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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A new mobile phone network, the third in the cou ntry, will be launched in Mauritania in September, Mohamed Abderrahman Ahmed Eth m ane, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Chinguitel (a subsidiary o f the Sudanese outfit, Sudatel), announced here Thursday
©- - 26 august 2010 - 17:43:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Commission President Jean Ping on Wednesday condemned the terrorist attack in Mogadishu, near the presidential p alace, which killed 31 persons, including six Somali MPs and vowed to continue t h e AU peacekeeping operation there
©- - 26 august 2010 - 16:17:00 - thread African Union (382 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued Thursday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 26 august 2010 - 10:14:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The four-wheel drive (4X4) vehicle that exploded outside the Mauritanian military garrison in Nema, 1,200 kilometres east of Nou a kchott, the capital, early Wednesday, killing the lone occupant, believed to be a suicide bomber, bore the registration number "3022 MD" from Mali, PANA learnt f r om official sources here
©- - 25 august 2010 - 15:35:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)-- A suspected suicide bomber died when his car expl oded in front of a military garrison in Mauritania's city of Nema, 1,200 kilometres from the capita l city of Nouakchott overnight Tuesday, eyewitnesses told PANA Wednesday
©- - 25 august 2010 - 12:13:00 - thread African Union (154 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian on Tuesday expressed the wish to div ersify its energy sources, especially by developing renewable energy sources
©- - 24 august 2010 - 23:34:00 - thread African Union (206 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)-- After pulling out of the qualifying series of the 2012 African National Cup tournament a few days ago, Mauritania now says it wil l soon unveil plans to revive football in the country under a new sports policy
©- - 24 august 2010 - 17:06:00 - thread African Union (167 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Secretary-General of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA-section Mauritania), Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, on Monday called for a revolution by "slaves and former slaves" in Mauritania to halt the growing practice of "slavery" in the country
©- - 23 august 2010 - 18:53:00 - thread African Union (242 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Press in Africa is committed to the Successful Year of Peace and Security, proclaimed by African Heads of State and Government at th e ir summit in February 2010 in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital
©- - 22 august 2010 - 14:04:00 - thread African Union (341 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Mauritania has withdrawn from the qualifiers for the 201 2 Cup of Nations (CAN 2012), to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, the African Football Confederation (CAF) has announced
©- - 22 august 2010 - 13:12:00 - thread African Union (194 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- – The novel, “Les nouvelles du désert”, written by Mauritanian journalist M'Bareck Ould Beyrouck, is among the five works selected for the 2010 edition of the Prize “Ivoire de la Littérature africaine d'expression francophone”
©- - 20 august 2010 - 21:32:00 - thread African Union (142 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Government will on Saturday lau nch a big reforestation operation aimed at building a green belt of about one mi l lion trees in four years around Nouakchott to halt the advancement of the Sahara desert
©- - 20 august 2010 - 21:16:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has un veiled a list of 23 players for the 4 September CAN 2012 qualifying match agains t Mauritius in Port-Louis, PANA learnt from sports sources here
©- - 20 august 2010 - 17:57:00 - thread African Union (286 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Euro, US dollar and the British pound appreci ated on Friday against the Mauritian rupee, according to the exchange rates bull e tin published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 august 2010 - 09:42:00 - thread African Union (177 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- About 250 Mauritian medical and paramedical staff will on Monday attend a conference in Mauritius aimed at the management of cardiovascular diseases in the country
©- - 19 august 2010 - 20:36:00 - thread African Union (220 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- France has granted Mauritania 500,000 euros (abo ut US$ 643,400) through the World Food Programme (WPF) to contribute to the figh t against malnutrition in the African country, PANA learnt in Nouakchott Thursday
©- - 19 august 2010 - 18:39:00 - thread African Union (185 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The US dollar and the British pound appreciated Thursday against the rupee, while the euro lost ground, according to the latest exchange rates bulletin published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 19 august 2010 - 09:21:00 - thread African Union (179 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius is poised to attain the eight Millenniu m Development Goals (MDGs) on poverty, education, gender equality, infant mortal i ty, maternal health, diseases, environment and the global partnership for develo p ment, according to the latest figures issued by the Central Statistics Office (C S O) on Wednesday
©- - 18 august 2010 - 20:35:00 - thread African Union (398 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A Libyan freighter carrying 13 tonnes of flour, 250 equi pped tents, 500 rescue kits and 600 mats, departed Tripoli Wednesday to Nouakcho t t to assist the Mauritanian people hit by the recent floods in the country, PANA reported from here
©- - 18 august 2010 - 19:29:00 - thread African Union (105 words)


Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet next month to discuss the political situation in Guinea Biss a u, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed Wednesday
©- - 18 august 2010 - 18:44:00 - thread African Union (550 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Finance Minister Pravind Jugnauth, told Parliament on Wednesday that on the basis of the latest estimate, the country's trade deficit for 2010 was expected to reach 67 billion rupees (US$ 2
©- - 18 august 2010 - 16:56:00 - thread African Union (321 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister May a Hanoomanjee, told Parliament Wednesday that the prevalence rate of diabetes, h y pertension and obesity was very high in the country
©- - 18 august 2010 - 16:38:00 - thread African Union (162 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania has withdrawn from the qualifiers of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2012) and notified the Confederation of African F o otball (CAF) of its decision on Wednesday, the state television disclosed
©- - 18 august 2010 - 15:46:00 - thread African Union (164 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the US dollar appreciated against the rupee on Wednesday morning, according to the exchange rates bulletin published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius in Port- Louis
©- - 18 august 2010 - 11:34:00 - thread African Union (165 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The newly-elected Volleyball Federation of Mauri tania (FVBRIM) will revive the sport and take it to greater heights at both the n ational and regional levels, its chairperson, Brahim Ould Bacar Ould Sneiba, sai d Tuesday
©- - 17 august 2010 - 19:03:00 - thread African Union (247 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Acting Prime Minister of Mauritius, Rashid Beebee jaun, has called on all Mauritians to help in the national crusade against drug t rafficking and consumption by collaborating with the police and assisting in the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts, a PANA correspondent reported from here
©- - 17 august 2010 - 16:06:00 - thread African Union (204 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Malian national Omar Sid'Ahmed Hamma, nicknamed Omar Sahraoui, who was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for terrorism by the M a uritanian judiciary, was extradited to Mali Monday, official sources in the Maur i tanian capital, Nouakchott, told PANA
©- - 17 august 2010 - 15:44:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Police on Monday seized 18 kilos of cocaine in a house in the capital, Nouakchott, and arrested a group of suspe c ted traffickers
©- - 16 august 2010 - 20:38:00 - thread African Union (68 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Euro and British pound have depreciated again st the rupee, according to the exchange rates bulletin published on Monday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 16 august 2010 - 11:30:00 - thread African Union (163 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- ECOWAS Defence Chiefs rose from their two-day ext ra-ordinary meeting in Bissau with a resolution that the Armed Forces of the cri s is-ridden nation must â?immediatelyâ? be restructured
©- - 14 august 2010 - 08:46:00 - thread African Union (647 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The US government is providing US$ 1 million to assist in the elimination of land mines and other bombs in Guinea-Bissau, the US State Dep a rtment said in a statement here on Friday
©- - 13 august 2010 - 16:37:00 - thread African Union (206 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Friday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 13 august 2010 - 10:41:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as published by the Mauritian commercial bank here on Thursday
©- - 12 august 2010 - 09:45:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- A two-day extra-ordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Co mmittee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) opened in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, with t he chairman of the group, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, advising the countryâ?s m ilitary to drop the image of the architects of the countryâ?s underdevelopment, PANA reported from here Wednesday
©- - 11 august 2010 - 15:41:00 - thread African Union (605 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Muslims will begin their Ramadan fas ting on Thursday, according to a statement from the National Commission of the C r escent Moon
©- - 11 august 2010 - 12:41:00 - thread African Union (74 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) â" A court in the Ma-uritanian capital, Nouakchott , on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of Malian Omar Sahraoui, who is serving a 1 2-year sentence for kidnapping
©- - 10 august 2010 - 22:26:00 - thread African Union (96 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- At least six Palestinian players will miss the i nternational friendly match against the Mauritanian national team, the "Mourabitounes", on Wednesday in Nouakchott because of the refusal by the â ?Israeli occupation authoritiesâ? to allow them to travel to Mauritania
©- - 10 august 2010 - 21:45:00 - thread African Union (134 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) has announc ed the issuance of a new note of 5,000 ouguiyas
©- - 09 august 2010 - 16:08:00 - thread African Union (70 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ethiopia has said that three citizens of the Gulf Kingdom held in an Ethiopian prison facility hav e gone on hunger strike
©- - 09 august 2010 - 15:53:00 - thread African Union (369 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ethiopia has said that three citizens of the Gulf Kingdom held in an Ethiopian prison facility hav e gone on hunger strike
©- - 09 august 2010 - 15:25:00 - thread African Union (367 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of major foreign currencies against the local rupee, published here Monday, by the Maurit i an Commercial Bank: Currencies Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 09 august 2010 - 10:56:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Friday praised the peaceful conduct of Kenya's constitutional referendum, saying it marked a major step to a more peaceful Africa and a sign that democracy was indeed taking root within the continent
©- - 06 august 2010 - 18:26:00 - thread African Union (401 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A 20-year-old 'boy' was Thursday sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment after being found guilty of raping a woman, aged 68, in 2007 , PANA learnt here from a judicial source
©- - 06 august 2010 - 16:04:00 - thread African Union (87 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian hospitals will set up breastfeeding com mittees comprising a paediatrician, a gynaecologist, a midwife, a community phys i cian, a nutritionist and a breastfeeding counsellor to advise and encourage wome n to breastfeed their babies, Health Minister Maya Hanoomanjee, announced Wednesd a y, PANA reported from here
©- - 04 august 2010 - 20:53:00 - thread African Union (324 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The price of gasoline was increased by 7
©- - 04 august 2010 - 12:15:00 - thread African Union (81 words)