Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) foreign ministers on Friday received the Commission's analysis report in Addis Ababa, which outlined three different patterns for the setting up of a continental government, the Senegalese Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio told PANA
©- - 30 january 2009 - 23:20:00 - thread Union africaine (410 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Forum of the kings, sultans, princes, sheiks and African traditional chiefs have urged African leaders who meet from Sunday in Addis Ababa, to proclaim a federal government for the continent
©- - 30 january 2009 - 21:19:00 - thread Union africaine (228 words)


New York- US (PANA) – Guinea Bissau faces destabil-ization without the willingness of top leaders the country to work together, according to an International Crisis Group report
©- - 30 january 2009 - 20:46:00 - thread Union africaine (226 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – Deputy Prime Minist-er Rashid Beebeejaun will lead the Mauritian delegation to the 12th African Union (AU) Summit due in Addis Aba b a, Ethiopia, 1-3 February, PANA learnt here Friday
©- - 30 january 2009 - 15:48:00 - thread Union africaine (182 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Ten Mauritanian political parties Wednesday held a meeting in the capital Nouakchott, at the instance of the Alternative Party, t he main party supporting the 6 August 2008 military coup in the country, as part of an effort to establish a permanent framework for dialogue, PANA was told
©- - 29 january 2009 - 14:09:00 - thread Union africaine (208 words)


Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The aeronautics sector in Morocco, which is made up of a bout 50 companies employing more than 2,000 workers, intends to triple its turno v er to one billion euros by 2012, authoritative sources told PANA here
©- - 28 january 2009 - 14:42:00 - thread Union africaine (171 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Court in Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, has ordered that nine suspected members of a drug trafficking network, who were arrested 10 days ago, be remanded in prison custody, pending their trial, judicial sources told PANA here Wednesday
©- - 28 january 2009 - 12:44:00 - thread Union africaine (122 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), an alliance of 13 political parties opposed to the 6 August 2008 coup in Mauritania, has rejected the plan to hold presidential election in the country on 6 June
©- - 27 january 2009 - 14:35:00 - thread Union africaine (114 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian football champion Curepipe Starlight fc is preparing for the next African champions league by recruiting two new Nigerian players
©- - 26 january 2009 - 13:01:00 - thread Union africaine (99 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Dozens of senior members of the pro--junta Maurit anian Party of Union for Change (HATEM) have resigned citing a failed leadership of the party
©- - 25 january 2009 - 13:21:00 - thread Union africaine (162 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- – Mauritania will hold presidential elections 6 Ju ne 2009, the military junta announced on Friday
©- - 23 january 2009 - 22:53:00 - thread Union africaine (99 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian National Assembly Speaker, Messaoud Ould Belkheir, Thursday expressed his "determination to thwart the country's rul i ng military junta led by Gen
©- - 23 january 2009 - 18:05:00 - thread Union africaine (151 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritius Friday published th e day's exchange rates of some foreign currencies against the local rupee
©- - 23 january 2009 - 14:08:00 - thread Union africaine (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- One of Mauritania's political parties, the Alternative Party, has nominated its president, Mohamed Yehdi Ould Moctar Hacen, as its flag bearer in the 30 May 2009 presidential election in the country, the party said in a statement here Thursday
©- - 22 january 2009 - 13:26:00 - thread Union africaine (97 words)


Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian press Wednesday devoted most of their pages to Tuesday's investiture in Washington, of the 44th President of the United States o f America, the Afro-American, Barack Hussein Obama
©- - 21 january 2009 - 18:42:00 - thread Union africaine (480 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The 10th edition of the mini-marathon aimed at p romoting friendship between European and Mauritanian runners, organised by the l o cal Athletics Federation, will be held here 13 March, sports sources told PANA W e dnesday
©- - 21 january 2009 - 15:54:00 - thread Union africaine (115 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Frenchman Marc Collat has been appointed National Technical Director (NTD) for Mauritian football teams, sports sources told PANA here
©- - 21 january 2009 - 08:03:00 - thread Union africaine (71 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- President of Guinea Bissau Joao Bernardo "Nino" V ieira Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the Amilcar Cabral statute, saying a t the ceremony that the nation would for ever remember its founding father
©- - 20 january 2009 - 19:57:00 - thread Union africaine (110 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Senate will reconvene in May with ab out a third of its 53 members, PANA learnt here on Tuesday from parliamentary so u rces
©- - 20 january 2009 - 14:27:00 - thread Union africaine (74 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Tuesday
©- - 20 january 2009 - 11:10:00 - thread Union africaine (110 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS) from five ECOWAS member states have arrived in Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau, on a joint ECOWAS/African Union/UN mission to assess Guinea Bissau's requirements for its security sector reforms, PANA reported Tuesday
©- - 20 january 2009 - 09:54:00 - thread Union africaine (348 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian national football premier league will kick off 30 January with 12 teams, PANA reported Monday
©- - 19 january 2009 - 13:42:00 - thread Union africaine (75 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian political circle and civil society f avourably welcome the government decision Saturday to suspend diplomatic relatio n s with Israel in protest against the current situation in Gaza Strip
©- - 17 january 2009 - 15:09:00 - thread Union africaine (238 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Papers in Mauritania this week devoted most of t heir comments to the political future of the country after the adoption by Parli a ment of a road map setting the date of the presidential election at 30 May
©- - 17 january 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread Union africaine (324 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has suspended diploma tic relations with Israel following the bloody offensive launched against Palest i nians in the Gaza Strip, official sources in Nouakchott revealed
©- - 16 january 2009 - 23:40:00 - thread Union africaine (143 words)


Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The International Finance Corporation, the private s ector funding arm of the World Bank, has announced that it will invest in projec t s in Mozambique being run by the Australian mining company Baobab Resources
©- - 16 january 2009 - 22:25:00 - thread Union africaine (155 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- President of the High Council of State (HCE), th e leading authority of Mauritania since the putsch of 6 August, 2008, General Mo h amed Ould Abdel Aziz, left Nouakchott Thursday morning for Doha, capital of Qata r , PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 15 january 2009 - 18:12:00 - thread Union africaine (150 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania(PANA) -- Many disabled persons Wednesday took part in demo nstrations and sit-in in front of the UN representative office here, protesting a gainst the Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip
©- - 14 january 2009 - 19:53:00 - thread Union africaine (79 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Algerian-born Jewish singer, Enrico Macias, has c ancelled his concert planned for Mauritius on 23 January, in the wake of the gov e rnment's decision last weekend to suspend relations with Israel, following air s t rikes by the Jewish state on Gaza, Palestine, sources close to local organisers o f the cultural event told PANA Wednesday
©- - 14 january 2009 - 15:35:00 - thread Union africaine (177 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several dozen demonstrators, mostly women, gathe red Tuesday afternoon outside the house of ousted Mauritanian President Sidi Moh a med Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, in the Tevragh-Zeina residential area of Nouakchott, t o protest against his return to the political scene, sources told PANA Wednesday
©- - 14 january 2009 - 14:04:00 - thread Union africaine (172 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Here are the latest exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as issued by banks here on Wednesday: Country Buying Selling Australian Dollar 21
©- - 14 january 2009 - 08:45:00 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The issuance of civil registration papers to Mauritanian refugees in Senegal was billed to is start Wednesday (14Jan) in the regions of Trarza and Brakna, in the country's southern part, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) reported
©- - 14 january 2009 - 07:39:00 - thread Union africaine (266 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The second International Holocaust Remembrance Day, will be held at UNESCO headquarters here on 26 January, with the Director-General of t he UN body, Koïchiro Matsuura, leading other delegates and guests, a news releas e from UNESCO stated
©- - 13 january 2009 - 17:55:00 - thread Union africaine (297 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will not send an official delegation to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Barrack Obama on 20 January, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula confirmed here Monday
©- - 13 january 2009 - 08:14:00 - thread Union africaine (424 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Here are the latest exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as issued by banks here on Monday: Country Buying Selling Australian Dollar 21
©- - 12 january 2009 - 11:25:00 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- FC Nouadhibou on Saturday in Nouakchott won the Cup of Mauritania by beating NASR of Sebkha 1-0 in the final
©- - 11 january 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread Union africaine (63 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Police on Friday a-fternoon clashed with dozens o f demonstrators protesting against the massacres being perpetrated by the Israel i army in the Gaza Strip Demonstrators threw stones and other missiles at the police who fired tear gas a nd used truncheons to control the crowd
©- - 09 january 2009 - 23:10:00 - thread Union africaine (142 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boolell, Friday denounced "without reservation" the human tragedy the Palestinian people are undergoing in Gaza because of the Israeli army's bombardments, saying "no st a te can remain insensitive faced with such attacks
©- - 09 january 2009 - 18:43:00 - thread Union africaine (155 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – The 2009 academic y-ear started in Mauritius Frida y with the opening of primary and secondary schools to welcome new students in S t andard one and Form one respectively, a PANA correspondent witnessed
©- - 09 january 2009 - 14:51:00 - thread Union africaine (258 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Here are the exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as issued by banks here on Friday
©- - 09 january 2009 - 09:11:00 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Guinean-Bissau President, Joao Bernardo "Nino " Vieira, Wednesday unveiled his new government, on the advice of the Prime Mini s ter, Carlos Gomes Junior
©- - 08 january 2009 - 17:09:00 - thread Union africaine (289 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- Following are the exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as issued by the commercial banks here on Thursday: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 21
©- - 08 january 2009 - 10:26:00 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Press Association (RPM), Wednesd ay organised a sit-in, in front of the United Nations' country office in Nouakch o tt, Mauritania's capital, to protest against Israeli attacks and massacre on Gaz a , in Palestine
©- - 07 january 2009 - 18:43:00 - thread Union africaine (169 words)


Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Professor John Evans Atta Mi-lls Wednesday urged his countr ymen to hold hands to get Ghana on its feet, pledging that he would pursue a con s ensus-driven agenda and recognize the contribution of the other parties
©- - 07 january 2009 - 16:58:00 - thread Union africaine (270 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Participants at the National Dialogue which ended here Tuesday afternoon have recommended that presidential election be held on 30 May to return the country to civilian rule
©- - 07 january 2009 - 14:12:00 - thread Union africaine (161 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- The Mauritius' Central Bank on Wednesday issued the exchange rate for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 07 january 2009 - 09:16:00 - thread Union africaine (115 words)