Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A 26-million Tunisian dinar (US$21 million) loan agreeme nt was signed Thursday in Tunis between the Saudi Development Fund (FSD) and the Tunisian government for the funding of an integrated agricultural development pr o ject in the region of Sidi Bouzid in South-western Tunisia, official sources sai d
©- - 10 july 2009 - 09:28:00 - thread African Union (222 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and the African Union (AU) Thursday launched a new tool, designed, in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to boost investme n t flows into Africa
©- - 09 july 2009 - 16:34:00 - thread African Union (339 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has donated US$ 500,000 to the Indian g overnment to assist in the reconstruction process in the State of Bihar, ravaged by floods in 2008, Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell told PANA here Thurs d ay
©- - 09 july 2009 - 15:23:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The presidential candidate of the Mauritanian Ra lly of Democratic Forces (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, has promised to eradicate ter r orism from the country if voted into power at the 18 July polls
©- - 08 july 2009 - 15:29:00 - thread African Union (247 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, saying the country h as not broken with political violence despite the “perfect” first round of the p r esidential election held on 28 June
©- - 07 july 2009 - 22:05:00 - thread African Union (211 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, in his weekly appearance at parliament, told legislators on Tuesday that the government was consideration setting up a National Civic Service on the Island, with a view to further consolidating the process of nation building
©- - 07 july 2009 - 14:21:00 - thread African Union (264 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's former Prime Minister Sghair Ould M'Barek has aborted his candidacy for the country's presidential elections slated for 18 July, and thrown his weight behind Gen
©- - 07 july 2009 - 13:40:00 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius' Central Statistics Office (CSO) indica ted Monday that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the island would grow by 2
©- - 06 july 2009 - 13:30:00 - thread African Union (255 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea's ruling National Council for Democracy and Deve lopment (CNND) announced Saturday it would launch a wide-range audit of activiti e s of all arms of government that served the country in the last 24 years, led by General Lansana Conté, who died 23 December
©- - 05 july 2009 - 18:56:00 - thread African Union (348 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Nigerian Vice President Jonathan Goodluck has hailed African leaders for agreeing to set up the Union Authority, noting that the Afri can Union Commission (AUC) would succeed in combating the resurgence of conflict s within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:23:00 - thread African Union (407 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Malam Bacai Sanha, candidate of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and Kumba Yala,candi date of the of the Social Renovation Party (PRS) will contest the second round o f the presidential election in Guinea-Bissau, according to the National Commissio n of Elections (CNE)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:19:00 - thread African Union (183 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders gave themselves a deadline of 2010 to rati fy a new treaty authorizing the formation of an African Authority, headed by a P r esident, a Vice President and a cabinet of 10 Secretaries who would not have pow e rs equivalent to ministers, African foreign ministers said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 19:35:00 - thread African Union (606 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders resolved to increase their investments in agriculture in an effort to move the continent from external food dependence, wh i ch has resulted in an increase in the cost of food imports coming to Africa, Sou t h African President Jacob Zuma said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:42:00 - thread African Union (552 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- ­The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Friday issued the exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:28:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former Mauritanian Premier Zeine Ould Zeidane an d his militants on Friday pledged their support for the President of the Rally o f Democratic Forces (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, during the presidential polls whose first ballot is slated for 18 July
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:22:00 - thread African Union (157 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders have agreed on the creation of the African Union (AU) Authority, headed by a President and possessing an enhanced role to coordinate foreign affairs, trade and defence pol icies within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread African Union (385 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has declared that Africa ha s the potential to produce enough food to feed its estimated population of over 900 million people and have surplus for export, according to the Presidential Press Service (PPS)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:28:00 - thread African Union (692 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Africa must move urgently to enhance agricultural efficien cy and reduce external dependence on food aid and imports through increased inve s tments in irrigation and proper land management policies, Namibian President Hif i kepunye Pohamba said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 17:39:00 - thread African Union (712 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, supports the transform ation of the African Union Commission (AUC) into an Authority and hopes that a c o nsensus agreement will be reached on the issue during the heads of state meeting in Sirte, Libya, Foreign Minister Muhammad Mumuni, said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 16:12:00 - thread African Union (531 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Disagreement over the transformation of the African Union (AU) Commission into an Authority has stalled the work of the AU Executive Council, even though the Heads of state and government summit entered the second day in Sirte, Libya, Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 13:14:00 - thread African Union (270 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – A total of 10 cand-idates have filed their papers to contest the 18 July Mauritanian presidential election
©- - 01 july 2009 - 23:26:00 - thread African Union (176 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African traditional rulers, attending the AU summit in Sir te, Libya, on Wednesday appealed to African leaders to direct their energies to c onsolidating the continent’s political unity
©- - 01 july 2009 - 20:15:00 - thread African Union (272 words)


Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma is attending the 21st Summit of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) which kicked off in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 19:37:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African countries must capitalize on the ongoing discussio ns on a new climate change agreement to negotiate for new funding commitments to fight climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a mes s age to the opening session of the African Union (AU) Summit here on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (601 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Brazil, one of South America’s expanding economies, is pla nning to spread its growing industrial influence across Africa with projects ran g ing from industrial plants which will produce ethanol, motor-vehicle assembly pl a nts (in Mozambique) and a drug-manufacturing plant in Africa
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:14:00 - thread African Union (434 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The upsurge in violent conflicts in Africa over the last s ix months, culminating in the assassination of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernado 'Nino' Vieira, the killings in Somalia and the increased insecurity in Darfur, Sudan, dominated the opening session of the African Union (AU) talks in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread African Union (485 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) h as lifted the sanctions it slammed on Mauritania in the aftermath of the 6 Aug
©- - 01 july 2009 - 12:28:00 - thread African Union (192 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has expressed d eep shock and sadness at Tuesday morning's crash of a Yemeni Airline's A310 plan e
©- - 30 june 2009 - 20:59:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two opposition leaders, who are presidential can didates for Mauritania's forthcoming polls, say they will go into a coalition sh o uld one of them be eliminated at the the first ballot, PANA reported from here
©- - 30 june 2009 - 19:08:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah, told Par liament on Tuesday that appropriate surveillance had been mounted at the ports ( b oth sea and air) in the Island following the outbreak of the influenza A (H1N1), or the Swine Flu, in the world
©- - 30 june 2009 - 18:12:00 - thread African Union (246 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, will addres s the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), scheduled for 1-3 July, in Sirte, Libya
©- - 30 june 2009 - 15:25:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Par liament Tuesday that the problem of alcohol consumption among students had becom e a cause for concern in the country
©- - 30 june 2009 - 14:50:00 - thread African Union (244 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian post office has for the first time in history recruited four mail women, Minister in charge of Information and Communication Technologies and Postal Services Asraf Dulull said, describing it as 'a major breakthrough'
©- - 30 june 2009 - 11:17:00 - thread African Union (146 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Central Statistics Office (CSO) rev ealed Tuesday that 44,900 people or 8 percent of the total working population of the i sland were unemployed during the first quarter of 2009, compared to 6
©- - 30 june 2009 - 10:09:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank Tue sday
©- - 30 june 2009 - 09:18:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian opposition political forces under th e umbrella National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) announced on Monday that they have resolved to take part in the 18 July presidential elect ion
©- - 29 june 2009 - 22:48:00 - thread African Union (194 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The High Council for National Defence (CSDN), Ma uritania's the former ruling junta, has hailed “the positive evolution” of the p o litical climate in Mauritania, which resulted in the agreement for an inclusive r eturn to constitutional order and the setting up of a National-Union Transition g overnment (GTUN)
©- - 29 june 2009 - 22:18:00 - thread African Union (202 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:16:00 - thread African Union (482 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:14:00 - thread African Union (483 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will Tuesday depart for Sir te, Libya, for the 13th session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Assembl y , slated for 1-3 July, during which he is expected to appeal for Africa's interv e ntion in Somalia to save the interim government there, officials said on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 20:08:00 - thread African Union (429 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders are expected to make a final commitment on the status of agricultural production and work towards the creation of an Afric a n food market to tap the US$ 33 billion spent annually on food imports, a senior African Union (AU) official said here Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 19:13:00 - thread African Union (462 words)