Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Striker Joselpho Barnes hopes he can be the next Ghanaian star to come out of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), just as the likes of Andre Ayew who captained the side to the trophy in 2009 Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Percious Boah, Ghana’s top scorer at the 2021 Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), hopes he can steer Ghana to the title in Mauritania when they take on Uganda in the final on Saturday in Nouakchott 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...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Gambia head coach, Mattar M’Boge, has urged his team to go all out on Friday and crown their performance at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Mauritania 2021, with a medal around their necks Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In their maiden attempt, the Uganda Hippos have progressed to the final of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), being played in Mauritania Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Ghana have a chance to clinch a fourth Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations title on Saturday in Mauritania when they take on Uganda’s Hippos at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott 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...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Derrick Kakooza on Monday fired a hattrick as debutants Uganda continued with their dream run at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), beating Tunisia 4-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott to book a date against Ghana in Saturday’s final Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Percious Boah’s 33rd-minute freekick at
the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott handed Ghana a 1-0 victory over
Gambia, sending the Black Satellites to the final of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Mauritania 2021 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Monday announced the detection of nine imported  Covid-19 cases in quarantine in the island over the weekend 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            29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Monday extended the COVID-19 vaccination programme to people aged 60 and above Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - East African Community (EAC) leaders on Saturday appointed Kenya's Peter Mathuki as the next Secretary-General of the regional bloc for a five-year non-renewable term Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourist arrivals in Mauritius decreased by 1,074,508 or 77 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will extend its COVID-19 quarantine period from 31 March to 31 May 2021 and will also prohibit entry of aircraft and ships to the island, except those approved by the Prime Minister, the Government announced late Friday following the weekly Cabinet meeting 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...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday'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 on Wednesday launched a Maternal and Child Health Handbook, aiming at empowering women to make informed decisions about their own health and pregnancy 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...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Tuesday received the public report 2020 from the Economic and Social Council (CES) on money laundering in the financing of terrorism 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) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they detected seven new imported cases of Covid-19 in quarantine last weekend 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) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Friday announced that all frontline workers will get their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 in the five regional hospitals across the island from Monday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and India will boost  their economic cooperation next week with the signing of a  Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) during the official visit of Dr S 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     29 Full text...

Rome, Italy (PANA) – An unprecedented commitment to ensure that the voices and opinions of millions of the world’s most remote rural people are at the heart of the United Nations Food Systems Summit was announced Thursday by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Agnes Kalibata and the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar        29 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste management and Climate Change minister, Kavydass Ramano, on Tuesday said that Mauritius has, in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 and to promote adaptation measures across key sectors Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has debarred a Kenyan company for engaging in fraudulent practices in a tender application Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mauritanian diplomat, El Ghassim Wane, is expected to head the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) 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) - Mauritius received only 1,232 tourists in January 2021 against 137,418 for the same period in 2020, a drop of 99 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Several thousand Mauritians took part this Saturday in a peaceful march called by the main opposition parties to demand the departure of the government of Pravind Jugnauth, which they claim is "entangled in several scandals", PANA reported here Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Minister, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Thursday said that his ministry will soon introduce measures  to phase out post-consumer plastic (PET) bottles Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar         29 Full text...

Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Finance (MF), which aims at promoting the Mauritian financial services sector was officially launched on Wednesday night,  at Pointe-aux-Piments, in the north of the island, by the Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance, Mr Mahen Kumar Seeruttun Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Wednesday night said that about 2,130 people have already got the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Minister of Commerce Yogida Sawmynaden resigned from his post on Wednesday evening following allegations of corruption made against him by the wife of one of his political agents who was found dead in a sugar cane plantation a few weeks ago Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian acting president, Bah N'Daw, on Thursday paid a 24-hour visit to Mauritania at the invitation of his Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed Ould El- Ghazouani, official sources told PANA here Wednesday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In telephone discussions with the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, and the Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, on Wednesday pledged the availability of Egypt to continue its support for Libya 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            29 Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, has met separately on the sidelines of the extraordinary session of the Arab League Council in Cairo, Egypt, with his counterparts from Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq 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         29 Full text...

Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - Heads of State and Government of the 54 member countries of the African Union (AU), who on Sunday closed by video conference the 34th AU Summit, decided on the effective implementation of the common continental strategy to combat Covid-19 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           29 Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his appreciation to African Union (AU) leaders for the “overwhelming and historic endorsement” of Nigeria diplomat Bankole Adeoye as the AU’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s tenure as the chairperson of the African Union (AU) ended this weekend with South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) saying he has “has left a lot to be desired" Full text...