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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 48 new cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated on Tuesday that 48 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on 1 January, bringing the number of positive cases detected since March 2021, the time of the third wave, to 23,602 Full text...
Mauritius: Petroleum prices go up by 10 pct
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As from Wednesday, 29 December, 2021, the prices of petroleum products (gasoline and diesel) will go up by 10 per cent in Mauritius, the State Trading Corporation (STC) said in a communiqué released Tuesday night Full text...
Coronavirus: Most unfortunate developing countries far behind target of 40pc vaccination rate -Mauritian PM
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has bemoaned the fact that it is most unfortunate that many developing countries, especially in Africa, are far behind the target of 40 per cent vaccination rate as 2021 comes to an end Full text...
Mauritius: Unemployment rate decreases by 1 per cent
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics tMauritius, a Mauritian governmental institution, indicated on Tuesday that total unemployment rate decreased by 1 percentage point from 10 Full text...
Coronavirus: 32 deaths recorded in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said 32 patients died of coronavirus (COVID-19) from 16-21 December 2021, bringing the total number of deaths since 5 March 2020 till now to 756 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 41 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said here Wednesday 41 people had been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of positive cases to 23,020 since March 2020 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:
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 14 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities recorded here Tuesday 14 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number of positive cases to 22,979 since March 2021, official sources said 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 58 new positive cases Sunday
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health authorities said here Monday they had recorded 58 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number to 22,965 since March 2021 Full text...
Mauritius Govt. to extend subsidy on milk powder to 30 June 2022 -Minister
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Soodesh Callichurn, told Parliament Friday that the subsidy on milk powder would be extended to 30 June 2022 to protect consumers Full text...
Mauritius to declare the Kestrel, a national bird
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government Friday declared the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) a 'National Bird' to coincide with the 30th Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 55 deaths
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Friday reported 507 active cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of whom 17 were under treatment at the hospital and 55 deaths as at 16 December 2021 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:
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 59 new positive cases of Covid-19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Wednesday recorded 59 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), official sources said here Thursday Full text...
Mauritius : 60 killed in road crashes this year
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Sixty persons, comprising 53 motorcyclists and seven vehicle passengers, have so far lost their lives in road cashes in 2021 in Mauritania, an official source told PANA here Wednesday Full text...
Tshisekedi satisfied in putting AU at the service of the people
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The president of DR Congo and current chairman of the African Union (AU), Felix Tshisekedi, said he is satisfied to have contributed to putting the African Union (AU) at the service of the people, as he had announced in his speech accepting to assume the rotating chairmanship of the AU last February 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:
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports three deaths, 38 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said here Tuesday they had recorded three new cases of death and a total of 38 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) 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:
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 95 deaths this week
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, announced here Friday that 95 patients passed on from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past wee Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 68 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated Friday the had recorded a total of 68 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, which brings to 22,461 the number of positive cases recorded since March 2021 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:
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 83 new cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that 83 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours Full text...
IMF Managing Director praises leadership of President Félix Tshisekedi
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on a working visit since Tuesday in Kinshasa, has praised the important role President Felix Tshisekedi plays and continues to play on the African continent as the current chairman of the African Union (AU) Full text...
Illegal bets add up to 1.7 trillion dollars each year: new UN report
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Up to $1 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 29 Full text...
Mauritius: Police gives monetary reward to informantts on drug trafficking, other crimes
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told parliament Tuesday the police department was allocated Rs5,502,520 or USD131,012
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African Union sets in motion plan to manufacture 60 percent of vaccines in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a roadmap towards manufacturing at least 60 percent of all mandatory human vaccines in Africa as well as local production of chemicals used to diagnose diseases, including HIV/AIDS, officials from its scientific organ said Tuesday 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Five deaths, 66 new positive cases recorded in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said here Tuesday they had recorded five deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) and 66 new infection in the last 24 hours Full text...
AU says "things progressing well in Guinea
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Chadian Moussa Faki Mahama, said here Sunday he was hopeful that things would move in the right direction, two months after the army seized power from former President Alpha Conde on 5 September 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 29 Full text...
Mauritius launches Kestrel Recovery Project
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Wildlife Foundation (MWF) Sunday launched the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) Recovery Project to safeguard the Mauritius Kestrel population and encourage its population growth by using conservation management techniques Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 117 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported Sunday the detection of 117 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive cases since March 2021 to 22,090, official sources said here Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 105 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported here Thursday evening the detection of 105 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 24 hours, official sources said here Friday Full text...
Maritime Crimes on the rise in Indian Ocean, says DPP
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Satyajit Boolell, says maritime crimes in the region are on the rise due to, among others, globalization and digitalization Full text...
Libyan-Mauritania talks in Nouakchott focus on revival of AMU and Libya's membership of G5
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazwani, at a meeting with the Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, on the revival of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) and Libya's membership of the G5 Sahel group (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad) because of its active role in the region Full text...
Deputy chairman of Libyan Presidential Council in Mauritania
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, arrived on Wednesday evening in Nouakchott for a two-day visit aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 112 positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that they had detected a total of 112 new positive cases linked to coronavirus (Covid-19) during the last 24 hours, official sources told PANA here Full text...
Mauritius commemorates World Aids Day
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius commemorated on Wednesday World Aids Day with testing and counselling through a mobile caravan that would travel around the country to encourage more people to come forward to be tested Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 61 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced here Wednesday that 61 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were detected Tuesday in the country Full text...
Covid-19: Mauritius records 348 deaths in November 2021
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, quoting official statistics on Tuesday, said that the number of persons who passed away due to COVID-19 in the month of November stood at 348 Full text...
Central banks of Mauritius and Ghana sign MOU
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The central banks of Mauritius and Ghana at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pave the way for exchange of information, staff secondment, staff exchange and sharing of experience Full text...
Mauritius sees 96.9% decline in tourist arrivals
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that tourist arrivals slumped by 96 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 122 deaths in one week
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - COVID-19 killed 122 people in Mauritius in one week up to last Friday, compared to 85 a week earlier Full text...
Meeting to discuss return of CEN-SAD and AU Bureau to their headquarters in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organizations, Omar Ketti, Saturday discussed with the Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Claude Gakosso, ways of returning the General Secretariat of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and the Office of the African Union (AU) to their headquarters in Tripoli 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 Full text...
Mauritius launches Africa Small Medium Business Report on Economic Impact and Recovery
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday launched the Africa Small Medium Business (SMB) Report on Economic Impact and Recovery by Genesis Analytics and commissioned by Meta, formerly known as Facebook Full text...