Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday announced it is sending a pre-election assessment mission to Sudan ahead of the country's general elections on 13 April
©- - 03 march 2015 - 13:19:50 - thread African Union (240 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Association sportive of Port-Louis 2000 (ASPL) has strengthened by 9 points its lead in the Mauritian first division football league, thanks to its 2-0 victory over La Cure Sylvester during day 20 matches played on Sunday
©- - 02 march 2015 - 10:39:50 - thread African Union (153 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 355
©- - 02 march 2015 - 10:38:32 - thread African Union (130 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 02 march 2015 - 08:53:21 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Ocean Economy and Fisheries Minister Premduth Koonjoo has told Parliament that the fishing communities on the Island are vulnerable to sea level rise and their livelihoods are threatened by storms and extreme weather conditions
©- - 27 february 2015 - 09:45:03 - thread African Union (271 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 


Australian Dollar 24
©- - 27 february 2015 - 09:27:30 - thread African Union (111 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Public Utilities minister Ivan Collendavelloo on Thursday launched the National Energy Efficiency Programme (NEEP) that will carry a hundred high-quality energy audits of big consumers in the industry and the tertiary sector of the island
©- - 26 february 2015 - 17:41:00 - thread African Union (318 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth, told Parliament Thursday that it has always been the unequivocal stand of Mauritius that the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia and Tromelin, are an integral part of its territory
©- - 26 february 2015 - 12:24:34 - thread African Union (310 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 26 february 2015 - 11:49:56 - thread African Union (108 words)


Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Representatives of the five member countries of the Indian Ocean Commission who met in Mauritius during the past two days have worked out a new regional strategy for fishing and aquaculture for the period 2015 to 2020, PANA reported Wednesday
©- - 25 february 2015 - 18:41:05 - thread African Union (310 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Tuesday told the Parliament that the government will soon set up a Financial Crime Commission (FCC) and a revised and enhanced Independent Commission against Corruption model, PANA learnt from parliamentary sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 25 february 2015 - 14:45:17 - thread African Union (278 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has awarded 540,000 euros to the Mauritanian team produced the film “Timbuktu” after it won seven awards at the official ceremony of the Cesars in Paris, France, according to a communiqué from the European Commission, obtained here Tuesday
©- - 24 february 2015 - 15:39:02 - thread African Union (139 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth, on Monday night announced several measures aimed at supporting small farmers who, he said, have been neglected for too long by the former government that ruled the island between 2005 and end 2014
©- - 24 february 2015 - 15:26:42 - thread African Union (356 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 24 february 2015 - 09:22:49 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Association sportive de Port-Louis 2000 (ASPL) defeated “Entente Boulet Rouge” by 5 goals to 1 on Sunday to maintain its leadership in the first division football championship in Mauritius with 41 points, PANA learnt for football sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 23 february 2015 - 15:51:56 - thread African Union (178 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Here are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania: Currencies Buying Selling 1 Euro 355
©- - 23 february 2015 - 11:38:29 - thread African Union (148 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Government has, in a statement Sunday, commended the success of Mauritanian film-maker Abderahmane Sissako who, it said, “honours his country, Africa and the Arab world after winning Friday seven awards at the 40th ceremony of the Cesars of Cinema in Paris, France for his film “Timbuktu”
©- - 22 february 2015 - 14:53:21 - thread African Union (237 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Guinea Bissau has become the 37th country to join the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) as a Participating State, following the signing of the Bank’s Establishment Agreement by the Government, the Bank has announced from its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt
©- - 21 february 2015 - 11:47:30 - thread African Union (275 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has said that the two-day Antananarivo conference on food security that ended on Friday night opened a new dynamism for Madagascar and the other Indian Ocean countries by establishing a complete inventory of food and nutritional security projects led by the big island
©- - 21 february 2015 - 07:20:23 - thread African Union (298 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as released by the Mauritius Commercial Bank: Currency Buying Selling 


Australian Dollar 24
©- - 20 february 2015 - 11:44:58 - thread African Union (120 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – Malagasy President Hery Rajaonarimampianina on Thursday opened a two-day Indian Ocean Food Security Sponsors Conference in Antananarivo suggesting a “win-win partnership” centered on increased production as the answer to the nutritional challenge facing island nations in the region
©- - 19 february 2015 - 17:18:38 - thread African Union (318 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI), a human rights organisation, has called for the release of three antislavery activists and human rights defenders who have been sentenced to two years in prison for belonging to and managing an unrecognised organisation
©- - 18 february 2015 - 20:42:44 - thread African Union (566 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau, known as UNIOGBIS, so that it can continue to assist in tackling a range of political, security and development challenges in the country
©- - 18 february 2015 - 19:15:05 - thread African Union (399 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 354
©- - 18 february 2015 - 11:17:17 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 18 february 2015 - 08:46:39 - thread African Union (109 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Three Rwandan female scientists are among the 70 winners from 11 countries across Africa, selected for the 2015 international fellowship endowed by the Kenya-based African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) for Field Research and Application, the research institute said in a statement obtained here Tuesday by PANA
©- - 17 february 2015 - 13:58:27 - thread African Union (596 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as released by the Mauritanian Central Bank
©- - 16 february 2015 - 15:02:37 - thread African Union (149 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and the World Bank are putting forward a new Country Partnership Framework for the island that outlines the operational and strategic framework of collaboration for the period 2015 to 2020, PANA reported from here
©- - 16 february 2015 - 13:11:14 - thread African Union (344 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Association Sportive of Port-Louis 2000 (ASPL) has taken the lead in the Mauritian first division football league, thanks to its 1-0 victory over Cercle of Joachim during day 18 matches played on Sunday
©- - 16 february 2015 - 09:01:54 - thread African Union (135 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 16 february 2015 - 08:36:08 - thread African Union (110 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – According to the figures compiled by the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture, sugar production for the 2014 crop that ended this weekend in the island was 400,000 tons, down from 408,000 tons in 2013, PANA learned from official sources in Port-Louis on Sunday
©- - 15 february 2015 - 15:27:16 - thread African Union (191 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian media this week devoted large spaces to the arrest on Friday of former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who is accused of money laundering and complicity to commit a wrongful act, PANA reported from here
©- - 14 february 2015 - 17:33:33 - thread African Union (512 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The former Governor of the Bank of Mauritius, Rundheersingh Bheenick, sacked at the end of December last year by the new government, was arrested by police Friday night after an amount of one million rupees in foreign currency (about US$ 33,000) was found in his place, PANA learnt from police sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 14 february 2015 - 07:28:37 - thread African Union (202 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1-Euro 352
©- - 13 february 2015 - 15:48:47 - thread African Union (143 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Commending the Mauritanian authorities for policies that have secured macroeconomic stability and supported development in recent years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has noted, however, that risks from further declines in iron ore prices and weak activity in key trading partners cloud the country's outlook for the near term
©- - 13 february 2015 - 09:07:17 - thread African Union (653 words)