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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The Libyan minister of foreign affairs of the government of national accord (GNA), Mohamed Taher Siala, Friday stressed the need for the country to play a key role in the management and monitoring of interests generated by Libyan funds and assets abroad that were not covered by international freezing decisions, calling on the African Union to assist in the preservation of those funds

©- - 07 february 2020 - 22:49:05 - thread African Union (490 words)


Pretoria, South Africa (PANA)  - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will head off to Addis Abba, Ethiopia, at the weekend where he will officially assume the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) at the 33rd summit of heads of state and government, his office said here Friday

©- - 07 february 2020 - 20:35:04 - thread African Union (236 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union, in collaboration with the United Nations, plans to send observers to monitor compliance with the ceasefire in Libya, well informed sources told PANA on Friday in Addis Ababa

©- - 07 february 2020 - 18:35:40 - thread African Union (266 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied will not attend the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit scheduled for February 9-10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for medical reasons

©- - 07 february 2020 - 18:10:20 - thread African Union (129 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja on Friday to attend the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

©- - 07 february 2020 - 16:46:35 - thread African Union (384 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta will participate in the 33rd Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 9 to 10, it was officially announced here on Friday

©- - 07 february 2020 - 16:23:35 - thread African Union (129 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Siala, arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday to take part in the 36th session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), according to a press release from the Department of External Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

©- - 07 february 2020 - 15:35:20 - thread African Union (368 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday announced free medication to be provided by a UK-based bio-pharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences, to patients suffering from hepatitis C in Mauritius under a medicine donation programme, PANA reported from here

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

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The town of Nouadhibou (465 kilometers north of Nouakchott) is currently rocked by demonstrations protesting the establishment of a gold processing plant at  Chami, 230 km south of the regional capital, by a company called Kenz Maning SA, PANA learned on Thursday from informed sources

©- - 06 february 2020 - 15:15:36 - thread African Union (262 words)


Bras d’Eau, Mauritius (PANA) -  Mauritian Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Maneesh Gobin, on Wednesday announced that the government in collaboration with UN Development Programme (UNDP) is preparing a Wetland Bill to help conserve and sustainably manage coastal and marine biodiversity

©- - 06 february 2020 - 14:31:56 - thread African Union (335 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's National Assembly has denied banning the use of French language during debates, according to a statement issued on Wednesday

©- - 06 february 2020 - 09:24:41 - thread African Union (158 words)


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

©- - 06 february 2020 - 08:59:36 - thread African Union (124 words)


L’Escalier, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday launched a National Cancer Registry in a bid to follow patients who are suffering from this disease that is the third cause of death in the island, after cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

©- - 05 february 2020 - 16:26:40 - thread African Union (354 words)


Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The recount requested by the ECOWAS monitoring committee to decide the winner of Guinea Bissau's 29 December presidential runoff between Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Domingos Simoës Preira, who disputed the results, has confirmed the victory of Embalo

©- - 05 february 2020 - 16:18:41 - thread African Union (160 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 05 february 2020 - 09:46:10 - thread African Union (136 words)


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

©- - 05 february 2020 - 08:44:30 - thread African Union (124 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria on Tuesday announced the death of the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji

©- - 04 february 2020 - 17:45:16 - thread African Union (152 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and that of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping have imposed a temporary ban on the importation of live animals, live fish and products of animal origin from China  following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, PANA reported from Port Louis

©- - 04 february 2020 - 14:38:24 - thread African Union (132 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Judge Bobby Madhub died on Tuesday aged  59 after collapsing in his office, apparently due to a heart attack, a judicial source told PANA in the Mauritian capital

©- - 04 february 2020 - 14:32:13 - thread African Union (140 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale travels to West Africa from February 4 to 13, as part of a diplomatic tour aimed at advancing Washington's engagement in the Sahel, the State Department announced Tuesday

©- - 04 february 2020 - 11:37:07 - thread African Union (407 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 04 february 2020 - 10:07:19 - thread African Union (136 words)


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

©- - 04 february 2020 - 08:41:24 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Roche Bois Bolton City held on to the top of the Super League standings in Mauritius after a 4-1 win over La Cure Sylvester in Sunday's seventh match day, PANA reported on the spot

©- - 04 february 2020 - 00:00:18 - thread African Union (164 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mauritania have signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding on investments of up to US$2 billion and a soft loan, at the end of President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani's weekend visit to the UAE

©- - 03 february 2020 - 15:05:24 - thread African Union (64 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Twelve Mauritian nationals were evacuated on Sunday from Wuhan, China, to Marseilles in France, following the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus in China, and under an arrangement made between the governments of Mauritius and France, PANA learnt from government sources in the Mauritian capital

©- - 03 february 2020 - 15:01:03 - thread African Union (171 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister,  Dr Kailesh Jagutpal on Monday told Parliament that surveillance at the island’s international airport and seaport has been reinforced, and all passengers arriving from China are systematically screened, as they disembark from the plane as well as by the thermal detector at the Public Health Desk

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

©- - 03 february 2020 - 08:28:11 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Members of parliament will no longer be able to speak French during plenary sessions in Mauritania's national assembly, which now permits the use of only Arabic, Hassania, Peul, Soninké and Wolof, an official source told PANA here Saturday

©- - 01 february 2020 - 14:08:54 - thread African Union (335 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 01 february 2020 - 10:41:35 - thread African Union (137 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The Nouakchott tribunal Friday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment eight members of a homosexual community who pleaded guilty to the offense of indecency, judicial sources told PANA here

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Assembly of Mauritania on Friday announced the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the government of former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz in the past decade

©- - 31 january 2020 - 16:18:50 - thread African Union (151 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – South African President Mr Cyril Ramaphosa will be Chief Guest at the 52nd National Day celebrations of Mauritius on 12 March 2020, it was officially announced here on Friday

©- - 31 january 2020 - 15:47:55 - thread African Union (60 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The 8th meeting of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya has strongly condemned the continued fighting in and around Tripoli and reaffirmed the urgency of a full and effective ceasefire, accompanied by a monitoring mechanism in which the African Union will be associated, according to a statement issued on Thursday after its  work in Brazzaville

©- - 31 january 2020 - 13:13:27 - thread African Union (821 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who heads the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya, has reiterated his position on the Libyan crisis, stating that there can be no military solution and called for the resumption of the political process in the troubled North African country

©- - 31 january 2020 - 10:42:48 - thread African Union (418 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 31 january 2020 - 10:11:10 - thread African Union (136 words)


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

©- - 31 january 2020 - 08:49:48 - thread African Union (124 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The African Union high level committee on Libya announced at its meeting hosted in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, Thursday that Algeria had offered to host a “national reconciliation conference” between the two parties in conflict in Libya

©- - 30 january 2020 - 23:42:43 - thread African Union (375 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Thursday denounced “the negative regional and international foreign interference which initially contributed to block the political process and lead the country to the present situation of war”

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Plaine Magnien, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha, on Thursday said the present meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) “offers a unique platform for high calibre professionals in the field of trade and investment to deliberate and come up with practical and well-defined recommendations on how to improve trade and investment within the IORA region," PANA reported from here

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Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Director General of Health Services, Dr Sivalingum Ramen, said on Thursday that “the Mauritian Government recognises health as a human right because it forms part of the sustainable development agenda of the country”, PANA reported from here

©- - 30 january 2020 - 14:28:38 - thread African Union (407 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 8th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya in Brazzaville, Congo, on Thursday, again provides an opportunity for the pan-African organization to become more involved in the political process in this North African country

©- - 30 january 2020 - 13:10:02 - thread African Union (758 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani is attending a meeting of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya in Brazzaville, Congo, official sources told PANA on Thursday

©- - 30 january 2020 - 10:50:24 - thread African Union (135 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 30 january 2020 - 10:31:37 - thread African Union (137 words)


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

©- - 30 january 2020 - 08:47:08 - thread African Union (124 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Preparations for the international summit of the Francophonie were the main focus of discussion in Tunis between Tunisian President, Kais Saied, and the Secretary General of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo

©- - 29 january 2020 - 18:10:29 - thread African Union (262 words)