Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi will attend the 24th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union to be held 30-31 January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Office of the Presidency announced here Thursday
©- - 29 january 2015 - 17:12:03 - thread União Africana (148 words)


Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola will be represented at the 24th Summit of African Heads of States and Government, scheduled to run from 30 to 31 January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by its vice-president, Manuel Domingos Vicente, who is expected in the Ethiopian Capital Thursday
©- - 29 january 2015 - 13:31:12 - thread União Africana (120 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, due in Addis Ababa shortly, will participate in the 24th summit of African Union (AU) heads of State and government, opening there Friday, the Congolese public radio reported here
©- - 29 january 2015 - 13:23:32 - thread União Africana (131 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African States should include a provision in their national legislation that all men, women and children have the right to a nationality, as a fundamental prerequisite for the enjoyment and exercise of the human rights recognized by the African Charter and the other African human rights treaties that they have ratified, a new human rights report has urged
©- - 29 january 2015 - 13:15:02 - thread União Africana (835 words)


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


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©- - 29 january 2015 - 11:24:27 - thread União Africana (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritania Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 351
©- - 29 january 2015 - 11:22:21 - thread União Africana (130 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is expected to play a key role at the 24th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) which gets underway in Addis Ababa on Thursday
©- - 29 january 2015 - 10:32:17 - thread União Africana (240 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Youth and Sports Minister Yogida Sawmynaden Thursday launched a research report on "Determinants of Youth Behaviour in Mauritius" in a bid to improve the welfare of the youth population in the island, PANA reported from here
©- - 29 january 2015 - 09:54:11 - thread União Africana (333 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As civil society organizations express concern over fulfillment of pledges, the African Umiom (AU) Wednesday said situations in the three Ebola affected countries were improving
©- - 28 january 2015 - 17:05:35 - thread União Africana (518 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Ouguiya has shown a slight decline against major currencies (Euro, US dollar and Franc CFA), according to Wednesday's foreign exchange rates released by the Mauritanian Central Bank
©- - 28 january 2015 - 15:42:12 - thread União Africana (162 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 28 january 2015 - 09:09:41 - thread União Africana (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The National Forum for Democracy and Unity (FNDU), a coalition of several Mauritanian opposition parties, trade unions, civil society organizations and independent personalities, have accepted an appeal for dialogue by president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, reliable sources told PANA on Tuesday
©- - 27 january 2015 - 21:13:14 - thread União Africana (166 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The newly-elected Mauritian President, Rajkeswur Purryag, Tuesday presented a five-year (2015-2019) programme of his new administration, set up a month ago following the last general elections held mid-December 2014, PANA reported from the Mauritian capital
©- - 27 january 2015 - 13:33:04 - thread União Africana (308 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 351
©- - 27 january 2015 - 11:43:24 - thread União Africana (130 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Buying Australian Dollar 24
©- - 27 january 2015 - 09:41:53 - thread União Africana (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Kevin Parker, Senator of Brooklyn, State of New York, who is visiting Nouakchott, on Monday called for the consolidation of ties between the United States and Mauritania at all levels
©- - 26 january 2015 - 20:34:10 - thread União Africana (240 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - External debts of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- the three West African countries which endured dramatic suffering as a result of the Ebola Virus Disease -- should be written off, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes, said Monday
©- - 26 january 2015 - 18:41:46 - thread União Africana (323 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Greenpeace, an independent global campaigning organisation acting to protect and conserve the environment, on Monday urged African leaders to adopt emergency and concrete measures for greater transparency aimed at elimination of illegal maritime fishing
©- - 26 january 2015 - 17:53:10 - thread União Africana (220 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) issued the following Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling 1 Euro 363
©- - 26 january 2015 - 16:01:18 - thread União Africana (135 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - After completing its work on Agenda 2063 flagship integration projects, the African Union Commission (AUC) is preparing the first 10-year plan for a concerted shift towards focusing on implementation of this continental vision, the Commission's Chairperson, Dr
©- - 26 january 2015 - 13:56:26 - thread União Africana (610 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The NEPAD Agency of the African Union (AU) has said it is placing emphasis on mobilising African countries to put in place conducive and enabling environment for conducting clinical trials to test the candidate vaccines and other therapies against the Ebola virus
©- - 26 january 2015 - 12:08:45 - thread União Africana (483 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 26 january 2015 - 09:41:30 - thread União Africana (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth has expressed the deepest condolences of the government and people of Mauritius to Saudi Arabia following the demise of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, PANA reported on Sunday
©- - 25 january 2015 - 15:28:17 - thread União Africana (134 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has extended condolences to the bereaved family of Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the King of Saudi Arabia, the government and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
©- - 25 january 2015 - 10:26:13 - thread União Africana (202 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Edgar Lungu on Sunday took the oath of office as President of Zambia in Lusaka becoming Zambia’s sixth head of state following his victory in Tuesday’s by-election
©- - 25 january 2015 - 10:24:31 - thread União Africana (308 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – For the first time in its history, the tourism sector in Mauritius has greeted more than a million tourists in a year or 1,038,968 in 2014, a 4,6% growth as compared to 2013 when a total of 993,106 tourists visited the island
©- - 25 january 2015 - 09:59:21 - thread União Africana (261 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Violence broke out late Friday at Dar-Naim central prison of Nouakchott when Islamist detainees protested against extension of their detention for several weeks after the expiry of their sentence, judicial sources in the Mauritanian capital told PANA on Saturday
©- - 24 january 2015 - 14:24:11 - thread União Africana (115 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika late Friday announced a three-day national mourning following the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud on Thursday
©- - 24 january 2015 - 14:09:36 - thread União Africana (117 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and Seychelles have started negotiations on the renewal of their 2005 fishing agreement that expires in March 2015, PANA has reported from the Mauritian capital, Port Louis
©- - 24 january 2015 - 09:33:52 - thread União Africana (255 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Telecom, the main telecommunications service provider in Mauritius, has appointed 40-year-old Sherry Singh its new Chief Executive Officer to replace Sarat Lallah, who has been around for the past nine years, PANA reported from the Mauritian capital, Port Louis
©- - 24 january 2015 - 06:31:49 - thread União Africana (271 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Friday expressed condolences to the Royal family and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
©- - 23 january 2015 - 20:09:53 - thread União Africana (129 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government will contribute US$ 200,000 to support the holding of elections in the Union of Comoros, scheduled for 25 January and 22 February 2015, according to a communiqué issued here
©- - 23 january 2015 - 18:41:20 - thread União Africana (81 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Professional Football League will enlist the services of former French footballer Didier Six as national technical director/national coach of the Mauritian national football team, the government said Friday
©- - 23 january 2015 - 17:56:38 - thread União Africana (181 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, has joined other world leaders in commiserating with King Salman Ibn Abdulaziz and the people of Saudi Arabia on the death of his predecessor, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz
©- - 23 january 2015 - 13:28:24 - thread União Africana (285 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 363
©- - 23 january 2015 - 12:39:35 - thread União Africana (130 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 23 january 2015 - 08:43:05 - thread União Africana (110 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign foreign exchange rates for Mauritian rupee, as released by the Mauritian Central Bank
©- - 22 january 2015 - 15:14:33 - thread União Africana (118 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation Minister, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, has said that efforts are being made to make Mauritius a high-income economy with a per capita income of US$ 12,000 by 2020 and this could be attributed to how innovative the island is, particularly in terms of technology adoption
©- - 22 january 2015 - 14:06:36 - thread União Africana (340 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Islamic Society of Mauritius (ISM) Thursday condemned the attacks on the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which caused several deaths two weeks ago in Paris, France, estimating that "the use of violence will not erase the affront against Prophet of Islam"
©- - 22 january 2015 - 13:50:26 - thread União Africana (329 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 361
©- - 22 january 2015 - 12:02:54 - thread União Africana (130 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is in Tunis for a two-day working visit, PANA reported Thursday
©- - 22 january 2015 - 11:34:38 - thread União Africana (155 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius plans to set up an Early Warning System for incoming storm surge, swells and tsunamis before the next cyclonic season that starts mid November 2015 with funding from the Global Environment Fund and the UN Development Programme (UNDP)
©- - 21 january 2015 - 16:49:41 - thread União Africana (335 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Government has announced that despite the decrease in oil prices on the world market, the prices of petroleum products will remain unchanged in the island for the time being, indicating that money raised from the current prices will go into the Build Mauritius Fund and finance priority projects -- water and other key development projects, PANA reported Wednesday
©- - 21 january 2015 - 12:36:35 - thread União Africana (244 words)