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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Prime Minister’s Office in Mauritius will launch a new training session for Mauritians with the objective to sensitize 1,750 people by October on human rights and respect for other people’s rights
©- - 11 april 2014 - 17:18:47 - thread African Union (232 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The bill on cyber-criminality "will not have effects on press freedom which is an essential option for the Mauritanian authorities and people”, the Mauritanian Minister of Employment, Vocational training, Information and Communication technology, Ismael Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidya, said here Friday
©- - 11 april 2014 - 16:08:15 - thread African Union (203 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Ministry said Friday that no new cases of dengue was detected from the 1,766 samples tested since last week, PANA reported from here
©- - 11 april 2014 - 16:02:17 - thread African Union (173 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania's ruling party and the opposition Thursday agreed on a calendar for a political dialogue as the country's presidential election approaches, according to political sources here
©- - 11 april 2014 - 13:51:45 - thread African Union (77 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The African Union Election Observation Mission (AU EOM) has arrived in Guinea-Bissau to observe the country's presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Sunday, the AU Commission said
©- - 11 april 2014 - 08:55:15 - thread African Union (280 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

Australian Dollar 26
©- - 11 april 2014 - 08:18:28 - thread African Union (108 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday completed the centralization of its sugar industry under which four big factories will produce the island's entire 400,000 tons of sugar annually to improve competitiveness in the long term
©- - 10 april 2014 - 19:43:32 - thread African Union (362 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania's national football coach, Patrice Neveu, has bemoaned the absence of several foreign-based players as the country plays Mauritius on Saturday in Nouakchott in the first leg of preliminaries of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (ACN) to be hosted by Morocco
©- - 10 april 2014 - 19:08:10 - thread African Union (187 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who also the current African Union (AU) chairman, on Thursday received in Nouakchott the special envoy of the United-Nations secretary general on Mali, Albert Gérard Koenders
©- - 10 april 2014 - 17:58:17 - thread African Union (142 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Embassy of Rwanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will on Friday jointly commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which over 800,000 people were killed within 100 days in 1994
©- - 10 april 2014 - 13:45:33 - thread African Union (257 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has asked Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to urgently replace the departing Chadian troops in the Central African Republic (CAR)
©- - 10 april 2014 - 11:37:21 - thread African Union (338 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 412
©- - 10 april 2014 - 11:28:19 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling

 Australian Dollar 26
©- - 10 april 2014 - 08:15:33 - thread African Union (108 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Parliament on Wednesday passed the Mauritius Research Council (Amendment) BiIl which, according to the Tertiary Education, Research and Technology Minister Rajesh Jeetah, will enable Mauritius realise its full potential in the future by making the present and future generations use of science and technology
©- - 09 april 2014 - 19:41:33 - thread African Union (387 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has rejected proposals for the formation of a broad-based government, made up of representatives of all factions including the opposition, saying he will not postpone presidential elections scheduled for 1 May and 31 July
©- - 09 april 2014 - 18:47:03 - thread African Union (157 words)


Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday organized a capacity-building programme to empower students of Journalism, Communications and Media Studies from the University of Mauritius on responsible reporting of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
©- - 09 april 2014 - 18:36:22 - thread African Union (372 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Some students were arrested Wednesday while participating in a strike called by the National Union of Students of Mauritania (SNEM), PANA reported from here
©- - 09 april 2014 - 17:52:55 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 411
©- - 09 april 2014 - 11:49:49 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection Minister Cader Sayed-Hossen has introduced a new Consumer Protection Bill that allows for the setting up of a National Consumer Council and a Consumer Protection Tribunal in Mauritius, PANA reported from here Wednesday
©- - 09 april 2014 - 08:39:15 - thread African Union (199 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

Australian Dollar 26
©- - 09 april 2014 - 08:22:09 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouadhibou, Mauritania (PANA) – Assessing his first five-year term in office, the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Monday said he had done extremely well, particularly in the areas of politics, security and the economy
©- - 08 april 2014 - 15:57:08 - thread African Union (226 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 euro 409
©- - 08 april 2014 - 15:39:21 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Parliament Tuesday that a total of 172 Mauritians were repatriated from the United Kingdom in 2013
©- - 08 april 2014 - 13:40:34 - thread African Union (305 words)


Nouadhibou Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also the chairman of the African Union (AU), has expressed deep concern about the security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR)
©- - 08 april 2014 - 12:30:28 - thread African Union (204 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Senior officials and experts from ministries and agencies responsible for transportation from African Union (AU) member states are meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in preparation for the Third Session of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Transport (CAMT), scheduled for 10-11 April
©- - 08 april 2014 - 09:00:31 - thread African Union (416 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 08 april 2014 - 08:49:04 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 408
©- - 07 april 2014 - 13:37:15 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, said here Monday that mosquitoes remained one of the best known disease vectors across the world, and that in Mauritius, it is a major public health concern
©- - 07 april 2014 - 13:01:42 - thread African Union (336 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 07 april 2014 - 12:41:09 - thread African Union (110 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will pay a 48-hour visit to Nouadhibou, 465 km to the north of the capital, Nouakchott, as from Monday, official sources told PANA here Sunday
©- - 06 april 2014 - 17:03:57 - thread African Union (213 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The adoption of the Copyright Bill by the Parliament and the deportation of a 19-year-old Mauritian woman from Great Britain for having violated the immigration laws of that country are the two major stories in the Mauritian media this week
©- - 06 april 2014 - 16:40:23 - thread African Union (442 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry will start a vaccination campaign against seasonal flu for people aged 60 and above as from Monday, PANA learnt from sanitary sources here Sunday
©- - 06 april 2014 - 14:24:15 - thread African Union (106 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health Ministry will assemble Monday, on the occasion the World Health Day, health professionals in the island to sensitize them on vector-borne diseases, a PANA correspondent learnt here Friday from ministry sources
©- - 04 april 2014 - 17:15:23 - thread African Union (250 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Local Government Minister, Herve Aimée, said Friday that the volume of e-waste generated in Mauritius ranges between 7,000 and 8,000 tonnes yearly, saying that a National e-waste collection campaign for households will be launched soon throughout the island
©- - 04 april 2014 - 16:48:24 - thread African Union (270 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a message to his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Senegal's independence Friday, the Mauritanian leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has restated his commitment to strengthen the ties between Nouakchott and Dakar
©- - 04 april 2014 - 15:40:58 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling

 Australian Dollar 26
©- - 04 april 2014 - 09:23:48 - thread African Union (108 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea says the suspension by the Saudi authorities of Guineans performing the Hajj this year because of the Ebola virus wrecking havoc in the West African state is temporary
©- - 03 april 2014 - 21:10:25 - thread African Union (221 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Former Mauritian health field officers from the Health Ministry and some entomologists on Thursday launched an NGO called “Mosquito Watch” that will sensitise the population regarding mosquitoes and their environment
©- - 03 april 2014 - 20:16:25 - thread African Union (171 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Forum for Democracy and Unity (FNDU), a group of 17 political parties called "the radical opposition”, civil society organizations, trade union confederations and individuals have withdrawn from the national political dialogue involving the three main political parties
©- - 03 april 2014 - 18:10:19 - thread African Union (277 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Thursday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling 1 euro 410
©- - 03 april 2014 - 16:44:38 - thread African Union (134 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A consultative ministerial meeting on the implementation of the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel will be held next Wednesday in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, the UN Office for Africa West said Thursday
©- - 03 april 2014 - 12:37:54 - thread African Union (152 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The panel set up by the African Union (AU) to probe war atrocities in South Sudan has kicked off its work by interviewing experts and will meet East African leaders involved in the search for peace in the country
©- - 03 april 2014 - 12:18:38 - thread African Union (335 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

Australian Dollar 26
©- - 03 april 2014 - 08:00:30 - thread African Union (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Forum for Democracy and Unity (FNDU), an umbrella of a dozen “radical” opposition parties, civil society organizations, trade union confederations and individuals on Wednesday demanded direct dialogue with the government on forthcoming elections and not with the parties forming the majority
©- - 02 april 2014 - 19:45:47 - thread African Union (189 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN panel dealing with peacebuilding efforts in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday welcomed the successful preparations for the country’s upcoming legislative and presidential elections and urged all stakeholders to cooperate to ensure the polls are free and fair
©- - 02 april 2014 - 12:12:19 - thread African Union (302 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 410
©- - 02 april 2014 - 10:17:16 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

Australian Dollar 26
©- - 02 april 2014 - 09:30:47 - thread African Union (108 words)