Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Monday said that the island has recorded a massive drop in tourist arrivals – from 205,319 in April and May 2019 to only 30 for the same period in 2020 Full text...
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Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritian borders to remain closed until 31 August
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has prohibited the entry of aircraft and ships to the island until 31 August 2020, except for those as may be approved by the Prime Minister Full text...
Coronavirus: Almost total de-confinement in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced here Friday that the government had decided on an ’almost total’ de-confinement of the island from Monday 15 June Full text...
AU Virtual Summit: President Issoufou calls for condemnation of George Floyd assassination
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou has called on the AU Virtual Conference on COVID held on Thursday to "unreservedly condemn without reservation" the assassination of George Flyod in the United States on 25 May, calling it a "heinous crime" Full text...
COVID-19: Kenyatta urges African counterparts to bank on innovative youth in combating pandemic
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged his African counterparts to tap into the innovative abilities of the continent’s youth in combating Covid-19 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Mauritius PM reiterates 'zero-tolerance' policy against fraud, corruption
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritania riot police disperse demonstrators demanding justice for young man killed by military patrol team
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Riot police on Wednesday dispersed a demonstration in Nouakchott demanding justice for a young man killed by an army patrol team near Mbagne, 400 kilometers south-east of Nouakchott-River Valley, on the night of 27 May Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Mauritius Govt. to reduce foreign fishing vessels in its Exclusive Economic Zone
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Minister, Mr Sudheer Maudhoo, on Wednesday, said the government will reduce foreign fishing vessels in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in a phased manner and replace them with Mauritian vessels with the support of Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC) Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius repatriates 1,836 stranded citizens from eight countries
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister, Mr Nando Bodha, on Wednesday, told Parliament that the government has, as at 6 June, repatriated 1,836 stranded Mauritians from eight countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Mauritius to develop five-year strategic plan for the health sector
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday said that a five-year strategic plan for the health sector is being developed by the government in a bid to make the healthcare system in the island “more robust and efficient” Full text...
Mauritius records 488 deaths in road accidents since 2017
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday, told Parliament that a total of 456 fatal road accidents, causing the deaths of 488 people, have occurred in the island from January 2017 to 8 June 2020 Full text...
Mauritius: Three deaths reported in police custody since November 2019
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday told Parliament that since November 2019 to date, three people have died in police custody Full text...
Mauritius invests in plans for combating climate change
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister, Mr Kavydass Ramano, has said the government will invest in the struggle against climate change that is affecting the island, PANA learnt from parliamentary sources Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Major changes announced in Mauritanian Armed and Security Forces
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian authorities have announced major changed in the Armed and Security Forces affecting almost all departments, official sources said Full text...
Mauritania: NGO collective deplores return of land management to governors
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Network of Food Security Organisations (ROSA) Monday asked President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani to ignore a recent request by governors to restore the management of state lands to them
The network, in a statement issued here deplored “the catastrophic management of the land heritage in the country during the last forty-years” and called on the president not to accept their request to hand over the management of lands to them Full text...
Mauritanian cashew nuts trader killed by unidentified gunmen in southern Senegal
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A Mauritanian businessman working in the cashew nut campaign in Casamance, southern Senegal, was killed on Saturday in the Diouloulou area close to the Gambian border by unknown attackers who took away his motorcycle and money, PANA has learned from corroborating sources Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Anti-slavery NGO denounces the recurrence of attacks on liberties in Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The anti-slavery NGO, Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), has expressed its grave concern at the persistence and the increase in attacks on the freedom affecting bloggers and whistle blowers in Mauritania Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Horse racing to resume in Mauritius on 20 June
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government has authorised the Mauritius Turf Club (MTC), a horse racing organiser, to conduct race meetings behind closed doors under strict protocols as from 20 June for the sake of the Horse Racing industry Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritanian citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 pandemic to be repatriated
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government will repatriate hundreds of citizens stranded abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) for more than three months, official sources told PANA here Friday Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Mauritius Govt. announces budget amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday said that the priority of the budget 2020/2021 is to revive the economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic, “which is an unprecedented situation that has never been witnessed Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritius sees 0.3% higher trade deficit this year
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Thursday that based on trends and information from various sources, it sees a 0 Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Mauritius gets new Police chief
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mr Full text...
Mauritania opens investigation after soldier committed murder in the river valley
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has opened a preliminary investigation after a soldier allegedly killed a young carter, named Abass Diallo, an accomplice of a trader engaged in trafficking in goods in Winding, in the department of MBagne (400 km south / east of Nouakchott) Full text...
Coronavirus: 150 stranded Mauritians brought back home from India
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Some 150 Mauritians who have been stranded in India for the past two months due to the coronavirus pandemic were brought back to their home country on Wednesday Full text...
Increasing cases of dengue fever reported in northern Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - About 100 cases of dengue fever have been registered daily at Zouerate town hospital, over 600 km northeast of Nouakchott, in recent weeks, Regional Director of Health Action for the Tiris Zemmour region, Mohamed ould Ahmedou Abdy, told the Mauritanian Information Agency Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania opposition party criticizes government’s management of pandemic (COVID-19)
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Coalition Living Together (CVE-black nationalist tendency), Tuesday strongly criticized the management at all levels by government of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a statement it issued here said Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius textile and apparel industry 'on its knees'
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives, Mr Soomilduth Bholah, on Tuesday, said that the Textile and Apparel manufacturing industry that exports some Rs 43 billion (US $ 1 Full text...
Milk producers in West and Central Africa call on their leaders to save the sector
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Fifty-five local milk producers from six West and Central African countries on Monday appealed to their governments and regional institutions to save the local milk sector that is facing structural difficulties and now the coronavirus pandemic Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania records 58 new cases Monday
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Monday recorded 58 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) from 413 tests carried out, the daily bulletin issued by the ministry of Health said here Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Coronavirus: Africa CDC deploys 28 frontline responders to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger
Addis Ababa, Ryhiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has successfully deployed 28 frontline responders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger through the activation of the African Union Strategic Lift Capability Full text...
Coronavirus: Curfew lifted, all economic activities resume under strict sanitary measures in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritians on Sunday resumed their normal activities shortly after the government’s decision to lift the sanitary curfew in force since the past two months in the island, PANA reported from here Full text...
AU Chief slams US govt. following the murder of blackman George Floyd
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday strongly condemned the murder of George Floyd that occurred in the United States at the hands of law enforcement officers Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...