Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Kane Hamidou Baba, leader of the Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE), who failed in the Mauritanian presidential election of June 22, 2019, has launched a distress call to the leaders of West Africa, the Maghreb and Europe, to unite their efforts and put an end to the tragedy of illegal immigration Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28 Full text...
Mauritius wants to lease Diego Garcia Island to the US
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Sunday renewed Mauritius' proposal for a long-term lease of Diego Garcia as a military base by the United States Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28 Full text...
Guinea-Bissau president on 3-day visit to Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau President Umaru Cissoko Umballo is on a three-day friendly visit to Mauritania since Saturday, official sources told PANA on Sunday Full text...
Mauritania President Ghazouani congratulates US President-elect Biden
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani on Saturday sent a message of congratulations to U Full text...
Mauritania/Morocco border closure highlighted in the media this week
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press in Mauritania this week covered a variety of issues, including the closure of the Guergarate border crossing (55 kilometers north of Nouadhibou and 500 km from Nouakchott) which separates Mauritania from Morocco Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 43 Full text...
Mauritius registers negative population growth of -0.04 % in 2019
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius registered a negative population growth rate of -0 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 43 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 11 imported cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Eleven imported cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Mauritius this week, bringing the number of positive imported cases to 37 since the opening of the island's borders on 1 October Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28 Full text...
Coronavirus: Pandemic impacts heavily on Mauritius export, manufacturing sectors
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius exports and manufacturing sectors have declined by 33% from January to May 2020 and 22% for the period of January to August 2020 respectively due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has hit hard on the world economy Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 43 Full text...
Tanzania’s Magufuli to be sworn in Thursday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newly re-elected Tanzania’s president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, will be sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony to be staged in the capital, Dodoma Full text...
Mauritius to pursue its claim for Chagos archipelago - PM Jugnauth
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday said Mauritius is determined to pursue its fight for the restitution of the Chagos archipelago to the island and to supporting the eventual resettlement of Chagossians on some of the islands of the archipelago, a Mauritian territory located a thousand kilometres north of the mainland Full text...
Cyril Ramaphosa underlines need for solution in Libya without foreign interference
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, current chairman of the African Union (AU), Tuesday underlined the need to give Libyans the opportunity to reach a Libyan solution to the ongoing crisis without foreign interference during the Forum for the Libyan political dialogue to be hosted in Tunisia on 9 November Full text...
Former Mauritanian president's son summoned in anti-corruption probe
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The son of former Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz has been is summoned by the police as part of a preliminary corruption investigation during the decade of his father's reign (2008-2019), the local press reported on Tuesday Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 42 Full text...
AU Chairperson 'strongly condemns' massacre at Ethiopian village
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has strongly condemned the killing of innocent civilians following inter-communal violence in Ethiopia Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
FC Tevragh-Zeina win 5th Mauritania National Football Cup
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - FC Tevragh-Zeina of Nouakchott on Sunday won the Mauritania National Football Cup, beating AS SNIM of Nouadhibou 2-0 in the final played at the Cheikha ould stadium Boidiya of the capital Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank Full text...
Mauritania: Crisis born from caricatures of Prophet of Islam highlighted in the news
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press published in Mauritania this week devoted most of its comments to the global crisis emanating from cartoons in France of the Prophet of Islam, Mohamed (PSL) Full text...
Mauritius to introduce regulations against sea pollution
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Ministry would promulgate the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form) Regulations 2020 to prevent sea pollution from harmful chemical substances, the Government announced on Saturday morning, following its weekly Cabinet meeting Full text...
Mauritius to green its public sector
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – After its weekly Cabinet meeting, the Mauritian Government on Saturday announced a project called “Greening of the Public Sector” designed to engage in the greening of public-sector organisations Full text...
Libyan army chief of staff visits Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian minister of Defence, Hanana ould Sidi, Friday received a Libyan military delegation chaired by the army chief of staff, Army general Mohamed Ali Hadad, the state-run news agency (AMI) reported here Full text...
Mauritanian govt. condemns terrorist attack on Notre-Dame church in Nice
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement released on Friday, the Mauritanian government has condemned Thursday's terrorist attack on the Notre-Dame church in Nice, a city in southern France, saying it was "a barbaric act" Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
Coronavirus: Spectators return to Nouakchott stadium this weekend
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The final of the President's Football Cup between FC Tevragh-Zeina and ASC SNIM will be played on November 1 before public spectators at Cheikha ould Boidiya Stadium in Nouakchott Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
Mauritanian opposition leader wants official recognition of national languages
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Samba Thiam, leader of the Progressive Forces for Change (FPC-black nationalist movement) in Mauritania, advocates for the official introduction of national languages, Pulaar, Sooninké and Wolof into the education system in a document released Wednesday Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 43 Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
AU calls for peaceful poll in Tanzania
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission President, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called for a peaceful vote in Tanzania, ahead of Wednesday's Presidential elections Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
Coronavirus: Four new imported cases detected in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Tuesday the detection of four new imported cases of COVID-19 among the passengers who arrived from Dubai last Saturday Full text...
Mauritanian government condemns caricatures of Prophet Mahomet
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Monday strongly condemned acts of provocation against Islam reported in France for several days, an official statement issued here said Full text...
Mauritania: Prices of fruits, vegetable rise sharply
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's fruit and vegetable market is experiencing serious disruptions, leading to high scarcity and soaring prices on Monday, PANA noted Full text...
Two allies of ex-president Aziz appear before police anti-corruption panel
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Tfeil Laha, a banker, and Mohamed Abdallah Ould Yaha, two personalities close to Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former Mauritanian president (2008/2019), appeared before the police panel investigating Aziz for economic and financial crimes, PANA learned Monday from judicial sources Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 43 Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
Mauritius records 26.4% trade deficit in August
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The balance of visible trade in Mauritius showed a deficit of 7,568 million rupees in August 2020, higher by 36 Full text...
Mauritania: The return of politicians from exile highlighted in the news
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press in Mauritania this week devoted most of their comments to the return from exile of opponents of the regime of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019) Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects four new imported cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Four new imported cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Mauritius on Friday on passengers coming from India, bringing the total to 26 positive cases from six flights from a total of 1,860 persons who traveled to Mauritius since the opening of the island’s borders on October 3, 2020 Full text...
Mauritius undergoing economic recession
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PA NA) - Mauritian Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy Friday said the island’s economy had suffered from the national lockdown which resulted in a contraction of 15 per cent of its GDP in March-May and 32 Full text...
Mauritius to introduce a new Visa Scheme
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to introduce soon a new visa scheme called Premium Visa for a period of one year, renewable, to encourage eligible foreigners to come for a long stay in the island, an official statement said here Saturday Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 43 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
AU endorses new peacekeeping roadmap
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has approved a new peacekeeping roadmap, aiming to enhance unity between major actors involved in international peacekeeping operations, including the UN, troop contributing states and the conflict-affected nations Full text...