Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Wednesday announced the detection of nine new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 1,342, the number of infections recorded in the island since March 2020 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Australian Dollar              30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities detected 19 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing to 1,333 the number of infections since the first case in March 2020 Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Jean Claude Brou have strongly condemned the arrest on Monday  of the Malian Transition President Bah N'Daw, and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, as well as some of their collaborators by soldiers Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar        30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Monday received medical equipment under the SEGA-One Health Network of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) in the fight against the COVID-19 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities detected 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing to 1,312 the number of cases recorded in the island since the discovery of the first cases in Mauritius in March 2020 Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar          30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Thousands of Mauritians on Sunday marched for more than three hours in the main arteries of the capital, Port Louis, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the conflict with Israel Full text...

Cote d'Or, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Sunday launched a national awareness campaign against Covid-19, under the slogan 'One people against Covid', at the sports complex of Côte-d 'Or in the east of the island Full text...

Washington, US (PANA) - The United States has thrown its weight behind recommendations of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council regarding Chad, calling for a civilian-led transition of power in Chad Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth will on Sunday launch a National Awareness Campaign on COVID-19 at Côte d’Or National Sports Complex, in the centre of the island Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The first Mauritian Satellite project, the nano-satellite, has reached the launch site at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US, and will transported towards the International Space Station on 4 June 2021, the Mauritian government announced on Friday, following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a donation of nearly US3 Full text...

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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Australian Dollar        30 Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has procured 500,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccines which were flown in on Thursday evening by Air Mauritius Full text...

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

Currency                         Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar            30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said  on Wednesday that they detected three new positive cases of Covid-19 out of a total of 836 PCR tests carried out during the day, bringing the total since March 2020 to 1,293 Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a financing of 6 million euros to Guinea-Bissau to implement the Support Project for the Empowerment and financial inclusion of women and young people in the cashew, fruit and vegetable sectors (PAIFJ) Full text...

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

Currency                    Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar      30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Wednesday indicated that the unemployment figures increased by 12,500 from 39,700 in 2019 to 52,200 in 2020 resulting in an unemployment rate of 9 Full text...

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

Currency                     Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar       30 Full text...

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

Currency                        Buying    Selling

Australian Dollar          30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Monday that they detected five new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing to 1,288 the number of cases since March 2020 Full text...

Djibouti Ville, Djibouti (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta was among several African leaders at the inauguration of Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh on Saturday in the country's capital city, Djibouti Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is receiving Auditors from the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), on Saturday, May 15, 2021, as the World football governing body embarks on the Central Review for the 2020 financial year spanning January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The 2021 season of horse-racing that starts Saturday in the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis, would take place in camera, under very strict sanitary measures, the Government has so decided Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius would promulgate the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (Kingdom of Lesotho) Regulations 2021 soon, the Mauritian Government announced following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet on Friday in Port-Louis Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Three Mauritian passengers who came from India on 6 May, 2021, on Friday tested positive to COVID-19, while the Health and Wellness ministry recorded two cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 1,307 since March 2020, health authorities in Mauritius have said Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has dispatched a senior member of the collective presidency, Lt Full text...

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau’s fiscal deficit widened in 2020 reflecting weaker tax revenue and the authorities’ spending measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, while public debt has increased, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday, confirming that the economy is facing severe social and economic challenges Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday expressed concern about the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, which has led to scores of casualties through bombardments and launch of rockets Full text...

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Wednesday sworn in for his sixth term, setting the record as the  longest-serving head of the East African nation Full text...