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Mauritian minister says international exhaustion regime gaining momentum globally
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade minister Nandcoomar Bodha on Monday said that the international exhaustion regime is gaining momentum in the world and business models in Mauritius, especially for those operating with a brand licence, will have to adapt to exigencies of the international exhaustion regime, in particular due to increased competition from low cost sources, PANA reported from here Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Sudanese leaders visit Saudi Arabia
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Lt Full text...
Mauritius to hold parliamentary election on 7 November
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will hold parliamentary election on 7 November 2019, Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Sunday Full text...
Mauritanian opposition party worried about failure in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement issued on Friday night in Nouakchott, the Union of Progressive Forces (UFP), a Mauritanian opposition party, expressed deep concern over the deteriorating military and security situation in the Sahel Full text...
French business delegation visits Madagascar, Mauritius
Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of French business leaders from Medef-International will travel from Monday to Thursday to Antananarivo, Madagascar, and Port Louis, Mauritius, to discuss with with officials interesting opportunities in the Indian ocean markets Full text...
Mauritian newspapers highlight relations between India and Mauritius this week
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian papers this week highlight relations between India and Mauritius, as India provided financial assistance worth billions of Rupees for the construction of the first subway line serving the capital, Port-Louis, and the city of Rose-Hill, in the centre, and an ENT hospital Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Former PM lists problems facing Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former Mauritanian Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed ould Boubacar, also defeated candidate in the Mauritanian 22 June presidential election this year, Thursday listed problems faced by his country Full text...
Mauritanian, Moroccan Chambers of Commerce set up joint Commission
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Mauritania (CCIAM), and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Rabat-Salé and Kenitra (Morocco), have decided to set up a Joint Commission to develop cooperation in several areas Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritius: Deepening of the IEPA negotiations between the EU and ESA States launched
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Negotiations on the deepening of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the European Union (EU) and Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) States, was launched on Wednesday by Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in Balaclava, northern Mauritius, PANA reported from here Full text...
Two Malawians nabbed with 884g of heroin in Mauritius
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two Malawians who had swallowed 884 grams of heroin in pellets, were arrested on 23 September at SSR International Airport in southern Mauritius, after disembarking from an Air Mauritius flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, police sources told PANA on Wednesday Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
‘Guinea-Bissau deeply rooted in weak governance, corruption’ – IMF mission
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) – Authorities in Guinea-Bissau must develop a comprehensive national anti-corruption strategy that focuses on adopting sound practices related to public financial management, tax policy, revenue administration, rule of law, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering regimes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Full text...
Mauritanian opposition leader tasks president El Ghazouani with political grieviances
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery leader and defeated opposition candidate in the 22 June presidential election this year, said he expressed his concerns and priorities for the normalization of the political and social environment in Mauritania, in a meeting with president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, on Tuesday Full text...
Tunisian-Saudi business forum opens in Sousse
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian-Saudi partnership and business forum opened Monday in Sousse, 140 km south of Tunis, as a delegation of Saudi businessmen from the Mecca Chamber of Commerce and Industry tours the country Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritian authorities worried over future of sugar industry
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian minister of Agro-industry and Food security, Mahen Seeruttun, on Monday announced the arrival of a World Bank consultant for the preparation of a master plan to enable the sugar industry to be sustainable in the mid and long term Full text...
Mauritanian Diaspora set conditions for true national unity
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Diaspora in the United States have listed conditions for the restoration of national unity and a peaceful political atmosphere in their home country in a long letter sent to President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Full text...
Mauritius sets up SME Observatory for data collection
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – SME Mauritius, a government body, will soon set up an observatory to serve as the main repository of qualitative and quantitative Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) data Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritanian government to recruit 5,030 teachers
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government is considering the recruitment of 5,030 teachers and professors to fill a gap in human resources for public service education, it was officially announced on Saturday Full text...
Ugandan youth arrested with illicit drugs in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 22-year-old Ugandan, Samakula Musisi Jesse Mukhbi, was arrested on Saturday when he picked up his suitcase that was lost at Plaisance airport on Wednesday, which contained a certain amount of drugs, the Police told PANA in the capital of Mauritius Full text...
Cardio-vascular diseases kill around 3,500 people in Mauritius every year
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Quality of Life minister Anwar Husnoo on Saturday revealed that cardio-vascular diseases cause between 3,000 to 3,500 deaths every year in the island Full text...
Mauritanian security officials foil illegal migration attempt
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Migrants trying to set sail for Europe were arrested on Friday at Nouadhibou port, 465 km north of Nouakchott by the Mauritanian gendarmerie, local media reported on Saturday, quoting security sources Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Mauritanian president expresses deep sadness over the death of Chirac
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a message of condolence addressed Friday to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Mauritanian head of state, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, expressed his "deep sadness" over the death of the former president Jaques Chirac Full text...
Refugee group denounces "crimes covered" by Malian army in Timbuktu
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Executives of the Collective of the Berabich Diaspora in Mauritania (CCDBM-refugees from Northern Mali) "condemn with the greatest vigour the serious human rights violations committed on September 19 in Timbuktu, under cover of the Malian army and without any interposition of the UN forces," they said in a statement released on Friday Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritius satellite to be deployed around mid-2020
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation minister, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Thursday said that the first Mauritian satellite project will be completed by end 2019 and that its deployment into space is scheduled for around mid 2020, PANA reported from here Full text...
Malian PM receives delegation of Saudi Fund for Development
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A delegation from the regional management, Africa zone of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), led by Alzahrani Saeed, was received on Wednesday in Bamako by Malian Prime Minister, also Minister of Economy and Finance, Boubou Cissé, official sources told PANA on Thursday Full text...
Mauritius celebrates World Maritime Day 2019
Port Louis, Mauritius (PAANA) – Mauritian Minister of Ocean Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping, Mr Premdut Koonjoo, on Thursday laid emphasis on the importance of empowering women in the maritime sector Full text...
Libya's Sarraj meets Guterres, Moussa Faki on Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fayez al-Sarraj, President of Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), on Wednesday met separately in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Moussa Mahamat Faki Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
South African woman arrested with drugs in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A South African national who arrived in Mauritius with her four-year-old child was arrested on September 15 at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport carrying 615 grams of heroin in her stomach, a police source told PANA on Wednesday Full text...
Pierrefonds airport of Reunion opens office in Mauritius
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Tourism minister Anil Gayan has said that the partnership between Air Mauritius and Pierrefonds airport in La Reunion is very important as it brings new market opportunities for development Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritanian coach names players for UFOA tournament
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The coach of the Mauritanian local national football team, “Les MOURABITOUNES”, Mustapha Sall, has released the list of 21 players invited for the Union of West African football (UFOA) of Nations 2019 to be hosted in the Senegalese region of Thies Full text...
Mauritius nabs 996 in 1,790 cases of domestic violence this year
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo on Tuesday told Parliament that 996 people have been arrested by police in 1,790 cases related to physical assault from 1January to 31 August 2019 Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...