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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 05 august 2014 - 09:24:26 - thread African Union (108 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' Health Ministry on Monday launched the 'World Breastfeeding Week' in a bid to promote, protect and support breastfeeding at workplaces, PANA reported from here
©- - 04 august 2014 - 19:02:03 - thread African Union (194 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Monday met with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Washington, DC for discussion about bilateral economic cooperation between their two countries, according to an official communique issued here
©- - 04 august 2014 - 17:32:57 - thread African Union (198 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Vice-Prime Minister Anil Kumar Bachoo on Monday said that trade facilitation has an important role to play in the overall trade performance of any country, insisting that it is a key determinant in a country’s competitiveness strategy and a formidable avenue for cooperation, Speaking here at the opening of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Business and Trade Facilitation workshop, Bachoo said, according to estimates, trade facilitation measures agreed during the 2013 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Conference in Bali, Indonesia, could cut the cost of shipping goods around the world by more than 10%, raising global output by over US$ 400 billion a year and increasing trade by over a trillion dollars
©- - 04 august 2014 - 13:29:57 - thread African Union (391 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso met Sunday in the US, where they are attending the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, to discuss economic cooperation between their two countries, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 04 august 2014 - 13:22:44 - thread African Union (293 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also the Chairman of the African Union, was due to leave Nouakchott Monday for Washington, DC, to attend the US-African Leaders' Summit in the US capital
©- - 04 august 2014 - 12:04:14 - thread African Union (148 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 401
©- - 04 august 2014 - 10:58:36 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 04 august 2014 - 08:09:48 - thread African Union (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 401
©- - 03 august 2014 - 10:58:07 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, who left the island-nation Thursday night for Washington, is due in the US capital on Saturday, where he'll take part in the US-Africa Summit, scheduled for 5 and 6 August, 2014, PANA reported from here
©- - 01 august 2014 - 11:07:06 - thread African Union (231 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 01 august 2014 - 11:02:25 - thread African Union (110 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 401
©- - 31 july 2014 - 10:14:22 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 31 july 2014 - 10:06:24 - thread African Union (108 words)


Flic en Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Minister Lormus Bundhoo says the government is considering the export of doctors to Africa given the significant number of doctors graduating every year in the island
©- - 30 july 2014 - 21:22:22 - thread African Union (262 words)


Melbourne, Australia (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) have joined with global partners to launch the Diagnostics Access Initiative which calls for improving laboratory capacity to ensure that all people living with HIV can be linked to effective, high-quality HIV treatment services
©- - 30 july 2014 - 15:34:56 - thread African Union (626 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 404
©- - 30 july 2014 - 10:23:07 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 30 july 2014 - 08:44:37 - thread African Union (108 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Monday greeted Muslims across Africa on the occasion of the Eid-el-Fitr marking the end of the month-long fasting
©- - 28 july 2014 - 18:45:54 - thread African Union (246 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Islamic religious festival Eid-ul-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan will be celebrated Tuesday in Mauritius, PANA has reported from here
©- - 28 july 2014 - 16:18:56 - thread African Union (166 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government earned US$12 million in oil receipts in June, from a total production of 200,000 barrels from the offshore oil field at Chinguetti, 70 km off Nouakchott, according to an official report made public on Sunday
©- - 28 july 2014 - 14:22:57 - thread African Union (119 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 28 july 2014 - 10:43:28 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 404
©- - 27 july 2014 - 10:28:08 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The fourth summit of the heads of State and government of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), scheduled to begin on Saturday in the Comoran city of Moroni, has been postponed as a mark of respect for victims of the Algeria Air plane crash which killed 116 persons, including 51 Frenchmen, official sources told PANA Friday in the Mauritian capital
©- - 25 july 2014 - 15:52:56 - thread African Union (220 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The chairwoman of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has expressed sadness at the news of the crash of the airplane, Air Algeria, Thursday at the border between Burkina Faso and Mali, according to a communiqué issued Friday by her office
©- - 25 july 2014 - 14:58:59 - thread African Union (176 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The Bank of Tanzania on Friday announced that it has taken over the management of FBME Bank Limited here, following the issuance of a notice of findings by the United States Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
©- - 25 july 2014 - 14:37:56 - thread African Union (311 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Jailed Sidi Mohamed Ould Haidallah, son of the former Mauritanian president, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haiddallah, has been extradited to Mauritania after serving time in Morocco, the private news agency, AL AKHBAR, reported on Friday, quoting Mauritanian judicial sources
©- - 25 july 2014 - 11:52:23 - thread African Union (133 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian rights group Human Rights Indian Ocean has condemned the arrest of Malagasy journalists Jean-Luc Rahaga and Didier Ramanoelina for publishing a letter from a reader in their daily 'Madagascar Matin'
©- - 25 july 2014 - 05:47:32 - thread African Union (170 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement issued on Thursday in Nouakchott, the national Forum of human rights organizations (FONADH), a coalition of about 20 Mauritanian NGOs, has condemned the "massacres", by the Israeli army, of civilians including women and children in the Gaza Strip
©- - 24 july 2014 - 16:03:56 - thread African Union (151 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The fourth Summit of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) opens Saturday in Moroni, capital of Comoros Islands, according to organizers, who said that the French President, François Hollande, and his counterparts from Seychelles and Madagascar, James Michel and Hery Rajaonarimampianina respectively, and the Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, will attend, PANA reported Thursday from here
©- - 24 july 2014 - 14:55:56 - thread African Union (168 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 404
©- - 24 july 2014 - 12:22:17 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 24 july 2014 - 10:01:41 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A new Islamic bank, called "The New Bank of Mauritania (NBM)", officially began operations Wednesday in Nouakchott, PANA reported from here
©- - 23 july 2014 - 17:44:22 - thread African Union (265 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A group of Mauritians have asked their government to facilitate the adoption of 100 Palestinian orphans from Gaza, aged less than 12 years, PANA learnt Wednesday from members of the "Free Palestine Mauritius", a social movement that is pro Gaza inhabitants, who are victims of the latest Israeli aggression
©- - 23 july 2014 - 16:42:31 - thread African Union (272 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 404
©- - 23 july 2014 - 13:15:37 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

Australian Dollar 27
©- - 23 july 2014 - 10:04:13 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - National flag carrier Mauritania International Airlines (MAI) has taken delivery of a new Embraer-145 aircraft for domestic and international flights, the airlines has announced The 50-passenger aircraft, which has four hours of flying time over 3,000km, will serve regional and sub-regional capitals, including Dakar (Senegal), Banjul (Gambia), Casablanca (Morocco), Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), Bamako (Mali) and Conakry (Guinea)
©- - 23 july 2014 - 09:13:15 - thread African Union (112 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The former president of Mauritania and defeated candidate in the latest presidential election, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, has criticized what he called the "catastrophic" state of affairs in Mauritania, saying the country's political, social and economic situations were in a deplorable state
©- - 22 july 2014 - 17:09:20 - thread African Union (184 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 22 july 2014 - 08:54:59 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Monday indicated that out of a total population of 1,258,653, there were 635,792 women against 622,861 men -- 98 men for every 100 women in 2013 in Mauritius
©- - 21 july 2014 - 15:55:15 - thread African Union (396 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) have teamed up to launch technical regulations and standards electronic notification system for stakeholders
©- - 21 july 2014 - 13:29:26 - thread African Union (350 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 404
©- - 21 july 2014 - 12:07:25 - thread African Union (129 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A group claiming to have 66,000 followers on the micro-blogging site Twitter has hacked the official Twitter account of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and changed its official logo, PANA reported Monday
©- - 21 july 2014 - 12:05:06 - thread African Union (187 words)