Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the Sunday’s exchange rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya against some major foreign currencies as published by the nation’s central bank
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the youth revolution in Egypt -- the fall of long-serving president Hosni Mubarak Friday, according to a communiqué from the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, issued in Saturday in Nouakchott
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has adopted a draft law on the creation of a public establishment called Deposit and Development Office (CDD), according to a communiqué of the Council of Ministers
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will send a boxing team to Mauritius for a build-up match in July ahead of the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, in September
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Yarba Ould Sghair, journalist by profession, has been appointed managing director of the state-owned Mauritania News Agency (AMI), a statement issued at the close of Thursday's weekly cabinet meeting said
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A sub-regional project for the improvement of rice production in the Sahel was launched Thursday in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, with assistance from Spain
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saoud Al Fayçal, on Thursday in Rabat denied rumours making the rounds that King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia had died in Morocco, where he has been convalescing since he underwent surgery in the United States
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) in Niger, General Djibo Salou, Wednesday in Tripoli, discussed African issues of common interest, including the activities of the African Union (AU) and the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The meteorological services of Mauritius on Thursday announced the presence of hurricane "Bingiza" in the north of the island of Tromelin, in the south-west of the Indian Ocean
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Thursday by the nation’s central bank
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Here are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Senate (higher chamber of the Parliament) has adopted a law on public aid to the private press, PANA learnt Wednesday from official sources
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued here by the nation’s central bank
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Here are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Reception Centre for the Victims of Marital Violence (RIHAB), a Mauritanian NGO, offered legal assistance to 130 female victims of marital violence in the country last year, the chairperson of the organization, Mrs
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday applauded the success of the referendum in southern Sudan in which southerners voted for separation, and the federal government approving the results
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published by the nation’ s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 378
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 29
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The failed attack on Tuesday night near Nouakchott and the African Union's efforts to resolve the post-election political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire dominated Mauritanian press this past week
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - FC Tevragh maintains its lead in the Mauritanian first division soccer league, despite playing goalless with ASC Police in the seventh round of matches played this weekend
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A suspected terrorist blew himself up at the time of his arrest Saturday afternoon near Dar El Barka, a village in southern Mauritania, while another was apprehended, PANA reported Sunday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The manhunt for two alleged terrorists belonging to Al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) in the south of the country, near the border with Senegal, continued Friday, security sources told PANA in Nouakchott
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The newly-created UN agency for gender and women affairs (UN Women) is ready to work on policies required to help implement various African Union (AU) decisions to help improve the quality of life of women and children in Africa, the agency's head said
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A top-level joint UN-African Union (AU) task force has agreed to form a joint commission to coordinate military strategies in Somalia and work alongside the country’s interim government
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Friday called for ''appropriate reforms” in Egypt, where protesters have been pushing for President Hosni Mubarak's exit from power
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian security forces are pursuing alleged terrorists who are on the run following fighting against the army since last Tuesday night
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian students in Egypt on Thursday appealed to their government to repatriate them because of the serious political crisis in that country
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The terrorists involved in clashes with the army near Nouakchott in Mauritania overnight Wednesday targeted the French Embassy and a military barracks, the Minister of Defence, Hamadi Ould Hamadi, told a press conference here quoting confessions by one of the arrested terror suspects
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 16th session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) has postponed debate on the Transformation of the AU Commission into an Authority, effectively delaying a fresh attempt to have a more permanent African President
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya against some major foreign currencies as published by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 383
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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the cooperation between the African Union (AU) and the UN on peace and security issues in Sudan, Somalia and Cote d’Ivoire
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Summit has demanded that the position of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) be reserved for an African candidate when elections are held in December, PANA reported Wednesday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have approved the formation of a Standby Force for the Indian Ocean, to step up the fight against piracy along the coast of Somalia, which is now threatening the movement of international shipping liners there
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Euro and the British Pound appreciated while the US Dollar depreciated against the Mauritian rupee, according to the latest exchange rates published here Wednesday by the Mauritian commercial bank
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On 29 January, 2011, Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika launched his sixth book, titled "The African Dream: from Poverty to Posterity" at the Sheraton in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, unveiled his vision for Africa late Monday, saying issues of youth unemployment, women and ending conflicts would mark his one-year reign
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema, said Monday he was not in power permanently, noting that regular elections held in his country had always been won by the ruling party
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, has welcomed the creation of the African Union (AU) High-Level Panel to end the presidential power-struggle in the country, warning that the panel would be “useless” unless it complied with the Ivorian constitution
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union high-level panel on Cote d'Ivoire is not wasting any time in swinging into action to help end the post-electoral stalemate in the West African nation, where is a double claim to its presidency
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The US has dedicated its new embassy compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg called an important symbol of America’s commitment to an enduring friendship with Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The next African Union summit will be held from 29 to 30 June in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, African heads of State and government said on Monday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African heads of State and government on Monday decided to ask Senegal to extradite the former Chadian president Hissène Habré to N’Djamena if the Senegalese authorities do not set up a special court to begin his trial in four months
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