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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday announced the death of a patient attributed to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 5, since the discovery of the outbreak of the disease in the island in March 2020

©- - 28 july 2021 - 09:51:29 - thread African Union (130 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) for Guinea Bissau for the period July 2021 to April 2022, aiming to help build a strong track record of policy and reform implementation, possibly paving the way for an IMF-supported programme in early 2022

©- - 28 july 2021 - 08:34:03 - thread African Union (463 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian  Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that 531,000 persons - more than 42% of the population and 50% of the adults - have had both doses of COVID-19 vaccines

©- - 28 july 2021 - 07:28:11 - thread African Union (304 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                     Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar        30

©- - 27 july 2021 - 11:13:17 - thread African Union (112 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian anti-drug smuggling unit (ADSU) on Monday found two packages containing heroin, which had been airlifted from Johannesburg, South Africa, police sources said in the Mauritian capital

©- - 27 july 2021 - 09:42:41 - thread African Union (91 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they had detected 52 new positive cases of COVID-19, but all are asymptomatic

©- - 27 july 2021 - 07:08:20 - thread African Union (195 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday detected 93 cases of COVID-19 in the island, most of them on foreign workers residents of a dormitory that is under strict sanitary surveillance and is operating as quarantine centre

©- - 24 july 2021 - 05:47:27 - thread African Union (263 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                    Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar      30

©- - 23 july 2021 - 09:25:57 - thread African Union (110 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Maneesh Gobin on Friday said that the tea sector is facing competition from foreign producers and also the impacts of climate change

©- - 23 july 2021 - 09:05:52 - thread African Union (185 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that 112 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Thursday, following 1,547 PCR tests thus bringing the number of cases since the beginning of the second wave on 5 March 2021 to 2,798

©- - 23 july 2021 - 08:04:39 - thread African Union (168 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin on Wednesday launched the 2021 potato harvesting season with a call to citizens to reduce food wastage

©- - 22 july 2021 - 08:10:53 - thread African Union (298 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday detected a total of 111 new positive cases of COVID-19, the majority of which were in two dormitories of foreign workers

©- - 22 july 2021 - 07:57:38 - thread African Union (147 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                     Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar       30

©- - 19 july 2021 - 10:18:28 - thread African Union (110 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius have on Monday announced that 51 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected over the week-end after 3,908 PCR tests

©- - 19 july 2021 - 06:11:02 - thread African Union (98 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                   Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar      30

©- - 16 july 2021 - 10:16:51 - thread African Union (110 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The first commercial flight landed at Plaisance, southern Mauritius, as the island opens its borders that were closed since March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

©- - 16 july 2021 - 08:10:10 - thread African Union (263 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said 100 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country on Thursday

©- - 16 july 2021 - 06:54:46 - thread African Union (213 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Football Association (MFA) on Friday announced that it has abandoned its football activities for the 2020/21 season because of the ongoing uncertainty of the sanitary conditions in the island following the government’s directives on team sport

©- - 16 july 2021 - 05:50:36 - thread African Union (209 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, Thursday received the special emissary of the President of Congo, Lucien Ibata, with a message from President Denis Sassou Nguesso to visit Brazzaville

©- - 15 july 2021 - 21:31:44 - thread African Union (198 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                  Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar     30

©- - 15 july 2021 - 09:34:25 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian tourism industry, one of the pillars of the island’s economy, is doing badly with declining numbers of holidaymakers visiting the island from January to June 2021, compared to the corresponding period in 2020, according to Statistics Mauritius

©- - 14 july 2021 - 13:24:13 - thread African Union (293 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                  Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar    30

©- - 14 july 2021 - 10:25:04 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that 60 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Tuesday evening during the analysis of 3,012 PCR tests

©- - 14 july 2021 - 07:17:22 - thread African Union (378 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                 Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar   30

©- - 13 july 2021 - 09:36:41 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that four new cases of COVID-19 have been detected out of 1,024 PCR tests carried out by the laboratories of the Ministry of Health and Wellness

©- - 13 july 2021 - 08:41:31 - thread African Union (322 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                     Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar        30

©- - 12 july 2021 - 09:09:24 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth says that the country will move to a crucial stage in the fight against COVID-19 with the phased opening of its borders to tourists on 15 July 2021

©- - 12 july 2021 - 07:33:45 - thread African Union (313 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) on Saturday launched a five-year the Indian Ocean Plastic Expedition (ExPLOI) project as a regional response against marine plastic pollution, official sources at the IOC headquarters in Ebène, in central Mauritius, said

©- - 11 july 2021 - 09:59:29 - thread African Union (367 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Sunday that they detected 28 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday out of 3,276 PCR tests

©- - 11 july 2021 - 09:48:10 - thread African Union (83 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                        Buying    Selling

Australian Dollar          30

©- - 09 july 2021 - 10:15:48 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port–Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius said on Friday that 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the island following 984 PCR tests carried out by the laboratories of the Ministry of Health and Wellness

©- - 09 july 2021 - 08:04:35 - thread African Union (151 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 25 new cases of Covid-19 infections were detected on the 1,210 PCR tests analysed on Wednesday, according to Mauritian health authorities

©- - 08 july 2021 - 09:30:32 - thread African Union (107 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                   Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar     31

©- - 08 july 2021 - 09:24:28 - thread African Union (116 words)


Flacq, Mauritius (PANA) - National dialogue on food systems opened on Wednesday in several regions in Mauritius in a bid to build on the experience, knowledge, interest and initiatives of stakeholders and encourage participants to share different perspectives to address on food systems challenges

©- - 08 july 2021 - 08:18:11 - thread African Union (319 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will on Saturday launch  a week of cleaning and awareness campaign of public beaches in a bid to give tourists a much better experience in the island when they come after the opening of its frontiers scheduled for 15 July 2021

©- - 08 july 2021 - 06:47:51 - thread African Union (283 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Wednesday received the first copy of the report of the international audit of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL)prepared under the supervision of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)

©- - 07 july 2021 - 22:23:05 - thread African Union (348 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:

Currency                      Buying     Selling

Australian Dollar         31

©- - 07 july 2021 - 08:54:29 - thread African Union (116 words)