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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth says that an oil storage terminal project he launched on Tuesday will propel the country into the next phase of development and will contribute to transforming the island into a full-fledged maritime hub in the years to come
©- - 27 december 2016 - 10:47:42 - thread African Union (435 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has extended the mandate of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South Sudan (AUHIP) for 12 months with effect from 1 January 2017, according to an official communiqué released here Monday
©- - 26 december 2016 - 16:45:43 - thread African Union (375 words)


Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - Senior staff members of the African Union (AU) on Thursday were busy on the second day of their meeting in the Tanzanian offshore island of Zanzibar to complete plans and procedures for rapid response by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (AfricaCDC)
©- - 22 december 2016 - 13:23:17 - thread African Union (643 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the African Union’s decision to recognize Adama Barrow as Gambia's President-elect and stressed the need for outgoing President Yayha Jammeh to transfer power to the President-Elect in peaceful and orderly manner
©- - 21 december 2016 - 20:43:39 - thread African Union (340 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The US Department of State has designated a Mauritanian, Saleck Ould Cheikh Mohamedou as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)" under US Executive Order (E
©- - 21 december 2016 - 16:25:15 - thread African Union (291 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya as issued by the central bank of Mauritania
©- - 21 december 2016 - 16:02:35 - thread African Union (136 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 december 2016 - 15:02:14 - thread African Union (123 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Expressing concern over the impact of a prolonged political and institutional crisis in Guinea-Bissau, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the country's leadership to work towards a long-lasting political solution to the crisis on the basis of a regional roadmap agreed in September this year
©- - 21 december 2016 - 14:31:30 - thread African Union (288 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 december 2016 - 10:51:26 - thread African Union (124 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Chairman, President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad on Monday reaffirmed "the imperative need for an orderly and peaceful transfer of power to the President-elect of the Gambia, in line with the relevant provisions of the AU Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
©- - 19 december 2016 - 19:11:59 - thread African Union (363 words)


Jowhar, Somalia (PANA) - Burundi's contingent under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has embarked on an operation code named ‘Antelope’ to open up key supply routes in the HirShabelle state, the Peace and Security Department of the African Union Commission (AUC) said on Saturday
©- - 17 december 2016 - 17:15:17 - thread African Union (263 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has urged member nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to cut the organisation's administration costs in all its institutions and focus on programmes aimed at enhancing and affecting the lives of the citizens positively
©- - 17 december 2016 - 16:28:21 - thread African Union (1045 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday said although it is true that the threat level to Mauritius regarding international terrorism is considered low; “yet, terrorism has no frontiers and its random and unpredictable nature makes it a matter of concern to any country
©- - 14 december 2016 - 14:59:30 - thread African Union (263 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 14 december 2016 - 13:20:11 - thread African Union (138 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Acting US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Bruce Wharton will travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 11–12 December, to lead the US Delegation attending the 4th High Level Dialogue with the African Union Commission, which will take place on December 12
©- - 10 december 2016 - 08:26:24 - thread African Union (154 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Five candidates racing for the post of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) met on Friday for a podium debate on how they intend to handle some of the pressing political, economic and social challenges facing Africa ahead of elections in January 2017
©- - 10 december 2016 - 00:15:00 - thread African Union (688 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Environment Ministry has intensified its aggressive enforcement actions against people who are not abiding by the Banning of Plastics Bags Regulations, PANA learnt Friday from official sources
©- - 09 december 2016 - 08:15:18 - thread African Union (191 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Tuesday night introduced the Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill into Parliament to deal with various issues connected with the menace
©- - 07 december 2016 - 07:18:53 - thread African Union (508 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has congratulated Nigeria’s women’s soccer team, Super Falcons, for winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals on Saturday in Yaounde, Cameroon
©- - 05 december 2016 - 17:53:42 - thread African Union (183 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 02 december 2016 - 13:44:30 - thread African Union (124 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - One of the leading contenders for the African Union chairperson position, Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily, has strongly argued that public and private economic players must "pull together" to build an "African social base" for the development of the country
©- - 30 november 2016 - 19:33:21 - thread African Union (536 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 30 november 2016 - 09:09:12 - thread African Union (123 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following the recent release of five anti-slavery convicts in Mauritania, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Tuesday called on authorities in the country to set free anti-slavery activists remaining in its jails
©- - 29 november 2016 - 17:41:24 - thread African Union (332 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 29 november 2016 - 09:05:24 - thread African Union (123 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The US government on Monday felicitated with Mauritania on its 56th independence anniversary, the US State Department said in a statement
©- - 28 november 2016 - 15:43:58 - thread African Union (149 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has called on member states to review the adequacy of their laws and regulations aimed at controlling the non-profit and financial sectors, in order to prevent the possibility of terrorist organizations posing as legitimate entities
©- - 28 november 2016 - 15:40:12 - thread African Union (356 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 24 november 2016 - 07:57:39 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 23 november 2016 - 09:04:28 - thread African Union (122 words)


Nakuru, Kenya (PANA) - A man convicted of an assault charge on Tuesday used a hidden screw driver to stab a magistrate in court and his accuser several times, besides wounding a police officer at Nakuru law courts in Kenya’s fourth city, the Police said
©- - 22 november 2016 - 19:21:51 - thread African Union (182 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Mauritian banking conglomerate, SBM Group, has acquired Kenya’s Fidelity Commercial Bank Limited (FCBL), the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced in Nairobi on Tuesday
©- - 22 november 2016 - 19:01:08 - thread African Union (256 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday left for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to attend the Fourth Africa-Arab summit which has attracted several heads of state and government from Arab and African Union member countries
©- - 22 november 2016 - 11:57:48 - thread African Union (209 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday attend the 4th Africa-Arab Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, together with Heads of State and Government from the Gulf and African countries, it was officially announced here Monday
©- - 21 november 2016 - 19:12:09 - thread African Union (203 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 november 2016 - 07:52:06 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has insisted that the Chagos Archipelago has always formed and continues to form an integral part of the territory of Mauritius and it does not recognise the so-called “British Indian Ocean Territory”
©- - 19 november 2016 - 07:26:44 - thread African Union (483 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Associations of victims of terrorism in Africa are not only an important tool for speaking out against extremist violence, but also a key area for the African Union (AU) agenda for the prevention and combating of terrorism and violent extremism, a senior official of the continental body said Thursday
©- - 17 november 2016 - 19:15:56 - thread African Union (402 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 17 november 2016 - 08:25:20 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 16 november 2016 - 08:14:39 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 15 november 2016 - 08:44:23 - thread African Union (123 words)