Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday night, said that the number of recoveries from the virus has begun to outstrip the number of new cases, as 14 additional patients have recovered Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Twenty tons of medical equipment, including two million masks and 100,000 protective visors, used to fight coronavirus arrived in Mauritius on Friday on a special Air Mauritius flight Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian prison service on Saturday released 494 inmates due to the spread of coronavirus on the island, local media report Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a four-point guideline for the conduct of vaccine trials in Africa as the globe scrambles to find solutions to the coronavirus outbreak Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, announced on Friday evening that the government has decided to extend the health curfew, in force in the island since 23 March and which was due to end on 15 April, to 4 May 2020, it was learned from official sources in the Mauritian capital 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...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, as well as five of his ministers, have been self-isolated since Thursday evening after the secretary of the Minister of Health and Welfare tested positive for coronavirus Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Four new patients were cured of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mauritius, taking to 23 the number of patients so far cured, an official source said here Thursday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania on Thursday recorded its 7th case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), following a positive test carried out on a young girl in confinement for 3 weeks, the local press quoted the director of health, Sidi ould Zahaf, as saying 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) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Wednesday announced that 19 patients suffering from the Covid-19 disease have been cured and 10 of them have already left the hospital, PANA reported from here Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -  Several individuals confined in a hotel in Nouakchott as part of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) began a hunger strike here Tuesday to protest against their continued quarantine beyond the third week contrary to the stipulated 14 days Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA)  -  The spokesperson for the Mauritian National Communication Committee on coronavirus (COVID-19), Dr Zouber Joomaye, said here Tuesday that four new patients who were suffering from the disease were cured in the country, taking the number of healed patients to eight Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Four patients in Mauritius suffering from COVID-19 (coronavirus) have recovered, the spokesperson of the National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, announced on Monday Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese border police on Sunday night turned away ten Guinea-Bissau nationals from the Gambia who wanted to cross the border at the Seléty border post in southern Senegal, PANA has learned from informed sources Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Mauritania, as at Saturday, had recorded six confirmed cases of coronavirus, two recoveries and one death, according to the bulletin on the COVID-19 situation in the country Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Union's top organ, the Bureau of Heads of State, has called for a global debt relief for African countries to help address the adverse effects of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic 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...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the World Bank on Thursday approved a grant $5 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Army units were deployed on Thursday in the Zouérate region, bordering  Algeria and Mali, to stop irregular infiltration from the area, as part of the  measures to prevent the spread of the  coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the local press reported on 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...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank 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) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The chairperson of the National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, has said that as at Wednesday night, Mauritius has recorded 161 cases of the pandemic with six deaths Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has adopted new measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, following a meeting on Tuesday in Nouakchott of the Inter-ministerial Committee responsible for managing the Covid-19 pandemic, chaired by Prime Minister Ismaël Bedde ould Cheikh Sidya Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, has announced that the sanitary curfew which was introduced on 23 March until 31 March to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) has been extended to 15 April Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania on Monday recorded its first death linked to COVID-19 (coronavirus), the health authorities said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday announced that the sanitary curfew which started on 23 March will be extended till 15 April 2020, following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases which now stands at 128 with three deaths reported, the Government Information Services (GIS) said Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has closed all businesses in the country from Sunday until further notice as it rolled out more measures to check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a joint declaration made by the ministries of Interior and Trade said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A third COVID-19 (coronavirus) patient died in Mauritius on Sunday night, as the number of infected cases rises from 107 to 110 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania recorded two new cases of coronavirus on  Saturday, bringing the number of people infected with Covid-19 in the country to five, PANA learned from an official source 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 Mauritian population is able to purchase essential goods - food, beverages, health and sanitary products, and toiletries - through online shopping effective Friday during the lockout period in the face of rising number of coronavirus cases that has reached 94, PANA reported from here Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian population is able to purchase essential goods - food, beverages, health and sanitary products - through online shopping as from Friday during the lockout period in the face of increased number of coronavirus infections that has reached 81, PANA reported from here Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Friday afternoon collective prayers have been suspended throughout Mauritania with immediate effect to prevent and control the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs announced 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...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has registered a third sufferer of coronavirus fever, according to an announcement by Health minister Mohamed Nadhiri Hamed on Thursday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Information Technology, Communication and Innovation minister Deepak Balgobin on Thursday launched a mobile application on Covid-19, called “beSafeMoris”, in a bid “to create awareness for a safer Mauritius through real-time information, approved by the Ministry of Health and Wellness Full text...