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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz passed on Tuesday, the Saharawi leadership officially announced
©- - 31 may 2016 - 19:35:27 - thread African Union (301 words)


KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, has said that he and seven other African Foreign ministers will discuss with the UN Security Council (UNSC), on June 9, the position of African countries opposing the International Criminal Court (ICC)
©- - 31 may 2016 - 13:07:26 - thread African Union (228 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 31 may 2016 - 08:49:09 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 30 may 2016 - 09:09:55 - thread African Union (123 words)


New York, US (PANA) - In the wake of protests in Guinea-Bissau, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all political stakeholders and their supporters to act responsibly, refrain from violence and avoid an escalation of the situation by settling their concerns through dialogue
©- - 27 may 2016 - 21:46:20 - thread African Union (196 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 27 may 2016 - 08:21:38 - thread African Union (123 words)


Rome, Italy (PANA) - Mauritius and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Thursday signed a Reimbursable Technical Assistance (RTA) agreement to develop the country’s seed sector, an important first step to increasing food production and food security for local communities
©- - 26 may 2016 - 17:42:20 - thread African Union (559 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth has appointed Pravind Jugnauth as new Minister of Finance and Economic Development in a shuffle of his cabinet on Thursday
©- - 26 may 2016 - 16:51:52 - thread African Union (344 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 26 may 2016 - 11:09:24 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank
©- - 25 may 2016 - 09:36:39 - thread African Union (147 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun on Tuesday told Parliament that a total of 30,938 bats were culled during the period 6 November to 4 December 2015
©- - 25 may 2016 - 06:56:42 - thread African Union (331 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council on Tuesday stressed the importance of strengthening the existing cooperation between the UN and the African Union (AU)
©- - 24 may 2016 - 21:55:01 - thread African Union (801 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun, on Tuesday told Parliament that the dog population in Mauritius is around 300,000 out of which at least 80,000 are considered to be strays (without an owner or a defined abode)
©- - 24 may 2016 - 15:43:30 - thread African Union (345 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Despite government’s efforts at scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in Rwanda as part for HIV intervention, challenges remain with respect to changing the mindset of adult men in the rural areas of the East African nation to undergo the procedure
©- - 24 may 2016 - 10:12:37 - thread African Union (832 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Monday issued the following exchange rates for the Rupee
©- - 23 may 2016 - 15:23:19 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Public Infrastructure and Land Transport Minister, Nandcoomar Bodha, on Monday appealed to pedestrians and motorcycle riders to exercise greater care and responsibility on the road as they are the most vulnerable to death and injury
©- - 23 may 2016 - 13:02:16 - thread African Union (253 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The University of Mauritius on Monday launched a three-day training course on coral diseases and monitoring, aiming to increase knowledge of and training stakeholders on the potential diseases affecting the island’s coral reefs in a bid to help in decision making, conservation and management of this delicate ecosystem
©- - 23 may 2016 - 12:57:47 - thread African Union (312 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Gambian government, and with the support of partners - UNFPA, UNESCO, UNAIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI), and the Commonwealth - on Saturday began celebrations commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the African Youth Charter
©- - 22 may 2016 - 11:50:33 - thread African Union (534 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun has said the government does not propose, at this stage, to review the export of monkeys from the island to foreign laboratories for medical research despite criticisms by local and international activist organizations
©- - 21 may 2016 - 16:09:54 - thread African Union (580 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government on Friday approved a total of 15 public holidays for 2017, PANA learnt from official sources in Port-Louis
©- - 21 may 2016 - 07:50:15 - thread African Union (126 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) Friday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya for the day
©- - 20 may 2016 - 14:40:05 - thread African Union (140 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will on 20-21 June host the Women’s Forum Global Meeting, a platform for highly influential women and men to reflect upon and share ideas and views on the crucial need to transform economies and societies across the world
©- - 20 may 2016 - 13:24:42 - thread African Union (363 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 may 2016 - 08:58:05 - thread African Union (123 words)


Rome, Italy (PANA) – With more than 60 million people across the world reeling from the drought caused by El Niño, Josefina Stubbs from the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has a strong message for leaders gathering at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next week
©- - 19 may 2016 - 17:29:25 - thread African Union (552 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 19 may 2016 - 11:07:23 - thread African Union (124 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has promised to take part in the forthcoming Arab summit to be held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, in July in response to an invitation by Mauritanian President Mohamed Abdul Aziz, it was announced in Khartoum on Thursday
©- - 19 may 2016 - 10:31:29 - thread African Union (164 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of human rights activists Biram Dah Abeid and Brahim Ould Bilal on 17 May in Mauritania, following a Supreme Court decision
©- - 19 may 2016 - 06:28:00 - thread African Union (182 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday said that he is determined and has the political will to take necessary measures to fight against road trauma “because the road safety situation in our country is unacceptable
©- - 18 may 2016 - 19:02:13 - thread African Union (391 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Anil Gayan says that the island-nation has to introduce innovative solutions and new means and ways to reverse the downward trend of the fertility rate which currently stands at 1
©- - 17 may 2016 - 11:05:58 - thread African Union (309 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - A ministerial meeting in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on the deteriorating security situation in Libya has on Monday expressed support for the intention of the Government of National Accord (GNA) to request for arms to counter terrorist groups and combat IS in the North African country
©- - 16 may 2016 - 17:48:50 - thread African Union (834 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Monday left for Saudi Arabia for a two-day state visit at the invitation of King Sulman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi of Saudi Arabia
©- - 16 may 2016 - 11:45:57 - thread African Union (233 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday welcomed the peaceful conduct of the partial re-run for the elections of Comoros President and Governor of Anjouan
©- - 15 may 2016 - 16:00:22 - thread African Union (227 words)