Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli was among the African Heads of State and Government who arrived in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Wednesday to attend President Yoweri Museveni’s fifth term swearing-in ceremony, scheduled for Thursday
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
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New York, US (PANA) - Protecting schools from attacks and military use is essential to ensuring access to education for all children in Africa, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui said on Tuesday
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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu is Wednesday expected to travel to Kampala where he will join other Heads of State for the inauguration of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Modibo Touré of Mali as his new Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peace-building Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), according to a UN statement made available to PANA in Nairobi
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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for
extra attention to be paid to the experiences and needs of small island developing
countries, such as Mauritius in the implementation of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
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Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on
Sunday lauded Mauritius for its role on climate change action, gender issues and
poverty at a banquet hosted in his honour in Pointe-aux-Piments, northern
Mauritius
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius welcomes Sunday United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will be on a tour of three Indian Ocean islands, namely Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar
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New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he is following closely political developments in Comoros in the wake of the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court ordering a partial re-run of the elections for President and for Governor of Anjouan
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will soon introduce new measures to manage waste oil in the island nation, PANA has learnt from official sources here
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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and their Member States have been urged to ratify and implement the protocols on free movement of persons in their respective regions in order to make the Agenda 2063 on Regional Integration a reality
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Mr Anil Gayan on Thursday night called for urgent action on prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCD) "with the increasing burden of these diseases coupled with people getting addicted to sedentary lifestyles and the island's health budget getting out of control"
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address the 23rd International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress to be held in Mauritius from 8-11 May 2016, PANA learnt from official sources here
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of the National Women’s Council Bill which, according to the Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mrs Marie-Aurore Perraud, will further promote women's empowerment
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Seychelles national airline, Air Seychelles, on Tuesday posted its fourth year of profitability in a row with net profits worth US$2
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister Ashit Gungah on Tuesday confirmed the government’s decision to ban the importation and sale of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a food additive, in Mauritius “as it is likely to bring more harm than good to the population
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Ministry on Tuesday issued a travel advisory cautioning Mauritians going to the nearby island of La Réunion following the reported cases of dengue fever there
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-moon, will pay an official visit to Mauritius from 8-10 May, accompanied by his spouse and a delegation of 13 members, official sources said on Tuesday
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee for the day
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Serbian President TomislavNikolic has bestowed African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma with the highest Order of the Republic of Serbia on Strips, the Commission said here Thursday
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has amended its Firearms Act to implement the provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty to which it is a signatory, PANA learnt Tuesday from the Parliament Office in Port-Louis
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Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian President, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, on Thursday received the "Africa Peace Award 2016" which honors African leaders, individuals or organizations who have shown exceptional leadership in bringing about peace and co-existence across cultures, PANA learnt from official sources here
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Tuesday told Parliament that the Government will not tolerate any malpractice in banks and financial institutions, “whether or not, Government is a shareholder”
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
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New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights office (UNHCR) on Tuesday deplored the
confirmation of the death sentence for apostasy against a Mauritanian blogger,
Mohammad Ould M’Kaitir, by the appellate court on 21 April
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth told Parliament on Tuesday that his Office has received 36 applications for permanent resident permits from foreign investors, self-employed non-citizens and retired non-citizens for the period - January 2015 to 23 April 2016
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritania ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities on Monday marked the World Immunisation Week which is dedicated to promoting vaccination and providing an opportunity to strengthen immunisation services and systems, PANA learnt from official sources in the Mauritian capital
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania in February produced 124,695 barrels of oil, or a daily average of 4,300 barrels, from the offshore well of Chingetti, 65 kms off the Nouakchott coasts, according to an official report released by the Mauritanian Ministry of Oil
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will on Friday sign and ratify the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, PANA learnt from official sources in the Mauritian capital
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Mauritania must quash the death sentence handed down to a blogger for apostasy and release him unconditionally, Amnesty International (AI) said Wednesday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) on Wednesday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 26
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan, UN and African Union (AU) on Monday in Khartoum
agreed on a smooth and phased exit of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) from
Sudan's Darfur region
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Rupee:
Currencies Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 26
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The virulent outburst from Foreign Affairs Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo against his cabinet colleague, the Financial Services and Good Governance Minister, Roshi Bhadain, hits the headlines this week in Mauritius
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
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Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - A two-day International Conference on AYUSH (Ayurveda and Naturopathy, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) opened on Thursday in Mauritius with the aim to popularise traditional medicine, which according to Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, “is in essence a way of life, a philosophy and a science of healing and health care and good hygiene”
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth told Parliament on Wednesday night that as at 7 April 2016, there were 2,276 detainees in the island’s prison institutions, out of whom 1,364 were serving time and 912 were on remand
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will set up an Intercontinental Slavery Museum in its capital, Port Louis, as recommended by the Truth and Justice Commission, PANA learnt on Tuesday from official sources
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) on Friday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya
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