Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian weather services announced on Wedne sday that a tropical cyclone, called "Gelane", is closing in and is currently ab o ut 780 kilometres away from the north-east part of the Island
©- - 17 february 2010 - 17:40:00 - thread African Union (102 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- In his pastoral lecture to mark the 2010 lenten p eriod in Mauritius, the Catholic Bishop of Port-Louis, Monsignor Maurice Piat, o n Tuesday expressed concern over the falling standard of education in that countr y
©- - 17 february 2010 - 13:24:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published by the The Commercial Bank o f Mauritius Wednesday in Port-Louis
©- - 17 february 2010 - 10:42:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The third edition of Research Week opened on Tues day at the Mauritius University aimed at transforming the country into a sustain a ble and innovative island
©- - 16 february 2010 - 21:47:00 - thread African Union (238 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation of the African Human Rights Commission (CADHP) on Monday urged the Mauritanian authorities to take measures to de-congest prisons in the country
©- - 16 february 2010 - 21:07:00 - thread African Union (159 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Syria and Mauritania are holding talks on how to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the latest developments in the Arab and inter n ational scenes and the next Arab summit to be held in Libya, among others, offic i al sources told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 16 february 2010 - 15:12:00 - thread African Union (151 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Tuesday in Port- Louis, the capital, published the exchange rates of the main currencies against t he local rupee
©- - 16 february 2010 - 11:08:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation from the European Union Parliament on Monday arrived in Nouakchott for a five-day working visit during which it wil l hold discussions with the authorities on several subjects including cooperation between the EU and Mauritania, official sources said
©- - 15 february 2010 - 21:17:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The sub-regional rights watchdog, Media Foundation for W est Africa (MFWA), has called for the repeal of all â?laws which restrict media freedomâ? in Mauritania while condemning the recent two-year imprisonment handed down to Hanevi Ould Dahah, publisher of the online paper (www
©- - 15 february 2010 - 18:38:00 - thread African Union (235 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are Monday's exchange rates for major currencies against the local rupee, as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauri tius in Port-Louis
©- - 15 february 2010 - 11:14:00 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation of the African High Commission for Human and Peoples Rights (AHCHR), led by Mrs
©- - 15 february 2010 - 07:05:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and its development partners will dis cuss programmes aimed at poverty reduction and prudent public expenditure in the country when its officials and those from donor countries hold the third phase o f their roundtable in April in Belgium, official sources told PANA here
©- - 14 february 2010 - 17:34:00 - thread African Union (148 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritius Commercial Bank on Thursday issued the following exchange rates of the local rupee against some major foreign curre n cies: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 26
©- - 11 february 2010 - 14:05:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping has urged the Nigerian people and military to continue in their firm support for and practice of constitutionality , while also congratulating the country's newly-appointed Acting President Goodluck Jonathan
©- - 11 february 2010 - 08:27:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major currencies, as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius in Port- Louis Wednesday
©- - 10 february 2010 - 11:43:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) â" The Mauritanian g-overnment, civil society orga nisations (CSOs) and development partners begin a workshop in Nouakchott on Wedn e sday on a project aimed at poverty reduction
©- - 09 february 2010 - 22:31:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted Mauritius a loan of 15 million euros to fund the construction of two sugar refineries as p a rt of a programme to reform the sugar industry in the Island
©- - 09 february 2010 - 18:28:00 - thread African Union (205 words)


Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Saudi Ambassador to Mali, Fawaz Ben Meshel Al-Timyat, died here on Monday, the Malian government said in a communiquأ© released on Tuesday
©- - 09 february 2010 - 17:52:00 - thread African Union (74 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and Turkey will start their third round of discussions on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries Tuesda y , PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 08 february 2010 - 14:31:00 - thread African Union (229 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The head of the Mauritanian branch of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, on Sunday denounced discrimination against the Haratine (black M auritanians)
©- - 07 february 2010 - 17:26:00 - thread African Union (236 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A committee for the defence of Mauritanian journ alist Hanedi Ould Dehah has been formed in the country, PANA learned in Nouakcho t t on Sunday
©- - 07 february 2010 - 14:11:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Armed robbers on Friday stormed the court premis es of a Mauritanian judicial division in Kiffa, 600 kilometres east of Nouakchot t , the capital, seizing arms and other items in the process, according to local n e ws reports
©- - 06 february 2010 - 13:22:00 - thread African Union (105 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The former governor of Mauritania's central bank (BCM), Sid'El Moctar Ould Nagi, and his deputy, Mohamed Ould Oumarou, have been temporarily released from prison, judicial sources told PANA on Saturday
©- - 06 february 2010 - 12:57:00 - thread African Union (104 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in N ouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, on Thursday jailed the editor of the Taqadou m y news Website, Hanefi Ould Deha, for two years for "inciting rebellion and offe n ding public morals," judicial sources told PANA Friday
©- - 05 february 2010 - 18:31:00 - thread African Union (276 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) â" Women human rights- activists in Mauritius, unde r the umbrella Women in Politics (WIP), on Thursday asked political parties to f i eld women as one-third of their candidates in the next general elections
©- - 04 february 2010 - 22:37:00 - thread African Union (213 words)


Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika Thursday warned "o ver-expectant Malawians" that there would not be a "chunk of money flowing into t he country because we have assumed the chairmanship of the African Union," PANA r eported from here
©- - 04 february 2010 - 18:23:00 - thread African Union (321 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian national first division football championship has been hit by another crisis following the withdrawal of four cl u bs from the competition, sources close to the championship told PANA here Thursd a y
©- - 04 february 2010 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (76 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian government will, on Thursday, 18 Fe bruary, launch a national referendum at which the people will express their view s on how to make the country a "durable Island", PANA reported from the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis
©- - 04 february 2010 - 13:20:00 - thread African Union (222 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The price of petrol in Mauritius has been increas ed by 7
©- - 04 february 2010 - 12:34:00 - thread African Union (66 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Employees of the African Union (AU) have demanded that the new AU Chairperson should address outstanding demands for benefit and s ecurity, PANA reported from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
©- - 04 february 2010 - 12:27:00 - thread African Union (411 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The commercial bank of Mauritius Thursday in Port -Louis, the capital, issued the day's exchange rates for the major foreign curre n cies against the local rupee
©- - 04 february 2010 - 09:19:00 - thread African Union (130 words)


Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza declared Wedne sday on his return from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, which hosted the 14t h Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), that he was " satisfied" with the results of the conference
©- - 03 february 2010 - 19:24:00 - thread African Union (189 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The commercial bank of Mauritius Wednesday in Por t-Louis, issued the day's exchange rates for the major foreign currencies compar e d to the local rupee
©- - 03 february 2010 - 10:09:00 - thread African Union (134 words)


Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) â" The 14th Ordinar-y Session of the African Unio n which ended in Addis Ababa Tuesday endorsed South Africa's candidature for a non-permanent seat on th e UN Security Council for the period 2011-2012
©- - 03 february 2010 - 07:12:00 - thread African Union (368 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU), worried about the unendin g political crisis in Madagascar, has warned the illegal regime in the country a g ainst any attempt to impose unilateral solutions, sources from the just-ended or d inary summit told PANA on Tuesday in Addis Ababa
©- - 02 february 2010 - 23:38:00 - thread African Union (438 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The heads of state and government who participate d in the 14th African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have announced the creation of a fund meant for African women
©- - 02 february 2010 - 19:10:00 - thread African Union (257 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has scheduled a meeti ng with its partner States for the first quarter of 2010 in Brussels, the Belgia n capital, official sources told PANA on Tuesday
©- - 02 february 2010 - 15:51:00 - thread African Union (155 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's opposition democratic forces (CFOD) , a coalition of nine political parties, has asked the government to urgently ar r ange to preserve inflammable materials, according to a CFOD statement issued her e Tuesday
©- - 02 february 2010 - 12:36:00 - thread African Union (100 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The commercial bank of Mauritius Tuesday in Port- Louis issued the day's exchange rates for the major foreign currencies against t h e local rupee
©- - 02 february 2010 - 11:52:00 - thread African Union (127 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Moummar Kadhafi, in a press co nference over the weekend in Addis Ababa held in line with the 14th African Unio n summit in Ethiopia, has urged the US President, Barack Obama, to "free the Unit e d States from the label as gendarme of the world"
©- - 02 february 2010 - 09:41:00 - thread African Union (365 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, has said tha t the only way Africa will make any impact in the committee of nations is by ach i eving the United States of Africa
©- - 02 february 2010 - 07:45:00 - thread African Union (309 words)


Le Morne- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian president, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, on M onday in Le Morne, south-west of the island, presided over the ceremony marking t he 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Mauritius and expressed regr e t that slavery still exists in other forms which future generations will face
©- - 01 february 2010 - 21:29:00 - thread African Union (238 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi said here on Sunda y at the 14th African Union summit that western countries make nice speeches on G uinea's stability to better hide their designs on the wealth of the African west country, PANA reported from here
©- - 01 february 2010 - 18:43:00 - thread African Union (230 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- No fewer than nine people died in a blast which occurred on Sunday in a gas store here, according to a provisional report, made a vailable to PANA on Monday
©- - 01 february 2010 - 18:01:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sports and politics may mix, against conventional wisdom, if the African Union (AU) goes ahead to shift the dates for its June/July, mid-year Summit for 2010 to avoid a clash with the dates for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first to be held on the African soil
©- - 01 february 2010 - 13:01:00 - thread African Union (249 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- As heads of state gather in the Ethiopian capital for the 53-member continental body's annual Assembly, the African Union (AU) on Monday urged Sudan to step up efforts to rescue the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen t (CPA) and hold democratic elections in April
©- - 01 february 2010 - 12:04:00 - thread African Union (759 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed a proposal by African leaders to help resettle some Haitians who were displaced by a devastating earthquake that hit their country about three weeks ago
©- - 01 february 2010 - 09:19:00 - thread African Union (326 words)