 - 08:14:04 - thread Union africaine (81 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, said here Saturday he was following with "deep concern" the recent developments in Tripoli, calling on the warring parties to silence the weapons by refraining from any form of violence out of respect for the Libyan people's aspirations for peace

©- - 24 july 2022 - 13:23:52 - thread Union africaine (278 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Five people have died in Mauritius from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the local press reported on Saturday

©- - 23 july 2022 - 15:36:11 - thread Union africaine (91 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth  has said the main object of the Immigration Bill introduced at the National Assembly during the week is to consolidate and strengthen the law with regard to the admission and stay of non-citizens in the country

©- - 23 july 2022 - 09:08:55 - thread Union africaine (445 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness will introduce the 2022-2027 National Action Plan on Breastfeeding to improve the current breastfeeding rate and enhance health outcomes for both mothers and children in the island

©- - 23 july 2022 - 06:42:14 - thread Union africaine (176 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities say three COVID-19 positive patients died in hospital on Friday

©- - 22 july 2022 - 07:27:22 - thread Union africaine (58 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Thursday launched the 2022 National Nutrition Survey with the objective to study food consumption patterns and assess the nutritional status of the population with a view to address diet and nutrition related health problems and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

©- - 21 july 2022 - 10:54:25 - thread Union africaine (293 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – Two Malawian and two Zimbabwean women were arrested last week at Mauritius' international airport after pellets of heroin were found in their stomach, police sources said in the Mauritian capital

©- - 21 july 2022 - 07:28:07 - thread Union africaine (135 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The population of Mauritius comprised of 640,057 women compared to 626,003 men in 2021, Statistics Mauritius (SM) said in its latest bulletin issued Wednesday

©- - 20 july 2022 - 09:05:46 - thread Union africaine (352 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Sunday that the government will further incentivise the adoption of cleaner vehicles as well as promote sustainability and mobility and reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector

©- - 18 july 2022 - 07:56:59 - thread Union africaine (446 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - After being on the sidelines of efforts to end the Libyan crisis for a long time, the African Union (AU) appears to be taking up its rightful place in negotiations to bring peace to the North African country

©- - 17 july 2022 - 16:11:01 - thread Union africaine (1200 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived on Saturday in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, to participate in the fourth biannual coordination meeting between the African Union and regional economic communities and regional mechanisms

©- - 16 july 2022 - 21:14:57 - thread Union africaine (282 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Youssef al-Agouri, has been elected as the second deputy chair of the technical committee for the supervision and monitoring of the African Union (AU) roadmap for Libyan national reconciliation

©- - 16 july 2022 - 15:01:12 - thread Union africaine (330 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said here Saturday they recorded one death from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 7 -13 July, 2022

©- - 16 july 2022 - 08:36:10 - thread Union africaine (55 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius published on Saturday the list of 15 public holidays for 2023 as follows:

  1. New Year - Sunday 1 January
  2. New Year - Monday 2 January
  3. Chinese Spring Festival- Sunday 22 January
  4. Abolition of Slavery – Wednesday 1 February
  5. Thaipoosam Cavadee  (Hindu Festival) - Saturday 4 February
  6. Maha Shivaratree (Hindu Festival) - Saturday 18 February
  7.  Independence and Republic Day - Sunday 12 March
  8.  Ugaadi (Hindu Festival) - Wednesday 22 March
  9. Eid-Ul-Fitr (Islamic Festival) Saturday 22 April
  10. Labour Day - Monday 1 May
  11. Ganesh Chaturthi –(Hindu Festival) Wednesday 20 September
  12.  All Saints Day - Wednesday 1 November
  13.  Arrival of Indentured Labourers - Thursday 2 November
  14.  Divali (Hindu Festival) - Sunday 12 November
  15.  Christmas - Monday 25 December

-0-PANA NA/RA 16July2022

©- - 16 july 2022 - 07:45:32 - thread Union africaine (127 words)