Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
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Mauritanian parliament approves US$87m loan for construction of fishing harbour
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian members of parliament at a plenary session here Monday approved a loan agreement of 586 million Yuan or 87 million US dollars to the government by the China Import-Export Bank for the construction of a fishing harbour here Full text...
South African couple arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African couple - Morné Burger, 33 years and Christal Angelique Bekker, 36 years, was intercepted on 25 December, 2019, at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport, southern Mauritius, suspected of carrying heroin in their stomachs, sources close to the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU) told PANA on Monday Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
AU warns of threats of interference in Libyan affairs
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern over the worsening situation in Libya, warning of the threats posed by foreign interference in Libyan affairs Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritanian opponent denounces exclusion
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Kane Hamidou Baba, leader of the Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE), failed candidate in the presidential election held on December 22, 2019, Thursday denounced "the exclusion from the institutions of the Republic” of citizens from the Negro-African community Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritian police officer kills man who assaulted his wife and children
Cascades, Mauritius (PANA) – A police officer shot a man in Cascades, southern Mauritius, who was assaulting his wife and two children with a sword early on Friday, police source told PANA Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
UN envoy commends successful conclusion of Guinea-Bissau presidential election
Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has underlined the Organization’s support for Guinea-Bissau following the conclusion of its presidential election, a UN statement said Full text...
Mauritania offers subvention to 375 private media outlets
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Public subvention to the private media in Mauritania will reach 255 sites, 111 newspapers, 11 radios and five television channels this year, the Management and Distribution Committee for Public Support to the Private Press has announced Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritania applies financial sanctions against telephone operators
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Mauritania has applied financial penalties against three mobile operators, also internet providers, according to a note posted on the institution's official website Full text...
Mauritania: Development consultant Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara dies
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian development consultant Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara, also a sociologist, former president of the Mauritanian Association for Human Rights (AMDH) and former vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) ) died on Tuesday at the age of 75, PANA learnt from family sources Full text...
Mauritania: Limam Chaafi's lawyer calls for the prosecution of his client to be stopped
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Accusations made against Moustapha Limam Chaafi, a well-known Mauritanian politician in the Sahel, West Africa and the Maghreb, are purely of political nature, according to his defence counsel Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Cyclone warning lifted in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Weather Services on Tuesday morning lifted the cyclone warning that was issued two days ago during Tropical Cyclone Calvinia, which is currently moving away from the country Full text...
Mauritania: Election of a new president - highlight of 2019
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The political highlight of 2019 in Mauritania was the organization of a presidential election at the end of which Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, a retired general and former Minister of Defence, was elected in the first round Full text...
South African Airways suspends flights to Mauritius
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) on Monday announced that it has put measures in place to address the impact of flight cancellations to Mauritius Full text...
Class III cyclone warning is in effect in Mauritius.
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Meteorological Services of Mauritius warned on Monday that a Class III cyclone was in effect on the island Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania: Election of a new president of the main majority party
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Delegates to the extraordinary congress of the Union for the Republic (UPR-majority) Saturday elected Sidi Mohamed ould Taleb Amar as the new president of the party at the end of the first day of the assizes, PANA learned from official sources here Sunday Full text...
Cyclone warning class 1 in force in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) Sunday issued a first cyclone bulletin announcing the passage of a tropical depression that centred at about 550 km to the north north-east of Mauritius in latitude 16 Full text...
Mauritania's main political party holds crucial congress
Nouakchott, Mauritania(PANA) - Mauritania's main party, the Union the Republic (UPR) is holding a two-day extraordinary congress on Saturday and Sunday in Nouakchott amidst a power struggle for its control between former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz and new president Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Ethiopian capital readies to host 33rd AU Summit
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Preparations for the upcoming 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), due to take place from 6-10 February 2020, are well underway in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, according to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Full text...
Tanzanian graphite developer gets approval for note listing on Mauritius stock exchange
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian-focused flake graphite developer Volt Resources Limited announced on Friday that Volt Graphite Tanzania (VGT) Plc’s application for the listing of Notes has been approved by the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) listing committee Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
President Ghazouani promises measures to end death on Mauritanian roads
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani said here Wednesday all measures would be taken to ensure road safety Full text...
Mauritania: 6 killed in road crash on Nouakchott-Nouadhibou road
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A collision between a public transport bus from Nouakchott and a truck from Nouadhibou left 6 people dead and 6 injured on Wednesday, according to eye-witnesses Full text...
Mauritania: NCHR calls on judiciary to rigorously handle cases of slavery
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) on Wednesday called on the judiciary to deal with all cases of presumed slavery, an offence deemed as a crime against humanity by national and international law, with diligence and "rigour" Full text...
Mauritanian President officially declares personal assets
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Tuesday declared his assets before the Commission for Financial Transparency in Public Life, Tuesday afternoon, PANA learnt from official sources Full text...
Mozambican couple arrested with heroin in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Mozambican couple was arrested on 16 December by the Mauritian Customs Service at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Plaisance, in the south of the island, on their way from Johannesburg, South Africa, local media reported on Tuesday Full text...
Mauritania awards winners of 2019 Chinguetti Prize
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Winners of the 2019 Chinguetti Prize were awarded during a ceremony organized on Tuesday at the Palais des Congrès in Nouakchott, in the presence of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Latvian arrested with heroin in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 25-year-old Latvian national, Arturs Bukhards, has been arrested with 39 pellets containing 502 grams of heroin he had ingested in South Africa, before heading to Mauritius on 17 December, police in the Mauritian capital said on Tuesday Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritanian president Ghazouani condoles with Algerian counterpart after death of Saleh
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Monday sent a message of condolences to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmejid Tebboune, following the death of General Ahmed Gaid Saleh, vice-minister of defence and army chief of staff, regarded as the country’s key man here, after a heart attack Full text...
Several Mauritanians initiate action against long detention of ENER former CEO
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several prominent individuals from various backgrounds said here Monday they had set up an "Initiative for the Liberation" of Ousmane Won, former director general of the National Enterprise for Maintenance (ENER-public) Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
EU gives Mauritania 11.6 million Euros for immigration management
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The European Union has given Mauritania a budget aid of 11 Full text...
Mauritius to sign African Road Safety Charter
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has agreed to sign the African Road Safety Charter whose main objective is to serve as a policy framework for facilitating the creation of an enabling environment to reduce road crashes Full text...
Mauritian Republic Cup: 4 matches to be played this weekend
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian teams enter the Republic Cup this weekend in Mauritius, where four matches are to be played, one on Saturday and three on Sunday, the Mauritius Football Association (MFA) said on Friday Full text...
Former Mauritanian president confirms "deep differences" with his successor
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008-2019) has confirmed "the deep differences" between him and his successor, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...