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Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The UN’s Deputy Special Representative in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau has congratulated politicians, voters and officials across the country for the peaceful conduct of Sunday’s national assembly election

©- - 11 march 2019 - 05:08:58 - thread African Union (471 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA)  -  Madagascar’s President Andry Nirina Rajoelina arrived Sunday at the head of a nine-member delegation in Mauritius for a ten-day state visit, official sources told PANA

©- - 10 march 2019 - 15:48:13 - thread African Union (307 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The news was dominated this week in Mauritius by the celebration of International Women's Day with a statement by Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, assuring that the government will not tolerate any discrimination against women

©- - 09 march 2019 - 17:31:08 - thread African Union (531 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The third ministerial conference of the African Union’s specialized technical committee on finances, planning, economy and integration, held from 4 to 8 March in the Cameroonian capital, Douala, elected Libya as vice-president of the committee’s executive board

©- - 08 march 2019 - 22:43:24 - thread African Union (162 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Friday marked International Day of Women's Rights with a demonstration to highlight the plight of women producers and processors of milk in the agro-pastoral regions of the country, officials told PANA here

©- - 08 march 2019 - 21:18:08 - thread African Union (282 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerians return to the polls on Saturday to elect State governors and State Houses of Assembly members after presidential polls two weeks ago, while on Sunday voters in Guinea Bissau will file out to vote for the country’s 102-seat People’s Assembly

©- - 08 march 2019 - 16:16:28 - thread African Union (488 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Friday said that the government will not tolerate any discrimination against women and no efforts will be spared towards protecting women against injustice and violence as well as in preserving their identity

©- - 08 march 2019 - 14:34:58 - thread African Union (446 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced the opening of a new office in Ménaka, north-east Mali to "meet the humanitarian needs of the people

©- - 08 march 2019 - 12:24:46 - thread African Union (157 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania

©- - 08 march 2019 - 10:18:35 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 08 march 2019 - 08:50:42 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) has closed hundreds of illegal fund transfer outlets, as part of the implementation of a roadmap to regulate their activities, according to a statement by the institution made public on Thursday

©- - 07 march 2019 - 20:43:17 - thread African Union (137 words)


Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The African Union should speed up the formation of the African Monetary Fund (AMF), which would mark the turning point in Africa's efforts to rapidly industrialise, Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said on Thursday

©- - 07 march 2019 - 18:06:43 - thread African Union (555 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - President Andry Nirina Rajoelina of Madagascar will be on a State Visit to Mauritius from 10-13 March as Chief Guest of the Government on  the 51st National Day celebrations to be held on Tuesday

©- - 07 march 2019 - 14:40:50 - thread African Union (192 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - As part of the "rationalization of the political space to reduce the cost of organizing elections", 76 Mauritanian political parties have been notified of their dissolution, following a decree by the Interior Ministry

©- - 07 march 2019 - 11:39:03 - thread African Union (173 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania

©- - 07 march 2019 - 11:28:19 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 07 march 2019 - 08:31:13 - thread African Union (124 words)


Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – Voters go to the polls on Sunday in Guinea Bissau to elect members of parliament (MPs) for the next Parliament to get the country out of the political crisis that has shaken the country for more than three years

©- - 06 march 2019 - 16:53:50 - thread African Union (435 words)


​Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation minister Yogida  Sawmynaden on Wednesday said that Information and Communication Technology (ICT), “without a doubt”, plays a pivotal role in enabling and providing timely disaster response, management and reconstruction after disasters, as well as in promoting disaster risk reduction and preparedness

©- - 06 march 2019 - 14:27:00 - thread African Union (456 words)


Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has become the biggest loser in the latest international trading trends observed by an African Union Commission research team, which shows exports mostly from East African countries to the Euro zone dropping by a massive 20%

©- - 06 march 2019 - 13:56:38 - thread African Union (518 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania

©- - 06 march 2019 - 10:49:22 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 06 march 2019 - 07:46:23 - thread African Union (124 words)


Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Ministers of finance, economy and planning approved a new roadmap towards the creation of a ratings agency on Tuesday to help provide sovereign rating services to countries and companies in order to enhance rapid access to the international debt markets

©- - 06 march 2019 - 05:42:45 - thread African Union (592 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz extended a congratulatory message on Tuesday to his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, on the occasion of the National Day celebration

©- - 05 march 2019 - 14:18:34 - thread African Union (132 words)


 

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The African Union Commission has called on countries to rapidly ratify treaties aiming for the creation of the Central Bank, Monetary Fund and the Investment Bank to help mobilize the wealth required to finance rapid economic growth and create more jobs

©- - 05 march 2019 - 13:09:47 - thread African Union (523 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania

©- - 05 march 2019 - 10:24:07 - thread African Union (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius

©- - 05 march 2019 - 08:09:39 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) The first Mauritian Infrared Satellite (MIR-SAT1), a project of the Mauritius Research Council (MRC), will be launched by the end of this year

©- - 05 march 2019 - 07:08:50 - thread African Union (288 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The new Secretary General of the International francophonie organisation (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, who took office in January, will make her first visit to Bamako before the end of the year, she said at the end of talks with President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on the sidelines of the 26 Pan-African cinema and television festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO, which end at the weekend in the Burkina Faso capital

©- - 04 march 2019 - 19:32:27 - thread African Union (191 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A contingent of the Mauritanian gendarmerie left Nouakchott on Sunday for Bangui, Central African Republic, where it will be deployed as part of the UN Multidimensional Mission in Central Africa (MINUSCA)

©- - 03 march 2019 - 16:27:55 - thread African Union (96 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The League of Arab States has strongly condemned Friday's terrorist attacks on Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in which 29 people were killed and 80 others wounded, according to the latest police report in the ares
©- - 02 march 2019 - 19:08:50 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The judgment on the Chagos case following the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Britain dominates stories in the Mauritian media this week

©- - 02 march 2019 - 14:05:04 - thread African Union (793 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Senegalese prime minister, Mohamed Boun Abdallah Dionne, arrived on Friday evening in Nouakchott for a working visit to Mauritania, PANA learned from official sources

©- - 02 march 2019 - 12:51:07 - thread African Union (93 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania

©- - 02 march 2019 - 11:37:41 - thread African Union (138 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)-  African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has congratulated Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari for winning a second-term in office

©- - 01 march 2019 - 19:00:40 - thread African Union (229 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania

©- - 01 march 2019 - 11:43:41 - thread African Union (134 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Crop Loss Compensation Scheme for the benefit of small non-sugar planters registered with the Small Farmers Welfare Fund (SFWF) was launched on Friday by the Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Mr

©- - 01 march 2019 - 08:26:05 - thread African Union (361 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius

©- - 01 march 2019 - 08:18:41 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Foreign Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo said on Thursday that the United States and Britain are allies of Mauritius "and they will remain so", despite the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in favour of Mauritius on the 1965 excision of the Chagos archipelago

©- - 28 february 2019 - 19:31:53 - thread African Union (348 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia and  Mauritania have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) related to cooperation in fisheries and maritime investment following talks between President Adama Barrow and President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

©- - 28 february 2019 - 19:19:43 - thread African Union (203 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius

©- - 28 february 2019 - 09:01:57 - thread African Union (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

©- - 27 february 2019 - 19:00:47 - thread African Union (141 words)