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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation's director-general Preetam Parmessur has been sacked, eight months after his recruitment by the government, it was officially announced here Saturday
©- - 22 august 2015 - 12:36:01 - thread African Union (82 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth has encouraged Mauritian firms to expand their footprints across Africa in a bid to further enlarge the island’s economic space and its Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
©- - 22 august 2015 - 10:58:08 - thread African Union (360 words)


​Abuja, NIgeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has sent former NIgerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo as a Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau to mediate in the country's political crisis, the presidency said on Friday
©- - 21 august 2015 - 18:44:19 - thread African Union (280 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Three Ugandan soldiers have been indicted for the killing of civilians in Somalia’s southern port town of Marka in July ahead of their trial by an African Union-appointed military tribunal, the head of the AU peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Maman Sidikou said on Friday
©- - 21 august 2015 - 18:36:01 - thread African Union (570 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Here are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 21 august 2015 - 15:12:43 - thread African Union (140 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned a Mauritanian appeal court's decision to uphold a harsh sentence slammed on three anti-slavery activists on Thursday evening
©- - 21 august 2015 - 11:42:02 - thread African Union (293 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 21 august 2015 - 08:53:44 - thread African Union (109 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday took oath of office before Parliament and judges of the Constitutional Court for a third term following his controversial reelection on 21 July 2015
©- - 20 august 2015 - 16:24:25 - thread African Union (208 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 20 august 2015 - 08:53:40 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Over 500 delegates from grassroots movements, community and faith-based organizations, women’s organizations, as well as labour and student unions who met in Gaborone, Botswana, this week have expressed their concern with the rising and unprecedented level of corruption in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
©- - 20 august 2015 - 08:31:21 - thread African Union (594 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Japanese government will finance a training programme in its universities for 1,000 youth from 54 African countries in different domains, like marine sciences, international relations and management, according to sources from the Japanese Japanese embassy in Nouakchott
©- - 19 august 2015 - 14:09:44 - thread African Union (198 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 19 august 2015 - 10:26:30 - thread African Union (111 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In furtherance of the efforts to bring all Sudanese disagreeing parties to the negotiating table, the Chairman of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki, has invited leaders of the Darfur rebel movements and political opposition for a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next week
©- - 18 august 2015 - 18:21:49 - thread African Union (224 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling 1 Euro 361
©- - 18 august 2015 - 15:33:26 - thread African Union (131 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Expressing concern over the current political developments in Guinea-Bissau, the UN Security Council has called on leaders to seek dialogue and consensus in resolving the crisis in the interest of peace in the country
©- - 18 august 2015 - 13:31:53 - thread African Union (396 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 18 august 2015 - 09:05:50 - thread African Union (109 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has asked leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, to redouble efforts at harnessing strengths to collectively address the complex challenges confronting the region
©- - 17 august 2015 - 16:35:30 - thread African Union (465 words)


Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Monday announced the setting up of a Financial Crime Commission (FCC) as the country's apex anti-corruption agency
©- - 17 august 2015 - 10:15:18 - thread African Union (332 words)


Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sugar Cane Industry Research Institute (MSIRI) has developed four new varieties of sugar cane plants that will help boost sugar production by 10 to 15% on the island, according to the Institute
©- - 17 august 2015 - 10:05:13 - thread African Union (353 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 17 august 2015 - 09:52:33 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 40-year-old Malagasy national, Amina Houssen, was on Friday sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by a court in Port Louis after she was found guilty of importation and possession of drugs, PANA learnt from judicial sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 14 august 2015 - 16:34:57 - thread African Union (102 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 14 august 2015 - 08:43:06 - thread African Union (109 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has stated its readiness to take part in meetings of the joint Sudanese-South Sudanese Political-Security Committee under the auspices of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) to discuss the common border demarcation and the Zero Line separating the two countries
©- - 13 august 2015 - 18:41:02 - thread African Union (232 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Tasiast Mauritania Limited SA, a subsidiary of the Canadian Company, Kinross, which exploits a gold mine in northern Mauritania, on Wednesday announced the dismissal of between 200 to 500 employees, citing “economic reasons”
©- - 13 august 2015 - 13:20:58 - thread African Union (149 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance has called on SADC Heads of State to put their weight behind the review of the SADC Gender Protocol, especially in the proposed Monitoring, Evaluation and Results (MER) Framework
©- - 12 august 2015 - 15:40:21 - thread African Union (274 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 12 august 2015 - 13:20:23 - thread African Union (110 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 359
©- - 12 august 2015 - 11:56:54 - thread African Union (133 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has given the World Food Programme (WFP) 400,000 euros (about US$ 438,800) with which the European Commission on Civil Protection (ECHO) will provide humanitarian aid, including food assistance, to 50,000 Malian refugees accommodated in the Mbera camp in eastern Mauritania, the EU delegation in Nouakchott said on Tuesday
©- - 11 august 2015 - 14:59:00 - thread African Union (185 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 11 august 2015 - 08:51:16 - thread African Union (109 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights expert Maina Kiai has called on the Mauritanian parliament to reject a draft law on civil society associations that, without public consultations, was approved last month by the country's Council of Ministers
©- - 11 august 2015 - 08:46:38 - thread African Union (307 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius indicated on Monday that coal is becoming increasingly a major component in the production of electricity in the island with around 43% of electricity generated from coal, 37% from diesel and fuel oil and 20% from renewable sources in 2014
©- - 10 august 2015 - 16:32:59 - thread African Union (459 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 10 august 2015 - 08:26:27 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The 9th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) ended Sunday with the closing ceremony attended by athletes and leaders of different sports federations at Paul Julius Bénard Stadium in Saint Paul, Réunion
©- - 09 august 2015 - 17:33:51 - thread African Union (185 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, will pay a three-day official visit to Mauritius from 24 to 26 August, the Mauritian Government announced in a communiqué released on Saturday in Port-Louis
©- - 08 august 2015 - 16:56:12 - thread African Union (134 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Madagascar has withdrawn from the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) following several incidents that took place during the organization of these games since last weekend in the island of La Reunion, PANA learnt on Saturday from official sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 08 august 2015 - 08:50:14 - thread African Union (355 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 25
©- - 07 august 2015 - 08:38:41 - thread African Union (110 words)