Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian authorities have announced major changed in the Armed and Security Forces affecting almost all departments, official sources said Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Network of Food Security Organisations (ROSA) Monday asked President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani to ignore a recent request by governors to restore the management of state lands to them

The network, in a statement issued here deplored “the catastrophic management of the land heritage in the country during the last forty-years” and called on the president not to accept their request to hand over the management of lands to them Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A Mauritanian businessman working in the cashew nut campaign in Casamance, southern Senegal, was killed on Saturday in the Diouloulou area close to the Gambian border by unknown attackers who took away his motorcycle and money, PANA has learned from corroborating sources Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The anti-slavery NGO, Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), has expressed its grave concern at the persistence and the increase in attacks on the freedom affecting bloggers and whistle blowers in Mauritania Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government has authorised the Mauritius Turf Club (MTC), a horse racing organiser, to conduct race meetings behind closed doors under strict protocols as from 20 June for the sake of the Horse Racing industry Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government will repatriate hundreds of citizens stranded abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) for more than three months, official sources told PANA here Friday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday said that the priority of the budget 2020/2021 is to revive the economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic, “which is an unprecedented situation that has never been witnessed Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Thursday that based on trends and information from various sources, it sees a 0 Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mr Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has opened a preliminary investigation after a soldier allegedly killed a young carter, named Abass Diallo, an accomplice of a trader engaged in trafficking in goods in Winding, in the department of MBagne (400 km south / east of Nouakchott) Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Some 150 Mauritians who have been stranded in India for the past two months due to the coronavirus pandemic were brought back to their home country on Wednesday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - About 100 cases of dengue fever have been registered daily at Zouerate town hospital, over 600 km northeast of Nouakchott, in recent weeks, Regional Director of Health Action for the Tiris Zemmour region, Mohamed ould Ahmedou Abdy, told the Mauritanian Information Agency Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Coalition Living Together (CVE-black nationalist tendency), Tuesday strongly criticized the management at all levels by government of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a statement it issued here said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives, Mr Soomilduth Bholah, on Tuesday, said that the Textile and Apparel manufacturing industry that exports some Rs 43 billion (US $ 1 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Fifty-five local milk producers from six West and Central African countries on Monday appealed to their governments and regional institutions to save the local milk sector that is facing structural difficulties and now the coronavirus pandemic Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Monday recorded 58 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) from 413 tests carried out, the daily bulletin issued by the ministry of Health said here Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ryhiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has successfully deployed 28 frontline responders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger through the activation of the African Union Strategic Lift Capability Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritians on Sunday resumed their normal activities shortly after the government’s decision to lift the sanitary curfew in force since the past two months in the island, PANA reported from here Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday strongly condemned the murder of George Floyd that occurred in the United States at the hands of law enforcement officers Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Governor of the Bank of Mauritius (Central Bank), Mr Harvesh Kumar Seegolam, on Thursday announced the setting up of the Mauritius Investment Corporation Ltd Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mic Commhelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned the killing of George Floyd, an African American man whose death in police custody on Monday was captured on video and has led to serious ongoing protests in Minneapolis, in the United States Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Friday the lifting of the health curfew with effect from midnight on May 30 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The delivery life-saving medical supplies needed to support the treatment of coronavirus patients was done successfully in all African countries except Egypt and Morocco, where supplies were interrupted due to airspace lockdown, a senior African Union official said on Thursday Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Flacq, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday, said that if Mauritius has recorded no new locally transmitted positive case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) for more than a month, it is largely due to the dedication of healthcare personnel, as well as to the treatment administered to the 334 patients out of which 332 have been successfully treated Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre have yet to receive any reparations four years after his historic atrocity conviction in Senegal, human rights advocates said today Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Thursday recorded 54 new cases of coronavirus (COVID), taking the country’s total to 346, including 312 under treatment, 19 deaths and 15 cured, the ministry of Health said here Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The use of lethal force and the militarisation of the state to enforce measures aimed at slowing down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is a major threat to the achievement of the silencing of the gun initiative, which aims to eradicate conflicts in Africa Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Henceforth, hospitalised patients with COVID-19 will be informed as regards the risks and secondary effects of hydroxychloroquine and will be administered the medication only with their written consent Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  A coalition of eight Mauritanian opposition political parties Wednesday called for a quick solution to problems facing the people, an official source said here Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Algeria has expressed regret over the conflicting international and regional agendas in Libya, saying that the conflicts have kept Libya in a state of anarchy and makes it the scene of a proxy war and an arena for settling accounts at the expense of Libyans Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Association of Women Heads of Families (AFCF) in Mauritania has vigorously denounced "maneuvers" aimed at covering up a sexual crime against an eight-month-old girl, committed by a member of "an influential family" Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius (CBM) Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The "Make your Mask Challenge", a campaign to raise awareness among African communities of the importance of making their own mask in 30 seconds during this period of coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), starts on Tuesday in several African countries Full text...