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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The constitutional court of Mauritania on Thursd ay rejected appeals made by by three losing candidates disputing the election of the former junta leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, during last Saturday's presidential election
©- - 23 july 2009 - 21:20:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called the upcom ing second round of presidential elections in Guinea Bissau an "important measur e '' of national commitment to democracy and reconciliation
©- - 23 july 2009 - 20:18:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A candidate in the recent presidential elections in Mauritania, Hamadi Ould Meimou, on Thursday endorsed the results and called f or a dialogue involving all political forces in the country, PANA reported
©- - 23 july 2009 - 20:16:00 - thread African Union (161 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritania authorities have arrested two sus pected terrorists allegedly planning to attack the facilities of the National In d ustrial and Mining Company (SNIM), located in the north of Mauritania, judicial sources told PANA here Wedn esday
©- - 22 july 2009 - 13:01:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The observer mission of the International Francophony Organization (OIF) has urged candidates of last Saturday’s presidential election in Mauritania to resort to legal means should they disagree with the election r e sults
©- - 21 july 2009 - 23:06:00 - thread African Union (209 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The African Rally for the Defence of Human Rights (RADDHO) has hailed Saturday’s presidential election in Mauritania saying the vote was held in a peaceful atmosphere
©- - 20 july 2009 - 21:59:00 - thread African Union (231 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two defeated candidates in Saturday's Mauritania 's presidential election, Kane Hamidou Baba and Sarr Ibrahima Moctar, have congr a tulated Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for his victory at the polls, official sources t o ld PANA Monday
©- - 20 july 2009 - 21:01:00 - thread African Union (163 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two defeated candidates in Mauritania's presidential election have congratulated Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for his electio n as president, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 20 july 2009 - 20:39:00 - thread African Union (168 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Candidate of Mauritania's opposition National Fr ont for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, is to challenge in court t he results of Saturday's presidential polls, won by former junta leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Azi z
©- - 20 july 2009 - 18:41:00 - thread African Union (280 words)


Grand Bay- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boolell l aunched the consultations of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Monday at t he International Conference Centre, Grand Bay, northern Mauritius, PANA reported
©- - 20 july 2009 - 14:47:00 - thread African Union (197 words)


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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (313 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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (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 African Union (142 words)