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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and Switzerland on Wednesday signed an agreement on short-stay visa waiver under which Mauritians could stay in the Eur o pean country without visa for a maximum of three months in a six-month period, P A NA reported from here
©- - 27 october 2010 - 10:11:00 - thread African Union (148 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Euro depreciated while the British Pound and US D ollar appreciated against the Mauritian rupee, according to the latest exchange r ates published here Wednesday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 27 october 2010 - 09:26:00 - thread African Union (174 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) â" A group of 119 Ma-uritanian refugees repatriate d from Senegal arrived in Rosso, 200 kilometres south of Nouakchott, on Tuesday
©- - 26 october 2010 - 23:07:00 - thread African Union (227 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the M auritanian Ouguiya, as published by the country's central bank
©- - 26 october 2010 - 11:10:00 - thread African Union (127 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest foreign exchange rates f or the Mauritian rupee, as published here on Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 26 october 2010 - 09:37:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A team from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Sunday opened an audit on the safety of Mauritanian airports, sources close to the country's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) told PANA on Monday
©- - 25 october 2010 - 21:29:00 - thread African Union (170 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau is to create more cultural sites under a p rogramme designed to establish more mangroves, parks, biosphere reserves and for e st patches in two years, according to a statement from the World Wildlife Fund ( W WF)
©- - 25 october 2010 - 17:55:00 - thread African Union (439 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Sidi Ould Tah, and the French Ambassador to Nouakchott, Michel Vandepooter, Sunday signed an agreement for a 1
©- - 25 october 2010 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (210 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya against some major foreign currencies issued Monday by the C e ntral Bank of Mauritania: Currencies Buying Selling Euro(1) 396
©- - 25 october 2010 - 16:29:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Curepipe- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has launched a recycling programme for us ed cell phones and batteries, aimed at sensitizing the population on the import a nce of protecting the environment and inculcating a culture for recycling end-of - life electronic products, PANA reported from here
©- - 25 october 2010 - 14:35:00 - thread African Union (214 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Commission Chairperson, Jean Pi ng, has lambasted Guinea politicians for precipitating the political crisis in t h e West African state, blaming their disagreements for the postponement of the se c ond-round presidential polls
©- - 25 october 2010 - 14:02:00 - thread African Union (454 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as published here on Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 25 october 2010 - 10:59:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Sunday chaired the official opening of a national forum which will examine wa y s of dealing decisively with terrorism and Islamic extremism
©- - 24 october 2010 - 19:05:00 - thread African Union (175 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Ma uritanian Ouguiya against some major foreign currencies, as published here by th e Mauritanian central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro(1) 396,21 400,18 US Dollar (1) 282,86 285,70 British Pound (1) 446,21 450,68 Swiss Franc (100) 29348,52 29642,75 Canadian Dollar (1) 277,13 279,90 Swedish Crown (100) 4270,05 4312,86 Norwegian Crown (100) 4869,62 4918,43 Danish Crown (100) 5278,53 5331,45 CFA Franc BCEAO (1000) 604,02 610,07 Moroccan Dirham (100) 3512,19 3568,89 Japanese Yen (1000) 3485,23 3520,16 Tunisian Dinar (1) 202,72 206,80 Algerian Dinar 3,82 3,86 Libyan Dinar 229,63 233,11
©- - 24 october 2010 - 14:09:00 - thread African Union (132 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to the inter national community to support the Africa Union (AU) peace initiatives with "sust a inable funding"
©- - 23 october 2010 - 13:54:00 - thread African Union (401 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Ma uritian rupee, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 22 october 2010 - 11:51:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The special representative of the UN secretary-g eneral for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, arrived in Nouakchotton on Thursday on the third stage of his visit to the Maghreb, official sources said in the Mau r itanian capital
©- - 21 october 2010 - 22:52:00 - thread African Union (165 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Portuguese defence minister, Augusto Santos Silv a, accompanied by a high-powered delegation, arrived in Nouakchott on Wednesday e vening for a 48-hour working visit, official sources told PANA
©- - 21 october 2010 - 22:21:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several butane gas tanks have left the depots of the Mauritanian Gas Company (SOMAGAZ) over the past two days for Senegal where g as supplies are critically low, sources told PANA on Wednesday
©- - 21 october 2010 - 21:44:00 - thread African Union (93 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya against some major foreign currencies issued Thursday by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 21 october 2010 - 18:28:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following the renewed efforts by the Mauritanian government and member countries of the European Union (EU) to fight illegal imm i gration, the number of persons illegally passing through Mauritania has reduced f rom 13,000 a few years ago to about 6,000 since 2009, official sources told PANA
©- - 21 october 2010 - 14:28:00 - thread African Union (187 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Three Mauritanians were Wednesday sentenced to d eath by the criminal court of Nouakchott, which found them guilty of several acts related to terrorism, PANA r eported
©- - 21 october 2010 - 11:11:00 - thread African Union (162 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, published here Thursday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 21 october 2010 - 10:53:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro Tuesday appreciated, while the British p ound and the US dollar depreciated against the Mauritian rupee, according to the following latest exchange rates issued by the Mauritius Commercial Bank
©- - 19 october 2010 - 17:35:00 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will Thursday launch the African Womenâ ?s Decade 2010-2020, under the theme "Gender Equality and Womenâ?s Empowerment: A Bottom up Approach", PANA reported from here Tuesday
©- - 19 october 2010 - 16:48:00 - thread African Union (174 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The trial of alleged members of a cell of Al Qae da in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) accused of terrorist activities began at the criminal court of No uakchott on Monday
©- - 18 october 2010 - 22:00:00 - thread African Union (262 words)


Ebene- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Global Board of Trade (GBOT) started operations on Monday in the Mauritian financial landscape at Ebène, 25 km south of Port-Louis, the capital, PANA reported from here
©- - 18 october 2010 - 18:07:00 - thread African Union (241 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the British pound on Monday deprecia ted against the Mauritian rupee but the US dollar appreciated against the local c urrency, according to the latest exchange rates issued by the Mauritius Commerci a l Bank
©- - 18 october 2010 - 16:54:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Ma uritanian Ouguiya against some major foreign currencies, as published by the cou n try's central bank
©- - 18 october 2010 - 12:22:00 - thread African Union (134 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The trial of suspected Islamist terrorists resum ed in Mauritania Sunday morning at the criminal court of Nouakchott after a 72-hour suspension
©- - 17 october 2010 - 16:49:00 - thread African Union (111 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A test-run for a project aimed at supplying Noua kchott with drinking water from the Senegal River (over 200km south) has started, PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 17 october 2010 - 13:04:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian media this week highlighted the Second Afro-Arab summit which was held last weekend in the central Libyan city o f Sirte
©- - 16 october 2010 - 18:00:00 - thread African Union (338 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)-- The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has given Mauritania a total of US$58 million for the supply of potable water and financing of a road project linking three regions of the country, according to a statement made available to PANA on Saturday
©- - 16 october 2010 - 12:40:00 - thread African Union (165 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has granted a mining licence to Mauritanian Mineral Company (MMC) to mine quartz in the region of Nouadhibou in north-west Mauritania
©- - 15 october 2010 - 07:05:00 - thread African Union (156 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The trial of 29 presumed Islamic terrorists will start on Sunday in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, PANA learnt here Thursd a y from judicial sources
©- - 14 october 2010 - 15:38:00 - thread African Union (141 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya, as issued Thursday by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 14 october 2010 - 12:54:00 - thread African Union (132 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Kuwait have signed five cooperati on agreements as part of the activities marking the visit to the African nation of the Emir of Kuwait, His Hi ghness Cheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
©- - 14 october 2010 - 11:56:00 - thread African Union (87 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The emir of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al -Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, arrived in Nouakchott on Wednesday for a day-long work i ng and friendship visit to Mauritania
©- - 13 october 2010 - 18:31:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) has been given 65 0,000 euros by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Service (ECHOS) for Maur i tania to feed thousands children under-five as well as pregnant and breast-feedi n g women, according to a statement from WFP on Monday
©- - 11 october 2010 - 23:00:00 - thread African Union (140 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national football team, the Palancas Negras beat their Guinea Bissau counterparts 1-0 here Saturday in the second round of G r oup J qualifiers for the 2012 African Cup of Nations slated in Gabon and Equator i al Guinea
©- - 10 october 2010 - 17:34:00 - thread African Union (110 words)


By Mildred Mulenga- PANA Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) -- Libya's widening investment role in Africa has spread to Zambia, where the north African nation is taking a grip on the Zambian telecommunications sector with the recent acquisition of a 75 percent stake in the Zambia Telecommunication Company (Zamtel) at a cost of over US$380 million
©- - 10 october 2010 - 12:29:00 - thread African Union (613 words)


CBZ Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- When Pakistan's Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) collapsed in the 1990s, its subsidiary in Zimbabwe zoomed to the cliff, widely expected to similarly plunge
©- - 10 october 2010 - 12:28:00 - thread African Union (638 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese national football team, here on Saturday trashed their Mauritian counterparts 7-0 in the second round of Group E qualifie r s for the 2012 African Cup of Nations to be jointly hosted by Gabon and Equatori a l Guinea
©- - 10 october 2010 - 11:51:00 - thread African Union (127 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Bissau Guinean national football team arrived in Luanda Thursday evening ahead of its match against Angola on Saturday, in the second round qualifier for the 2012 Afr ica Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
©- - 08 october 2010 - 11:16:00 - thread African Union (168 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, according to the latest exchange rates published here on Friday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 08 october 2010 - 09:24:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Grand Bay- Mauritius (PANA) -- The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, has asked the international communi t y to assist Somalia in re-establishing peace, security and rule of law and to cr e ate the conditions for economic growth
©- - 07 october 2010 - 16:13:00 - thread African Union (242 words)


Grand Bay- Mauritius (PANA) -- Ministers from Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA),the Indian Ocean (IO) nations, and Europe have expressed deep concern over the persistent scourge of piracy, particularly its impact on peace, security, stability and maritime security, its links to transnational organized crime, as well as its possible links to terrorist activities
©- - 07 october 2010 - 14:33:00 - thread African Union (291 words)