Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian capital has recorded its first case of the coronavirus in the second wave of infections that started on the island on 5 March 2021, health authorities said on Thursday Full text...
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Mauritius launches flu vaccination campaign
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched an influenza vaccination campaign, targeting initially people aged 60 and over Full text...
South African President Ramaphosa condemns death of Chad's Déby
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Wednesday described the death of Chad President Idriss Déby Itno in military violence as "disturbing", and expressed concern about the turmoil in that country 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...
African Union mourns fallen Chadian President Deby
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chadian President Idriss Deby, who died in the battlefield on Tuesday, was a distinguished military leader, the African Union said the same day 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 30 Full text...
Chairman of Libyan presidential council discusses with AU Commission chairman historic relations between Libya and AU
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Mohamed al-Manfi, Monday held talks here with the chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, and his delegation on the historic relations between Libya and the African continental body Full text...
European Council approves conclusions on EU's integrated strategy in Sahel region
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday approved conclusions reaffirming the importance of a solid and long-term partnership between the European Union (EU) and the Sahel region, and of stepping up that partnership through an ambitious EU strategy setting the framework for its policies and actions in the region 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...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports five deaths since second wave on 5 March
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius have, on Monday, reported that the Covid-19 pandemic has killed five patients in the island as against a total of 362 who have recovered from the disease following treatment since 5 March under the second wave of infections Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius Govt. exempts vulnerable electricity consumers from paying bills for March and April
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Friday announced that the most vulnerable 60,000 subscribers of the Central Electricity Board (CEB) will be exempted from paying bills for March and April 2021 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 encourages the population to grow their own vegetables
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Faced with the shortage of vegetables in the local market due to the containment in force in the island since a month and a half, the Mauritian government on Thursday announced a subsidy of 15,000 Mauritian rupees, (about US$400) to any citizen who would produce his or her own vegetables in a backyard garden 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 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: China donates 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Wednesday received a donation of 100,000 doses of Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19 from China Full text...
DR Congo: President Félix Tshisekedi supports new health order in Africa
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The President of DR Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, says he is desirous to personally support the establishment of a new health order in Africa, during his term as President of the African Union (AU) Full text...
Africa CDC moves to advance vaccine manufacturing on continent
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed an agreement with an Oslo-based organisation to enhance research and development in the production of vaccines in Africa 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...
COVID-19 complicates efforts to shut down drug traffickers, boost development, says UN official
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The growing complexities of the world drug problem are hampering efforts to achieve sustainable development by the end of the decade: a situation which the COVID-19 pandemic has only compounded, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Monday Full text...
MediaCity Mauritius to open gateway to Africa for creative industries
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - MCM Ltd has announced the development of the first integrated, international hub for the media and creative industries in Africa: MediaCity Mauritius 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...
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
Canadian Dollar 29 Full text...
SADC leaders agree regional response to terrorist attacks in northern Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The Extraordinary Double Troika Summit (DTS) of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), held in Maputo on Thursday, has condemned the terrorist attacks in northern Mozambique and “affirmed that such heinous attacks cannot be allowed to continue without a proportionate regional response Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Eight positive local cases detected in Mauritius quarantine centres
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that eight positive COVID-19 cases were detected in quarantine centres in Mauritius, after the 7th quarantine day out of some 684 PCR tests 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...
Coronavirus: Some 10,000 people have lost their jobs in Mauritius during the pandemic
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives Minister, Mr Soomilduth Bholah, on Tuesday told the National Assembly that around 10,000 people have lost their jobs since March 2020 due to the COVID-19n pandemic Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 22 new local cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they had detected 22 new local cases of Covid-19, bringing the number of cases since the start of the second wave on 5 March to 401 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 30 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...
Libyan President meets with Mauritanian FM
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Saturday in Tripoli received the Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, carrying a written message from the Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, conveying his congratulations on the election of the Presidential Council and the Government of National Unity Full text...
Tunisian President receives Mauritanian Foreign Minister
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid on Friday played host to the Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who handed him a message from his Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani Full text...
Mauritanian FM visits Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Living Abroad, Ismail ould Cheikh Ahmed, is due in Tunis on Friday for a working visit, Tunisia's Foreign ministry said 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Some 190,000 people inoculated with first dose of vaccine in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that a total of 190,000 people have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, either AstraZeneca or Covaxin 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius extends lockdown to 30 April
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government on Thursday extended the lockdown period for one more month – 31st March to 30th April 2021 – despite the reopening of additional economic activities as from 1 April 2021 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 29 Full text...
Mauritius road accidents in 2020 claimed 131 lives
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius says that the number of fatalities caused by road accidents in the island in 2020 dropped by 9% to 131 from 144 in 2019 Full text...
AU Peace and Security Council on three-day mission to Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A delegation of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), led by Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the AU, Ambassador Jean Njeri Kamau, arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday on a three-day field mission to verify the implementation of its various decisions on the situation in the country 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 30 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 16 new local cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they detected 16 new local positive cases of Covid-19 on Sunday Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 11 new local cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Sunday announced the detection of 11 new local cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, in addition to the 18 cases announced earlier during a press briefing at the prime minister’s office here Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius closes small hospital after detection of 18 local cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Friday announced the closure of a 28-bed hospital, situated in the south of the island, to the public following the detection of 18 positive COVID-19 cases 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritians obliged to report contact with infected people, says health minister
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday stated that it is mandatory for every Mauritian to report any contact with a COVID-19 infected person or who presents symptoms of the disease, to the health authorities in order to get tested and isolated at the earliest possible Full text...
AU welcomes DRC to African Peer Review Mechanism, urges other countries to join initiative
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the Democratic Republic of Congo as the newest member of its African Peer Review Mechanism
This took place during the AU’s 30th Forum of Heads of State and Government on Thursday 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 29 Full text...
Coronavirus: Three new local cases detected in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that three new local cases of Covid-19 have been detected on the island in the past 24 hours bringing the number of local cases to 233 since 5 March, 2021 Full text...