Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritians woke up on Wednesday under heavy rains, and under a special warning from the Meteorological Services cautioning the population, PANA reported from here
According to the Met Services, atmospheric conditions in the island remain conducive for the formation of active clouds in the region Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Abdel Aziz ould Dahi, head of the Central Bank of Mauritania, has been appointed Minister of Economy and Industry, according to a decree issued on Tuesday in Nouakchott by the Presidency 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) - A Mauritanian anti-slavery activist has presented a scathing report on the human rights situation in the country at a meeting of the Human Rights Committee of the International Union of Parliamentarians (HRC/IPU) in Geneva Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania is on Wednesday hosting a meeting on extractive industries as part of activities of Attijari Bank Group's Africa Development Club programme Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Tuesday presided at the opening ceremony of an international conference held under the theme “Role of Islam in Africa: tolerance and moderation, remedy to extremism and other killing”, an official sources told PANA here Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Egypt has been praised for its leadership of the African Union (AU) organs in 2019 at the opening of the 39th session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), comprising ambassadors from the organisation's member states Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Meteorological Services of Mauritius on Tuesday issued a warning indicating that clouds associated with an instability zone, between Mauritius and Madagascar, are influencing the weather in the island, PANA reported from here 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 and British Petroleum (BP) Monday signed a partnership agreement on the “production of proper energies and their integration in the production of liquid natural gas, to reduce the emission of CO2 resulting from exploitation”, the state-run Mauritanian news agency (AMI) reported here Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Two matches were were played on Sunday on resumption of the Super League of Mauritius, PANA noted on the spot Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) –A total of 110 newly-recruited doctors will on Tuesday join the public health service in the five regional hospitals of Mauritius following a one-day orientation course that took place Monday at Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre in Bell Village, Port Louis 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...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 12th edition of the rally - Africa Eco Race - which left Monaco on 5 January and arrived in Africa through the Moroccan city of Tanger two days later, enters Senegal on Saturday 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...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is key to control and prevent the outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and chikungunya, in particular during the currently current cyclonic and rainy season Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A delegation from Saudi Arabia is in Mali to strengthen economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Seven traffickers were arrested and 65 trophies of protected species seized as part of the fight against wildlife crime in the second half of 2019 in Benin, PANA learned this Wednesday from official sources in Cotonou Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The change of power in Mauritania, following the 22 June 2019 presidential election and the inauguration of Mohamed ould Cheilkh Ghazouani on 1 August, must be used to stop certain practices and improve protection of human rights, a report of the global NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), seen by PANA on Wednesday, said Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca will on Wednesday attend the inauguration of his Mozambican counterpart, Filipe Nyussi, who was re-elected on 15 October for a second term Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The trade-union of Mauritanian journalists (SJM) in a statement issued here Tuesday called on the government to review conditions of eligibility to the public fund for the private media Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), an advisory institution, sees the expulsion of Jean Marc Pelenc, president of the branch of the Resurgence Initiative of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), on Friday, while holding a valid visa, as "an isolated act" Full text...
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verdean President Jorge Carlos Fonseca has been invited to the swearing-in ceremony of his new Guinea Bissau counterpart, Cissoko Embaló, which will take place in February, PANA has learned from an informed source Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Government of Mauritius, via the Ministry of Land Transport and Light Rail, on Monday launched the Passenger Information System (PIS) aimed at providing citizens with reliable information about specific bus routes and bus schedules along the corridor Curepipe-Floreal to Port Louis, the Government Information Service (GIS) has said Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said on Tuesday that sugar production is expected to be around 325,000 tonnes in the 2019-2020 crop year, against 323,400 tonnes in 2018-2019 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...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinea Bissau President Umaro Cissoko Embalo Monday pledged his commitment to a borderless bloc of Senegal, Bissau and Banjul, saying it would be ‘a no laissez-passer zone’ Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting, Monday and Tuesday, a Mauritanian-Moroccan meeting on regionalization, under the theme "Governance of regions in Mauritania and Morocco" Full text...
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The 7th seminar of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council opens on Monday in Libreville, the Gabonese capital, in collaboration with the three African representatives at the UN Security Council - South Africa, Niger and Tunisia 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...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Saying that the risk of "marginalization" of the Sahel region is real, Mr Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition leaders, led by prominent social justice activist-turned politician, Jawar Mohamed, whose kerro movement’s campaign against bad governance ushered reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed into power, will lead pre-campaign meetings on Saturday in key opposition strongholds ahead of elections set for May 2020 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) – Mauritius State Trading Corporation (STC) late Friday announced that the prices of petrol and diesel remain unchanged - at Rs 44,00 and Rs 35,00 per liter respectively, (Rs 35,00 = 1US$)'
A communiqué issued after a meeting of the Petroleum Pricing Committee (PPC), said it took note of the evolution of world prices of Mogas and Gas Oil and the status of the Price Stabilisation Account (PSA) which had a positive balance of Rs 245 Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed Friday received an invitation to participate in a summit of heads of state and government of ten African member-countries of the high level committee of the African Union on Libya scheduled for 25 January in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, to unify the “African position on the Libyan crisis”, official sources said here Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad, Jean-Claude Gakosso, whose country chairs the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya on Friday discussed "regional and international efforts to find solutions to the Libyan crisis" Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Thursday adopted a consumer protection bill at its weekly meeting Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja extolled the “historic” relationship between Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, saying that it needs to be strengthened for the mutual benefit of the two countries Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has examined and adopted a bill aimed at clarifying the criteria for the entry into the law profession Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis route Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), an anti-slavery and human rights movement in Mauritania has denounced the arrest of the president on the 'IRA France' section, Jean Marc Pelenc, by police at Nouakchott International Airport on Thursday Full text...
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two ramp attendants of Air Mauritius were arrested on Thursday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) while attempting to remove drugs from the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, at Plaisance in southern Mauritius Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank 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...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday received the Saudi Foreign Minister, Fayçal bin Farhan Al Saoud, accompanied by the Saudi Minister for African Affairs, Ahmed Bin Abdel Azziz Qattan Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday started the construction of a modern 800-bed hospital at Constance, eastern part of the island, that will cost around Rs 6 billion, official sources said in the Mauritian capital Full text...
