Sirte- Libya (PANA) – Libya is asking the African -Union (AU) Assembly to include the establishment of an African Defence Council in the agenda of next month’s 1 3 th ordinary session, according to an official document of the AU obtained by PAN A on Saturday
©- - 27 june 2009 - 11:30:00 - thread Union africaine (199 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Three Mauritanian presidential candidates on Fri day claimed they were being “marginalized” in the framework of efforts made by t h e international community for an inclusive return to constitutional order
©- - 26 june 2009 - 21:21:00 - thread Union africaine (233 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three parties to the Mauritanian crisis have reached a "consensus" on the fate of the High State Council (HCE), the junta th a t has been ruling the country since the 6 August 2008 coup, authoritative source s told PANA here on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 20:14:00 - thread Union africaine (207 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three parties to the Mauritanian crisis have reached a "consensus" on the fate of the High State Council (HCE), the junta th a t has been ruling the country since the 6 August 2008 coup, authoritative source s told PANA here on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 20:11:00 - thread Union africaine (207 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The African Union should urge the United Nations Securit y Council to set up a commission of inquiry to document the worst human rights a b uses in Somalia, an essential first step in creating justice and accountability, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said
©- - 26 june 2009 - 13:20:00 - thread Union africaine (537 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Friday conti nued consultations with the Mauritanian parties in a bid to break the stalemate o ver the implementation of the peace pact they signed 2 June
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:59:00 - thread Union africaine (233 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African envoys meeting to discuss the political and econom ic climate in the continent were due to end three days of discussions on the effects of transforming the African Union Commission into an Authority on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:33:00 - thread Union africaine (363 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian journalist Hannefi Ould Deha, who ru ns the online information site "Taqadoumy", is being held in a prison in the nor t hern suburbs of the capital city of Nouakchott, pending his trial, judicial sour c es told PANA here Thursday
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:34:00 - thread Union africaine (101 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Police arrested two young men here Thursday as part of the investigation into the murder of an American ai d worker, who has been living in Mauritania for many years, judicial sources told PANA
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:16:00 - thread Union africaine (135 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Constitutional Council has rejected the decr ee issued by Mauritania's acting President Ba Amadou to meet with the electoral c ollege ahead of the presidential elections slated for 18 July, official sources told PANA here on Thursday
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:04:00 - thread Union africaine (149 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An American, Christophe Languet, who was working with a NGO, was Tuesday shot dead in Ksar, a suburb in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, by three unidentified men, security sources disclosed to PANA here
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:34:00 - thread Union africaine (94 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah told Parl iament on Tuesday that 208 cases of dengue fever had been confirmed in the Islan d since the first case was recorded 3 June
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:24:00 - thread Union africaine (273 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The deputy spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs Minist ry, Frédéric Desagneaux, on Tuesday urged the Mauritanian warring political part i es to resolve their differences and make the Dakar negotiations a success
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:09:00 - thread Union africaine (187 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RS F) has condemned the arrest of Mauritanian journalist Hannefi Ould Dehah and demanded a fair trial for him
©- - 23 june 2009 - 13:19:00 - thread Union africaine (100 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, in a statement issued here Monday, denounced the "unfair" arre s t of an editor with online newspaper, Taqadoumy, Hannefi ould Dehah
©- - 22 june 2009 - 19:18:00 - thread Union africaine (94 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The Director General of the United Nations Educational, S cientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Koïchiro Matsuura, will attend the summit of the African Union (AU), slated for 1-3 July in Sirte, Libya, the UN ag e ncy told PANA here on Monday
©- - 22 june 2009 - 18:52:00 - thread Union africaine (113 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The camp of General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has rejected the idea of a new meeting in Dakar on the Mauritanian crisis, his direc t or of campaign, Sid'Ahmed Ould Raiss told a press conference here on Friday
©- - 20 june 2009 - 16:42:00 - thread Union africaine (263 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will ans wer to 17 questions from his fellow parliamentarians at the next sitting of the P arliament due Tuesday, PANA reported from here
©- - 20 june 2009 - 09:38:00 - thread Union africaine (180 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's Natural Resources Minister, Oscar Barbosa, on Friday presented some sound recordings as evidence of the attempted coup which led to the assassination on 5 June of the former Defence mi nister, Hélder Proença and Baciro Dabo, an independent candidate
©- - 19 june 2009 - 22:38:00 - thread Union africaine (332 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's National Front for the Defence of D emocracy (FNDD) has accused the junta leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, o f violating the peace agreement reached in Dakar, Senegal, recently for the resto r ation of constitutional order in the country
©- - 19 june 2009 - 18:55:00 - thread Union africaine (258 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Hannefi Ould Dehah, the editorial director of th e online newspaper, Taqadoumy, was arrested in the Mauritanian capital, Thursday afternoon, PANA was informed Friday by sources
©- - 19 june 2009 - 17:10:00 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The committee in charge of implementing the Maur itanian political agreement, which was signed in Dakar recently, has called on t h e parties to the crisis to assemble in the Senegalese capital for fresh talks, a c cording to an official statement, made available to PANA here, on Friday
©- - 19 june 2009 - 16:07:00 - thread Union africaine (355 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies as published by the Mauri t ian commercial bank here Friday
©- - 19 june 2009 - 11:36:00 - thread Union africaine (112 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The World Bank (WB) Tuesday announced a grant of US$ 8 m illion to Guinea Bissau to better implement the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in the country, a statement by Bretton Woods institution, made available to PANA announced Wednesday
©- - 17 june 2009 - 20:37:00 - thread Union africaine (283 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- A credible investigation into the recent assassinations of government leaders in Guinea-Bissau is essential for ending the cycles of viole n ce and impunity, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report
©- - 17 june 2009 - 15:40:00 - thread Union africaine (505 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has started the deployment of election observers to Guinea Bissau ahead of the country's presidential electio n s 28 June, according to an EU statement released here Wednesday
©- - 17 june 2009 - 12:29:00 - thread Union africaine (85 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauri t ian commercial bank here Wednesday
©- - 17 june 2009 - 11:37:00 - thread Union africaine (112 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state during the 2005-2007 i nterim government and presidential candidate in the 18 July election, Ely Ould M o hamed Vall, has set up a campaign office here and named Ahmed Ould Jiddou Khalif a his campaign manager, according to official sources
©- - 16 june 2009 - 15:51:00 - thread Union africaine (96 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauritian commercial bank here Tuesday
©- - 16 june 2009 - 10:05:00 - thread Union africaine (110 words)


Balaclava- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Environment Minister, Lormus Bundhoo , on Monday urged his countrymen to change their consumption and production patt e rns to better face the challenges of climatic change and long-standing developme n t
©- - 15 june 2009 - 21:23:00 - thread Union africaine (147 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, on Mon day handed the keys of a new house to boxer Bruno Julie, who won the Island's fi r st Olympic medal last year
©- - 15 june 2009 - 18:57:00 - thread Union africaine (114 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- No French official met General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, t he ex-chief of the Mauritanian junta, who left Paris Saturday after a one-week s t ay, the spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, Eric Chevallier, decla r ed Monday
©- - 15 june 2009 - 18:33:00 - thread Union africaine (184 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Chair of the National Union for Revival and Deve lopment (RNRD) Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour has been nominated by his party to contest Mauritania 's presidential elections 18 July, the party said in a statement here Monday
©- - 15 june 2009 - 12:36:00 - thread Union africaine (159 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here Monday by the Mauritian Bank of industry and commerce
©- - 15 june 2009 - 09:04:00 - thread Union africaine (113 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA)- – Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will on Tuesday place before Parliament a bill allowing the police to carry out DNA tests on criminals to tighten the fight against crime in the country, parlia m entary sources told PANA on Saturday
©- - 13 june 2009 - 12:34:00 - thread Union africaine (106 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese Foreign Affairs Minister Cheikh Tidia ne Gadio, who is a special envoy of President Abdoulaye Wade, the mediator in th e political crisis in Mauritania, arrived in Nouakchott on Friday afternoon, offi c ial sources said
©- - 12 june 2009 - 23:02:00 - thread Union africaine (172 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The private airline Mauritanie Airways has acqui red two Boeing 737 aircraft, the airline said
©- - 12 june 2009 - 12:15:00 - thread Union africaine (162 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Four Chinese sailors accused of assault and batte ry that resulted in the death of another sailor have been acquitted by a court h e re, judicial sources told PANA
©- - 12 june 2009 - 09:51:00 - thread Union africaine (140 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) have signed a Joint Declaration on Cooperation (JDC), for enhanced economic relations between the two parties, a Mauritian Foreign Ministry officia l said in Port-Louis
©- - 12 june 2009 - 09:11:00 - thread Union africaine (183 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several directors of the Mauritanian private pre ss on Thursday announced that they had set up a Citizen’s Initiative to monitor t he Dakar framework agreement signed on 2 June between the three major groups inv o lved in the political crisis following the 6 August, 2008 coup
©- - 11 june 2009 - 22:46:00 - thread Union africaine (258 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Another presidential candidate, lawyer Pedro Nfan da, has withdrawn from Guinea Bissau's forthcoming presidential elections, reduc i ng the number of candidates from 13 to 11, sources close to Nfanda's family said here Wednesday
©- - 10 june 2009 - 17:55:00 - thread Union africaine (179 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Ministry of Tourism and Leisure ann ounced Wednesday that environmental offenders would henceforth be subjected to v a rious fines as a deterrent
©- - 10 june 2009 - 12:31:00 - thread Union africaine (120 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's acting President Raimundo Pereira , announced here on Monday that the 28 June date for the country's early preside n tial polls remained valid, and deplored the "events on 5 June that cost the live s of Parliamentarian (MP) and former Defence Minister, Helder Magno Proença, and p residential candidate and MP from the African Party for the Independence of Guin e a Bissau (PAIGC), Baciro Dabo
©- - 09 june 2009 - 17:43:00 - thread Union africaine (242 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's main opposition Democratic Forces U nion (RFD) has nominated party chairman Ahmed Ould Daddah as its candidate for t h e country's presidential elections slated for 18 July
©- - 09 june 2009 - 12:20:00 - thread Union africaine (204 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has welcomed the agreement si gned in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, by Mauritanian political foes following the mediation efforts of President Abdoulaye Wade of Se negal in collaboration with the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) and the International Contact Group (ICG) on Mauritania
©- - 08 june 2009 - 19:55:00 - thread Union africaine (216 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A four-day meeting on the development of sea tran sportation and prevention of coastal pollution in the western part of the Indian Ocean is due to start here on Monday, according to official sources
©- - 07 june 2009 - 13:18:00 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Parties to the Mauritanian peace pact meet here on Sunday under the watchful eyes of representatives of the International Contac t Group (ICG) on the Mauritanian crisis, official sources told PANA
©- - 07 june 2009 - 12:53:00 - thread Union africaine (185 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Mauritanian anti-slave NGO, 'Initiative pour l a Résurgence du mouvement Abolitionniste (IRA) (Initiative for the resurgence of the abolitionist movement), fiercely criticised Saturday the framework agreement for a negotiated return to constitutional order, signed this week by the stakeho l ders in the crisis prevailing in the country
©- - 06 june 2009 - 14:27:00 - thread Union africaine (192 words)