Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated sugar production for 2021 at around 270,000 tonnes based on cane production of around 2 Full text...
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Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 14 new cases
Port–Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius said on Friday that 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the island following 984 PCR tests carried out by the laboratories of the Ministry of Health and Wellness Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 25 new cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 25 new cases of Covid-19 infections were detected on the 1,210 PCR tests analysed on Wednesday, according to Mauritian health authorities Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
National dialogue on food systems opens in Mauritius
Flacq, Mauritius (PANA) - National dialogue on food systems opened on Wednesday in several regions in Mauritius in a bid to build on the experience, knowledge, interest and initiatives of stakeholders and encourage participants to share different perspectives to address on food systems challenges Full text...
Mauritius to clean public beaches to revive tourism industry
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will on Saturday launch a week of cleaning and awareness campaign of public beaches in a bid to give tourists a much better experience in the island when they come after the opening of its frontiers scheduled for 15 July 2021 Full text...
Libyan PM receives copy of BCL International Audit report
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Wednesday received the first copy of the report of the international audit of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL)prepared under the supervision of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Full text...
Zambia’s founding father Kaunda laid to rest, Govt. declares 28 April public holiday in his honour
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s founding father Kenneth David Kaunda who died on 17 June 2021, at 97, was laid to rest on Wednesday at the Presidential Burial Site National Monument, Embassy Park, in the Zambian capital Lusaka Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
Coronavirus: UAE donates 5,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauriitus (PANA) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday donated 5,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Mauritius Full text...
Mauritius to devise more effective Africa strategy
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister, Mr Alan Ganoo, on Monday said it is important to revise the country's Africa strategy so that it contributes to swift economic recovery Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius procures 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Sunday procured a second consignment of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, in addition to the 100,000 doses previously donated by China Full text...
Drug-related offences rise in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius last year recorded an increased drug offence rate from 3 Full text...
African leaders eulogize Zambia’s first President Kaunda
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday led foreign heads of state and other dignitaries in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, in paying their last respects to the nation's founding father and first President Kenneth Kaunda who died on 17 June Full text...
Sexual violence and exploitation cases on the decline in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius says that the number of reported sexual violence and sexual exploitation in the country between 2019 and 2020 decreased by 16 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Mauritius parliament passes Emerging Technologies Council Law
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Parliamentarians on Thursday passed the Mauritius Emerging Technologies Council law which is to provide for the establishment of the Mauritius Emerging Technologies Council and to promote high quality research in emerging technologies Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 29 new cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that they have detected a total of 29 new cases of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...
Mauritius ratifies ILO Violence and Harassment Convention
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday ratified the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Violence and Harassment Convention No 190 and its accompanying Violence and Harassment Recommendation No 206, thereby becoming the first country in the Indian Ocean and the third in Africa to ratify the labour standard developed by the ILO on violence and harassment in the world of work Full text...
World leaders arrive in Lusaka for Kaunda’s state funeral
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Foreign dignitaries have started arriving in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, ahead of founding President Kenneth Kaunda’s state funeral on Friday Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
Mauritius to safeguard biodiversity in vulnerable ecosystems
Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has received US$4 million from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the funding of a project to safeguard globally significant biodiversity in vulnerable ecosystems, through the prevention, control, and management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) which is of a devastating nature in the country Full text...
'Mauritius' crime rate increased in 2020'
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that crime rate (excluding contraventions) per 1,000 population, increased from 35 Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 31 Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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...
Mali, Guinea Bissau to boost cooperation between them
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Col Full text...
Guinea Bissau President Umaru Sissoko Embalo visits Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoco Embalo, on Friday began his second visit to Mali since the 18 August 2020 the coup that ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius' total case count stands at 1,887
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has recorded 1,887 cases of COVID-19 since the first case was detected in March 2020 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Mauritius’ 2021 growth put at 5% if tourism flows resume in second half
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will begin to recover in 2021, with its economic growth forecast at about 5 percent, while tourism flows are expected to slowly resume in the second half of the year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius to ease restrictions from 1 July
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday announced that restrictions imposed in March 2021 because of the second wave of the Covid-19 in the island will be eased from 1 July Full text...
AU Ethiopia election observer mission gives vote clean bill of health
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia's General Elections on 21 June, 2021 has concluded that the vote was conducted in an "orderly, peaceful and credible manner" Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects eight new cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that eight new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected out of 2,416 PCR tests carried out on Tuesday Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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...
First Mauritian nanosatellite launched
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The first Mauritian nanosatellite, Mauritius Imagery and Radiocommunications Satellite -1 (MIR-SAT1), was launched into low orbit on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS), Kennedy Space Centre in the United States Full text...
Mauritius to introduce new penalties for littering
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Monday announced the introduction of new fixed penalties for littering and illegal dumping Full text...
Late Zambia’s first President Kaunda to be put to rest on 7 July
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on 7 July, 2021 in the capital Lusaka at the Presidential Burial Site, Vice President Inongwe Wina announced on Monday Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 12 new cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Monday that 12 new cases of COVID-19 were detected on Sunday bringing the number of people who have contracted the disease since the second wave hit the country on 5 March to 1,147 Full text...
Mauritius : Government announces 15 public holidays for 2022
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius Sunday published the list of 15 public holidays to be observed in 2022 Full text...
Mauritius: Horses from South Africa to be quarantined
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius has announced several measures to prevent the entry of the African Horse Sickness following its outbreak in South Africa Full text...
Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, also popularly known as KK, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 97 Full text...
South Africa mourns passing of former Zambian President Kaunda
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday paid tribute to former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda who died on Thursday Full text...
Mauritius launches and National Food System Dialogue
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the Partnership for Action on Green Recovery Fund project (PAGE) and the National Food System Dialogue Full text...
Zambia’s main opposition suspends campaigns as nation mourns former president Kaunda
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and its alliance partners has announced the suspension of all campaign activities ahead of the 12 August elections following the death on Thursday of the country’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia slams AU's 'unilateral' Tigray inquiry; calls for joint investigation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the "unilateral" establishment of a commission of inquiry into the Tigray crisis in northern Ethiopia and called for a joint investigation Full text...