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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - With five days before African Union (AU) heads of state vote to elect a new chairperson, SADC’s endorsed candidate has released her blueprint for the continent
©- - 26 january 2017 - 11:21:17 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (273 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Agapito Mba Mokuy, Equatorial Guinea’s foreign minister, seeking support to capture Africa’s most influential diplomatic post, has evaded fame despite the growing diplomatic stature that has come with his country’s active involvement in continental affairs
©- - 26 january 2017 - 05:58:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (905 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba, who is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday, introduced two Zambian candidates vying for two positions at the African Union
©- - 25 january 2017 - 15:49:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (406 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 25 january 2017 - 14:27:21 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (137 words)


Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s proposed Rice Value Chain Development Project to be implemented in the Bafata and Oio regions of the country on Tuesday received the African Development Bank Group’s support with a loan and a grant amounting to US $5
©- - 24 january 2017 - 17:14:19 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (468 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 24 january 2017 - 12:45:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Dlamini Nkosazana-Zuma said on Tuesday that she has been deeply saddened by the news of the tragic helicopter crash involving General Jacob Kodji and other senior military personnel of the Cameroonian Defence Forces, near the village of Bogo in northern Cameroon on Sunday
©- - 24 january 2017 - 11:51:43 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (282 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s foreign affairs minister and candidate of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for the African Union (AU) chairperson position, Dr Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, has intensified her campaign ahead of the election
©- - 24 january 2017 - 07:19:20 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (279 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's candidate for the position of Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Amina Mohamed, was set to wind up her campaign in Guinea Bissau and Benin after visiting 50 other African Union member states, a Kenyan minister spearheading her campaign team said Monday
©- - 23 january 2017 - 19:01:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (484 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Funding challenges facing the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have prompted the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU to call for a high level meeting, involving the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), in order to explore modalities for addressing the problem
©- - 23 january 2017 - 17:47:25 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (493 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Upon his resignation as Prime Minister of Mauritius, 87-year-old Sir Anerood Jugnauth has named his son, Pravind Jugnauth, his successor
©- - 23 january 2017 - 14:20:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (83 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Africa's mediators on the political impasse that had gripped Gambia, including the United Nations, have commended the "goodwill and statesmanship" of former President Yahya Jammeh who has temporarily left the country to facilitate an immediate peaceful and orderly transfer of power to President Adama Barrow
©- - 22 january 2017 - 08:28:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (470 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Friday congratulated the new President of Gambia, Adama Barrow, on his assumption of the Presidency and called on all AU Member States as well as the larger international community to follow suit
©- - 20 january 2017 - 13:39:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (433 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians have been taking to the streets to celebrate the inauguration of their new President Adama Barrow at the Gambia Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, PANA reports on Thursday
©- - 19 january 2017 - 18:50:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (252 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s foreign affairs Minister and candidate for the post of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), excites passion and criticism in equal measure for her rigorous approach to issues domestically, regionally and internationally
©- - 19 january 2017 - 11:37:13 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (1123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 19 january 2017 - 10:34:39 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Banjul,Gambia (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, arrived in Banjul on Wednesday to hold "final talks" with President Yahya Jammeh to step down and hand over power to avert a military invasion of the country
©- - 18 january 2017 - 20:37:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (298 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 18 january 2017 - 11:29:46 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Tuesday appointed Ambassador Ibrahim Mbaba Kamara of Sierra Leone as Special Representative and Head of the AU Liaison Office (AULO) in Liberia
©- - 17 january 2017 - 17:59:36 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (295 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 17 january 2017 - 08:56:36 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (121 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Gambia's outgoing President Yahya Jammeh will cease to be recognized by the African Union (AU) as legitimate President of the West African republic as of 19 January 2017, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU declared Friday
©- - 13 january 2017 - 16:37:41 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (477 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 13 january 2017 - 08:59:18 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


New York, US (PANA) - A new partnership between the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Mauritanian authorities is expected to boost finances and nutrition for nearly 300,000 farmers in the southern part of the country
©- - 12 january 2017 - 20:55:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (234 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 12 january 2017 - 09:45:09 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-The office of Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has said the election petition by the defeated incumbent, President Yahya Jammeh, does not deprive the winner the right to prepare for his inauguration as President of the Republic on 19 January
©- - 11 january 2017 - 17:08:10 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (235 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 11 january 2017 - 15:01:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 10 january 2017 - 09:46:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In a bid to allow greater representation of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Permanent General Assembly of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union, the civil society community in all member countries have been asked to pick qualified candidates as soon as possible
©- - 08 january 2017 - 11:53:16 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (443 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 06 january 2017 - 11:22:01 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 05 january 2017 - 12:10:20 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has welcomed the agreement reached by the Congolese political actors on 31 December 2016 with a view to holding free and fair elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
©- - 04 january 2017 - 09:38:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (349 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA ) - Emphasizing that there is no military solution to the conflict in Sudan's restive Darfur region, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has vowed to continue promoting reconciliation and peace initiatives
©- - 31 december 2016 - 12:31:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (245 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 29 december 2016 - 14:32:09 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that as Chairman of ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau, he will do his best to ensure that the country does not relapse into crisis
©- - 28 december 2016 - 19:57:04 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (192 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 28 december 2016 - 12:05:22 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Here are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as published by the National Bank of Mauritius
©- - 27 december 2016 - 15:20:37 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth says that an oil storage terminal project he launched on Tuesday will propel the country into the next phase of development and will contribute to transforming the island into a full-fledged maritime hub in the years to come
©- - 27 december 2016 - 10:47:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (435 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has extended the mandate of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South Sudan (AUHIP) for 12 months with effect from 1 January 2017, according to an official communiqué released here Monday
©- - 26 december 2016 - 16:45:43 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (375 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 26 december 2016 - 10:54:36 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (120 words)


Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - Senior staff members of the African Union (AU) on Thursday were busy on the second day of their meeting in the Tanzanian offshore island of Zanzibar to complete plans and procedures for rapid response by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (AfricaCDC)
©- - 22 december 2016 - 13:23:17 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (643 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the African Union’s decision to recognize Adama Barrow as Gambia's President-elect and stressed the need for outgoing President Yayha Jammeh to transfer power to the President-Elect in peaceful and orderly manner
©- - 21 december 2016 - 20:43:39 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (340 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The US Department of State has designated a Mauritanian, Saleck Ould Cheikh Mohamedou as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)" under US Executive Order (E
©- - 21 december 2016 - 16:25:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (291 words)