Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Tuesday night a complete lockdown of all supermarkets, shops and bakeries till 31 March, effective Wednesday morning, to protect citizens from the deadly COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian and Malian governments have agreed to close their 2,000-kilometers common border, within the framework of the prevention and fight against the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), said the Mauritanian Interior ministry Full text...

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

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development minister Renganaden Padayachy on Monday announced the introduction of a Wage Support Scheme to limit the socioeconomic impacts of coronavirus on the island Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has denied media reports of a death of a coronavirus patient in the country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government has imposed a 10-day curfew on the country from 20:00 hours on Monday 23 March to 20:00 hours local time on Thursday 2 April 2020 in a bid to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...

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

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Dr Vasant Rao Gujadhur, Director of Health Services in Mauritius, announced on Sunday that four new cases of Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the island in the last 24 hours Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the National Communication Committee on Covid-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday said Mauritius has stepped up a protective plan to fight the propagation of Covid-19 in the wake of the increasing number of cases that are being detected in the island Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Businessman and founder of the General Bank of Mauritania (GBM), Mohamed ould Bouamatou, has urged Africans to mobilise to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...

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

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national carrier, Air Mauritius, has been granted special authorization by the authorities to operate three inbound flights on Saturday despite the suspension of commercial flights to check the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Government has amended the Public Health Act in a bid to make it an offence not to disclose sickness from coronavirus Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Health and Wellness Minister of Mauritius, Dr Kailesh Jagutpaul, on Saturday confirmed the death of one patient from COVID-19 (coronavirus), but gave no details about this case Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -  Mauritanian authorities on Thursday announced new measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), including a curfew from 8 p Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Moroccan embassy in Nouakchott has set up two cells to assist and sensitize its nationals on the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), PANA learnt on Thursday from diplomatic sources Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday night announced that three cases of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) have been registered in the island Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian minister of Health, Mohamed Nadhiri ould Hamed, on Wednesday afternoon announced the discovery of a second positive case of the coronavirus fever (COVID-19) on a foreign woman employee at the house of a couple of expatriates Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has decided to suspend all weekly markets organized in the east of the country, especially in the 2 Hodh regions bordering Mali, as part of the implementation of measures to prevent and control coronavirus (COVID-19), the local press reported on Wednesday, quoting a source at the interior ministry Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Cardinal Maurice E Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 14 people have died from the coronavirus outbreak in 31 countries in Africa, with confirmed cases rising to 529 cases on Wednesday Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - President  Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau has ordered immediate closure of all land, air and sea borders of the country due to the coronavirus pandemic Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin, on Wednesday, said that despite no case of Covid-19 (coronavirus) has been reported in Mauritius, the island remains vulnerable to such a threat, hence self-sufficiency is a necessity to generate an increase in local production Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The UN system in Mauritania has denies the allegations that it closed its services to the public, saying ‘’we keep our doors open regarding the hygiene and preventive measures recommended by the Mauritanian government Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Internet subscribers in Mauritania are back online after nearly three weeks of deprivation Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Taking advantage of an audience with historic opponent Ahmed Ould Daddah, leader of the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and several times unsuccessful candidate in  presidential election, Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has appealed to his compatriots for a sacred union around the fight against the coronavirus Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will extend travel restrictions for a period of two weeks on foreign travellers coming from or having transited countries of the European Union, including United Kingdom and Switzerland, during the last 14 days as from 20:00 GMT on Wednesday, the Government Information Services (GIS) announced on Tuesday Full text...

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

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Sunday announced eight new measures as part of the fight against the global coronavirus pandemic Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Meteorological Services on Monday issued a Class II cyclone warning for the island nation as well as for Rodrigues Island Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 33-year-old Nigerian was intercepted on Friday at the SSR International Airport of Mauritius by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) with 66 pellets of heroin, official sources at the MRA said on Monday Full text...

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

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's consumer protection agency says it has sealed an elitist Chinese restaurant and mall in the commercial capital, Lagos, for alleged racism Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Saturday announced a response plan against the spread of coronavirus after the confirmation of the first positive case on Friday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on France's attempts to fill the void in United Nations-supervised mediation after the resignation of its envoy, Ghassan Salamé, by returning as mediator in the Libyan crisis Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has recorded its first case of coronavirus, Health minister Mohamed Nadhiri ould Hamed announced on state television on Friday Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance minister Renganaden Padayachy on Friday announced a financial support plan to the tune of Rs 9 billion (approx Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The current international environment marked by the coronavirus pandemic is expected to weigh on Mauritania owing to commodity price volatility and a slowdown in global growth, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team warned on Friday at the end of a two-week visit to the northwest Africa country Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Thursday received the President of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Omar El Mechri, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) has reported Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The members of the Contact Group of the High Level Committee of the African Union (AU) on Libya, who met on Thursday in Oyo, about 400 km from Brazzaville, have decided to hold the Intra-Libyan national conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next July Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has not recorded any coronavirus case, Health Minister Dr Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Thursday issued a cautionary statement on the political situation in Guinea-Bissau following the country’s presidential elections which took place in on 24 November and 29 December 2019 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Wednesday disclosed that the island's population decreased by 162 or -0 Full text...

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