Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities detected 161 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing to 20,913 the number of positive cases in the island since last March, when the second wave struck Full text...
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Covid-19: Five patients die in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Five persons were killed by Covid-19 on Thursday in Mauritius, according to the health authorities of the island Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 136 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Health Bulletin on the COVID-19 pandemic issued on Wednesday evening by the Mauritian Ministry of Health and Welfare reports 136 new positive cases, of which 80 have been admitted to hospital Full text...
Nearly 77 pct success rate in Libya's Baccalaureate
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 76 Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 97 positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they detected 97 COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing to 20,372 the number of people who have been infected with since the second wave hit the country last March Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 167 positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported that 167 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing to 19,893 the number of positive cases detected since March 2021, when the second wave hit the island Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: US, AU envoys return to Ethiopia to ramp up diplomatic efforts to end war
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States and African Union (AU) envoys for the Horn of Africa have returned to Ethiopia to ramp up diplomatic efforts to end the war in the country Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 139 positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The latest Health Bulletin issued on Wednesday by the Mauritius Ministry of Health and Welfare reports 139 positive cases for COVID-19, out of which 132 do not present any symptom Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Mauritius names first female chief justice
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian President Pradeep Roopun has appointed Rehana Mungly-Gulbul as the country's first Chief Justice Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 99 deaths in one week
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Welfare Kailesh Jagutpal told Parliament on Tuesday that Covid-19 has killed 99 patients from 8 to November 14 against 22 patients the whole of October Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius receives second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the US
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Monday received a second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the United States of America (US) through the COVAX Facility, an official source said here Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Maurice (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 188 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Monday that 188 new contaminations of coronavirus, including 178 asymptomatic cases, were recorded on Sunday Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 190 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Saturday recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement from the Ministry of Health and Welfare said here Sunday Full text...
Mauritius: Tourist arrivals decline by 76,9 % in October
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourist arrivals for the month of October 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020 in Mauritius declined by 76 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 46 deaths in one week, 208 positive cases recorded on Friday
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 46 patients suffering from Covid-19, died in one week ending Friday, November 12, 2021, and 208 new positive cases were detected on Friday in Mauritius, the Minister of Health and Welfare, Kailash Jagutpal, announced during his daily media briefing on Friday evening Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius introduces series measures to mitigate spread of pandemic
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday announced a series of restrictive measures for one month from 0600 on Friday to 0600 13 December to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 following an increase in the number of positive cases and deaths during the past two weeks Full text...
Bank of Mauritius issues banking licence to Silver Bank Ltd
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Bank of Mauritius on Thursday, issued a Banking Licence to Silver Bank Limited, formerly known as BanyanTree Bank Limited Full text...
Mauritius to produce 250,000 tons of sugar this year
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture estimated on Thursday that sugar production for the 2021 harvest should be around 250,000 tonnes, down from an estimate of 270,000 tonnes in June 2021 Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Mauritius to shield population against cybercriminals
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Mr Darsanand Balgobin, on Tuesday, said that the Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill before parliament is of utmost importance for the future of its people, economy and the country Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 107 positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they recorded 107 positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, all asymptomatic Full text...
Ethiopian women decry gang rapes in Ethiopia's Amhara region
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -Women in Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia's Amhara region where a rebel army has been ransacking villages and towns, have reported gang rape, verbal abuse and looting, a global rights body said on Tuesday Full text...
African Union moves to create continental medical agency
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) entered into force with effect from 5 November 2021, the African Union said on Tuesday Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Nine to eleven storms to evolve in southwest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) on Monday said that between nine and 11 named storms would likely evolve in the south west Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin in the summer 2021/2022 that started officially on 1 November Full text...
Guinea Bissau signs treaty to join African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Guinea Bissau has ratified the Protocol establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and simultaneously deposited a Declaration allowing individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations to file cases at the Court directly Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 94 cases Wednesday
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced Wednesday they had recorded 94 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of which 84 were asymptomatic in the island, official sources said here Full text...
Mauritius launches National Stroke Awareness campaign
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Some 50 Mauritians suffer from some kind of stroke daily and the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases and rehabilitation programmes provide effective ways to treat stroke survivors Full text...
Coronavirus: Pandemic kills 17 people in Mauritius this week
Port-Louis, D(PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailash Jagutpal here Friday the country recorded 17 coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths this week Full text...
Mauritius calls for drastic measures to address urgency of climate crisis ahead of COP-26
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 31 Full text...
Mauritius launches Corporate Governance Scorecard
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance, Mr Mahen Seeruttun on Thursday launched the “Corporate Governance Scorecard” for Mauritius, a corporate governance rating system designed to raise the standards of corporate governance practices in Mauritius Full text...
Guinean Prime Minister receives Saudi Arabian ambassador
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean prime Minister, Mohamed Beavogui, met here Wednesday with the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Guinea, Dr Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 31 Full text...
Mauritius celebrates International Creole Day
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A project of the “Introduction of Creole in the Mauritian Parliament’” was launched on Thursday in the context of the celebrations of the International Creole Day 2021 Full text...
Libyan Council President ends visit to Saudi Arabia after taking part in the Green Middle East Initiative
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, concluded on Tuesday a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he attended the Middle East Green Initiative Summit Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 31 Full text...
Mauritius Minister deplores decline of women-owned businesses
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives, Mr Soomilduth Bholah, on Monday, deplored that women-owned businesses represent only 10 percent of total businesses registered in the country Full text...
Pan-African international exchange launched in Mauritius
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday, launched Afrinex, a pan-African international exchange at Ebene, in the centre of the island, which reflects his vision to consolidate the attractiveness of the island’s jurisdiction as a leading international centre of substance Full text...
Chairman of Libyan Presidential Council attends Middle East Green Initiative Summit
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived in in Riyadh on Sunday to participate in the two-day Middle East Green Initiative Summit in the Saudi capital Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 31 Full text...