Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's president-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has denied opposition allegation that his Union for the Republic (UPR) part y rigged the country's presidential elections which was held 18 July
©- - 20 july 2009 - 13:17:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (231 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- With one third of the votes cast in Saturday's p residential election in Mauritania counted, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the candidate of the Union for the Republic (UPR) and former military Head of State, has taken the lead with 52 per cent, according to early results announced by the country's Interior and Decentralisation Ministry
©- - 19 july 2009 - 20:37:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (165 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian police on Friday arrested two person s suspected of killing an American citizen in January, Police Commander, Mohamed Lemine Ould Ahmed, told a news conference here on Saturday
©- - 19 july 2009 - 19:54:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (180 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Four candidates who participated in Saturday's p residential election in Mauritania have alleged that officials rigged the polls i n favour of former military leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
©- - 19 july 2009 - 12:30:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (200 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A group of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has protested against their exclusion from observing the voting process of the M auritanian presidential elections held across the country on Saturday
©- - 18 july 2009 - 19:47:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (100 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- About 3,000 Mauritanians based in France voted on Saturda y as the presidential election got underway same day in their country, PANA repo r ted from here
©- - 18 july 2009 - 19:02:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (209 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian presidential election was disrupted by an exchange of gun fire between security forces and a suspected terrorist gro u p Saturday afternoon, in the district of Ksar, Nouakchott, PANA reported
©- - 18 july 2009 - 15:53:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (143 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanians Saturday trooped to the polling sta tions to elect a new president, following the 6 August, 2008 coup d'etat that de p osed former president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, PANA reported
©- - 18 july 2009 - 13:11:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (200 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, announced on Friday that a state a funeral will be held on Sunday for the forme r bishop of Port-Louis, Cardinal Jean Margéot, who passed away earlier in the day
©- - 17 july 2009 - 22:21:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (155 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Former bishop of Port-Louis, Cardinal Jean Margéo t, died Friday morning aged 93, official sources said here
©- - 17 july 2009 - 11:40:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (89 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Friday by the Commercial Bank of Maur itius
©- - 17 july 2009 - 08:04:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (119 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian government is seeking information o n a French fugitive, Christophe Caterino, who was serving 54 months’ imprisonmen t for drug trafficking, official sources told PANA in Port-Louis on Thursday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 21:57:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (158 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – A Dutch, Mauritian -and British scientific team ha s discovered the remains of a “pelvis de dodo", the world's rarest bird, as well as huge turtles in Mare-aux-Songes in the southern part of the island, where the y have been conducting a search for some time
©- - 16 july 2009 - 20:49:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (133 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Minister of Communication (in ch arge of Relations with the Parliament), Ahmed Ould Ahmed Abd, Thursday announced the arrival of 320 observers in Nouakchott to monitor the presidential elections taking place on Saturday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 18:54:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (175 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Government has stopped granting new gambling licences to casinos and betting shops, pending the recommendations of a committee set up to examine issues relating to this activity
©- - 16 july 2009 - 18:28:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (194 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European mission in charge of reforming the secur ity sector in Guinea Bissau will end its duty 30 November, the Commander-in-chie f of the mission, General Esteban Verastegui, announced Wednesday in Brussels
©- - 16 july 2009 - 15:26:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauritian Commercial Bank here Thursday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 14:05:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (115 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- The chairman of the African Union Muammar Kadhaf i says enriched uranium production should be encouraged for development purposes , arguing that it constitutes a scientific gain and its ban would mean the end of human progress
©- - 16 july 2009 - 00:03:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (383 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- Libyan revolution leader the current chairman of the African Union (AU), Muammar Kadhafi, has proposed the establishment of a Pe a ce and Security Council within the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
©- - 15 july 2009 - 23:41:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (407 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Par liament Tuesday his government was discussing the issue of sovereignty over the C hagos archipelago with Britain
©- - 15 july 2009 - 15:46:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (394 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here Wednesda y by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 15 july 2009 - 11:44:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (118 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Iaia Djalo, who came fourth in the first round of Guinea-Bissau's presidential election, announced on Monday that he would supp ort Malam Bacai Sanha during the second round of the ballot on 26 July against K u mba Yala
©- - 14 july 2009 - 22:58:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (260 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian anti-drug police on Monday arrested a C anadian in Ebony, central part of the Island, with one kilogramme of heroin in h i s possession, police sources told PANA Tuesday morning
©- - 14 july 2009 - 19:38:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (77 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Cr iminality (UNODC) and the Ministry of Justice of Guinea Bissau held a course for the magistrates in the country towards the fight against drug trafficking, PANA l earnt from official sources here
©- - 14 july 2009 - 19:26:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (212 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies as published here Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 14 july 2009 - 12:12:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (113 words)


Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The African Draughts Confederation Championship and Drau ghts World Cup Qualifiers kicked-off in Banjul on Monday
©- - 13 july 2009 - 22:37:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (275 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The criminal division of the Court of Appeal in Nouakchott on Monday increased the sentences of two men who had been jailed f or terrorist attacks on the Mauritanian armed forces
©- - 13 july 2009 - 21:55:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (130 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian police Monday issued an international a rrest warrant against French national, Christophe Caterino, who jumped bail and e scaped from the Island since 26 June, police sources told PANA
©- - 13 july 2009 - 18:59:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (159 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has been selected to host the 'Super Sp eciality' Regional Hospital of the Pan African e-Network Project, a PANA correspondent reported from the Mauritian capital Mond ay
©- - 13 july 2009 - 13:16:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (313 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian government has decided to expel by 31 Dec
©- - 10 july 2009 - 12:40:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (222 words)


Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A 26-million Tunisian dinar (US$21 million) loan agreeme nt was signed Thursday in Tunis between the Saudi Development Fund (FSD) and the Tunisian government for the funding of an integrated agricultural development pr o ject in the region of Sidi Bouzid in South-western Tunisia, official sources sai d
©- - 10 july 2009 - 09:28:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (222 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and the African Union (AU) Thursday launched a new tool, designed, in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to boost investme n t flows into Africa
©- - 09 july 2009 - 16:34:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (339 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has donated US$ 500,000 to the Indian g overnment to assist in the reconstruction process in the State of Bihar, ravaged by floods in 2008, Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell told PANA here Thurs d ay
©- - 09 july 2009 - 15:23:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (158 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The presidential candidate of the Mauritanian Ra lly of Democratic Forces (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, has promised to eradicate ter r orism from the country if voted into power at the 18 July polls
©- - 08 july 2009 - 15:29:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (247 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, saying the country h as not broken with political violence despite the “perfect” first round of the p r esidential election held on 28 June
©- - 07 july 2009 - 22:05:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (211 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, in his weekly appearance at parliament, told legislators on Tuesday that the government was consideration setting up a National Civic Service on the Island, with a view to further consolidating the process of nation building
©- - 07 july 2009 - 14:21:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (264 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's former Prime Minister Sghair Ould M'Barek has aborted his candidacy for the country's presidential elections slated for 18 July, and thrown his weight behind Gen
©- - 07 july 2009 - 13:40:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (142 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Hamady Ould Meimou-one of the candidates in the 1 8 July presidential election in Mauritania is promising a broader national union government if he wins power
©- - 06 july 2009 - 22:19:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (253 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- Mauritania remains suspended from the parliamentary Assem bly of the Francophonie (APF) until the country holds a free and fair presidenti a l election, the secretary general of the body, Mr
©- - 06 july 2009 - 15:21:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (449 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius' Central Statistics Office (CSO) indica ted Monday that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the island would grow by 2
©- - 06 july 2009 - 13:30:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (255 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea's ruling National Council for Democracy and Deve lopment (CNND) announced Saturday it would launch a wide-range audit of activiti e s of all arms of government that served the country in the last 24 years, led by General Lansana Conté, who died 23 December
©- - 05 july 2009 - 18:56:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (348 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Ambassador to Kuwait and presidentia l candidate for the 18 July election in the country, Hamadi Ould Meimou, pledged to create 10,000 jobs for youths over a five-year period, if elected
©- - 05 july 2009 - 18:27:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (251 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Nigerian Vice President Jonathan Goodluck has hailed African leaders for agreeing to set up the Union Authority, noting that the Afri can Union Commission (AUC) would succeed in combating the resurgence of conflict s within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:23:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (407 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Malam Bacai Sanha, candidate of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and Kumba Yala,candi date of the of the Social Renovation Party (PRS) will contest the second round o f the presidential election in Guinea-Bissau, according to the National Commissio n of Elections (CNE)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:19:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (183 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders gave themselves a deadline of 2010 to rati fy a new treaty authorizing the formation of an African Authority, headed by a P r esident, a Vice President and a cabinet of 10 Secretaries who would not have pow e rs equivalent to ministers, African foreign ministers said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 19:35:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (606 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders resolved to increase their investments in agriculture in an effort to move the continent from external food dependence, wh i ch has resulted in an increase in the cost of food imports coming to Africa, Sou t h African President Jacob Zuma said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:42:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (552 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- ­The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Friday issued the exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:28:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former Mauritanian Premier Zeine Ould Zeidane an d his militants on Friday pledged their support for the President of the Rally o f Democratic Forces (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, during the presidential polls whose first ballot is slated for 18 July
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:22:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (157 words)