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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Irish coach of Rwanda's national football team, Johnny McKinstry, on Wednesday named a provisonal list of 26 players for the first-leg match in Group H of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Mauritius on 26 March in Belle Vue, one of the island's coastal city, Sports sources confirmed to PANA in Kigali
©- - 16 march 2016 - 15:36:03 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (226 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya published by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 16 march 2016 - 10:06:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (149 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 16 march 2016 - 08:44:25 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister, Ashit Gungah, said there is evidence that antibiotic resistance has become one of the world’s most pressing public health threats
©- - 15 march 2016 - 13:59:21 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (415 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 15 march 2016 - 08:55:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Monday reshuffled his Cabinet and said he was henceforth assuming the portfolio of Minister of Finance and Economic Development
©- - 15 march 2016 - 08:50:53 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (324 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Ahead of a special session on drugs at the United Nations General Assembly, senior United Nations officials on Monday focused on the people affected by drugs and the shared international responsibility in stopping the suffering caused by these illicit substances
©- - 15 march 2016 - 06:45:38 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (453 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two United Nations agencies on Monday reiterated calls for more financial contributions to fund their work in Mauritania, where more than 450,000 people are suffering from food insecurity
©- - 15 march 2016 - 06:38:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (324 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Monday's froeign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currencies Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 14 march 2016 - 14:50:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (120 words)


Curepipe, Mauritius (PANA) - Cercle de Joachim football team won the Republic Cup of Mauritius on Sunday night after a 1-0 victory over Association Sportive de Port-Louis 2000 (ASPL) at George V stadium, Curepipe, in the south of the island
©- - 14 march 2016 - 11:35:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (74 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that at the end 2015 the female Mauritian population was higher than the male population by 13,094 with the whole population estimated at 1,262,862 as at 31 December 2015
©- - 14 march 2016 - 11:11:36 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (290 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has commended the United Nations Security Council for designating the rebel group and cult Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and its leader, Joseph Kony, effective 7 March 2016, as subject to sanctions imposed by UN Resolution 2262 (2016)
©- - 12 march 2016 - 09:39:18 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (340 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Monetary integration should not be pursued too fast in sub-Sahara Africa, but the region should give priority to implementing a comprehensive structural reform agenda, according to high-level policymakers and academics who, this week, gathered in Mauritius to discuss the future of currency areas
©- - 11 march 2016 - 08:36:18 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (597 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have condemned Wednesday's attack on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) by an unknown armed group in which one South African peacekeeper was killed and another wounded
©- - 10 march 2016 - 18:41:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (180 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – Malagasy President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, chief guest of the Mauritian Government at the 48th independence anniversary of Mauritius to be celebrated Saturday, arrived in Mauritius Thursday afternoon, at the head of a 50-member delegation
©- - 10 march 2016 - 14:00:58 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (137 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe government on Wednesday said it discovered that 86 billion CFAF have been laundered in 2015 when the country was under the transitional regime following the fall of president Compaoré, ousted by a popular uprising
©- - 10 march 2016 - 13:14:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (193 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 10 march 2016 - 09:38:09 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Malagasy President Hery Rajaonarimampianina is due here Thursday as chief guest of the government at the 48th independence anniversary of Mauritius to be celebrated Saturday, official sources said Wednesday
©- - 09 march 2016 - 17:30:22 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (235 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday indicated that a historical agreement has been signed between Mauritius and Changi Airport in Singapore for the establishment of an air corridor between Asia and Africa using Mauritius and Singapore as hubs
©- - 09 march 2016 - 11:33:32 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (566 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Over 30 Malagasy and international scientists and clinicians are gathered at the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Monday for the launching of the AFRIBIOTA project, an ambitious programme of multidisciplinary research meant to better understand chronic childhood malnutrition, PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 08 march 2016 - 13:16:51 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (593 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Tuesday said that his government will take firm action that includes strengthening of the laws to deal with violence and abuse against women and children
©- - 08 march 2016 - 08:05:37 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (429 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The debate on the reintroduction of capital punishment has once again appeared on the forefront of newspapers in Mauritius this week, following the discovery of two dead bodies on 26 February
©- - 05 march 2016 - 14:50:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (424 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon seeking to resolve the longstanding dispute over Western Sahara said Friday that his first visit to Mauritania aims at encouraging talks so that Sahrawi refugees could return home in their country in dignity
©- - 04 march 2016 - 18:27:01 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (678 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, arrived in Nouakchott Thursday for a two-day working visit to Mauritania, official sources said on Friday
©- - 04 march 2016 - 12:55:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (131 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currencies Buying Selling


 Australian Dollar 25
©- - 04 march 2016 - 12:32:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (118 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the Government of Sudan to fully cooperate with the AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and facilitate its freedom of movement in view of the increased in fighting in the restive western region of the country
©- - 03 march 2016 - 19:37:49 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (281 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The President of the Republic of Madagascar Mr Hery Rajaonarimampianina will be the chief guest of the Government of Mauritius at celebrations marking the 48th Independence Day of Mauritius on 12 March 2016 in Port-Louis, official sources told PANA on Thursday in the Mauritian capital
©- - 03 march 2016 - 11:11:38 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (149 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Wednesday announced the appointment of Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as their Deputy Joint Special Representative for the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan, commonly known as UNAMID
©- - 02 march 2016 - 15:37:23 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (235 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee
©- - 02 march 2016 - 08:38:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (115 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union (AU) Heads of State mission, led by South African President Jacob Zuma, has made steady progress in unlocking the Burundi political crisis after a working visit there where it held talks with the key stakeholders in the crisis engulfing the fragile Central African state
©- - 01 march 2016 - 13:24:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (462 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee; Currencies Buying Selling


 Australian Dollar 24
©- - 01 march 2016 - 13:10:30 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (121 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Bank of Mauritius on Monday night issued a draft Deposit Insurance Scheme Bill for public consultation to protect depositors and guarantee the repayment of their deposits "to such extent as may be feasible, in the case of a bank or non-bank deposit taking institution licensed by the Bank"
©- - 01 march 2016 - 08:26:37 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (206 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) will hold its first meeting for the year 2016 in Nouakchott from 2- 4 March 2016
©- - 29 february 2016 - 12:09:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (266 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Can a former President of the Republic of Mauritius take on a paid job after retiring from his post and continue to benefit from a pension? This is the question put by the media following a legal action initiated by a lawyer before the Supreme Court asking for the freezing of the salary and allowances of the present Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who is back to power since December 2014
©- - 27 february 2016 - 14:02:07 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (514 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the UN Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau, known as UNIOGBIS, for an additional 12 months so that it can continue to assist the country in its path towards peace and reform
©- - 27 february 2016 - 08:23:11 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (443 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s announcement on Wednesday that he had decided to withdraw the 800-odd South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops from the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, has raised doubt that South Africa could be retreating before the war is over
©- - 25 february 2016 - 15:32:16 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (709 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that his administration is fully committed to increasing the productivity of the country's agriculture and solid minerals sectors to save the nation from the harsh effects of lower crude oil prices
©- - 25 february 2016 - 13:14:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (370 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee
©- - 25 february 2016 - 08:28:49 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (115 words)