Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities say three COVID-19 positive patients died in hospital on Friday

©- - 22 july 2022 - 07:27:22 - thread Union africaine (58 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Thursday launched the 2022 National Nutrition Survey with the objective to study food consumption patterns and assess the nutritional status of the population with a view to address diet and nutrition related health problems and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

©- - 21 july 2022 - 10:54:25 - thread Union africaine (293 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – Two Malawian and two Zimbabwean women were arrested last week at Mauritius' international airport after pellets of heroin were found in their stomach, police sources said in the Mauritian capital

©- - 21 july 2022 - 07:28:07 - thread Union africaine (136 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The population of Mauritius comprised of 640,057 women compared to 626,003 men in 2021, Statistics Mauritius (SM) said in its latest bulletin issued Wednesday

©- - 20 july 2022 - 09:05:46 - thread Union africaine (352 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Sunday that the government will further incentivise the adoption of cleaner vehicles as well as promote sustainability and mobility and reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector

©- - 18 july 2022 - 07:56:59 - thread Union africaine (446 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - After being on the sidelines of efforts to end the Libyan crisis for a long time, the African Union (AU) appears to be taking up its rightful place in negotiations to bring peace to the North African country

©- - 17 july 2022 - 16:11:01 - thread Union africaine (1220 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived on Saturday in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, to participate in the fourth biannual coordination meeting between the African Union and regional economic communities and regional mechanisms

©- - 16 july 2022 - 21:14:57 - thread Union africaine (282 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said here Saturday they recorded one death from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 7 -13 July, 2022

©- - 16 july 2022 - 08:36:10 - thread Union africaine (55 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius published on Saturday the list of 15 public holidays for 2023 as follows:

  1. New Year - Sunday 1 January
  2. New Year - Monday 2 January
  3. Chinese Spring Festival- Sunday 22 January
  4. Abolition of Slavery – Wednesday 1 February
  5. Thaipoosam Cavadee  (Hindu Festival) - Saturday 4 February
  6. Maha Shivaratree (Hindu Festival) - Saturday 18 February
  7.  Independence and Republic Day - Sunday 12 March
  8.  Ugaadi (Hindu Festival) - Wednesday 22 March
  9. Eid-Ul-Fitr (Islamic Festival) Saturday 22 April
  10. Labour Day - Monday 1 May
  11. Ganesh Chaturthi –(Hindu Festival) Wednesday 20 September
  12.  All Saints Day - Wednesday 1 November
  13.  Arrival of Indentured Labourers - Thursday 2 November
  14.  Divali (Hindu Festival) - Sunday 12 November
  15.  Christmas - Monday 25 December

-0-PANA NA/RA 16July2022

©- - 16 july 2022 - 07:45:32 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organisations, Omar Ketti, is leading Libya's delegation to the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), which began on Thursday, in the Zambian capital, Lusaka

©- - 14 july 2022 - 20:32:20 - thread Union africaine (201 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, has announced that he has discussed with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, efforts to appoint a new Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Libya

©- - 13 july 2022 - 12:59:00 - thread Union africaine (341 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Tuesday that the number of tourists who visit the island is on the rise, jumping from a mere 3,225 in June 2021 to 376,556 in June 2022

©- - 13 july 2022 - 10:38:32 - thread Union africaine (159 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Six patients suffering from COVID-19 have died in the last 36 hours in Mauritius, according to the local media citing health authorities

©- - 13 july 2022 - 08:02:13 - thread Union africaine (134 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –The Mauritian Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Renganaden Padayachy, on Monday said that the objective for 2022 is to achieve an economic growth rate that reaches between 6% and 7%

©- - 12 july 2022 - 13:17:07 - thread Union africaine (280 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Land Transport and Light Rail, Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Alan Ganoo, has said that the maintenance of regional peace and security are prerequisites to sustainable socio-economic development and successful regional integration

©- - 07 july 2022 - 09:47:44 - thread Union africaine (344 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday denied claims by former CEO of Mauritius Telecom, Sherry Singh, that the government has allowed the use of equipment "to enable sniffing, interception, monitoring or recording of internet traffic to and from Mauritius and/or countries in the region"

©- - 06 july 2022 - 08:22:40 - thread Union africaine (206 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in drug trafficking, or crimes related to drugs such as money laundering and larceny, Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal said on Monday

©- - 05 july 2022 - 08:07:49 - thread Union africaine (257 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that  the rate of unemployment in the country for the first quarter of 2022 is estimated at 8

©- - 05 july 2022 - 08:00:02 - thread Union africaine (142 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said here Saturday the recorded two deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past week

©- - 02 july 2022 - 08:15:31 - thread Union africaine (202 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Expressing great concern that Libya is gripped by political and security uncertainty after the failure to hold national elections in December 2021 and expiration of the timeline for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) roadmap, the African Union has once again called the country’s two chambers of parliament to reach an agreement on the constitutional basis for the elections

©- - 30 june 2022 - 11:04:59 - thread Union africaine (635 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) is deploying a mission to observe the forthcoming general elections scheduled for 9 August 2022, the Commission announced in a press statement on Monday

©- - 28 june 2022 - 09:54:53 - thread Union africaine (288 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday recorded one death directly linked to coronavirus (COVID-19) and two other deaths from infections attributed to other diseases

©- - 25 june 2022 - 09:55:28 - thread Union africaine (97 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Minister Kavy Ramano, highlighted on Thursday that out of more than 70,000 tons of plastic waste generated from packaging, only 3,000 tons were recycled, while the rest was dumped in a landfill or ended up in nature

©- - 24 june 2022 - 07:28:01 - thread Union africaine (302 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the M23 rebel movement – widely thought to be long dead – has dramatically resurrected

©- - 23 june 2022 - 14:09:27 - thread Union africaine (1275 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch and her Austrian counterpart, Alexander Schallenberg, on Thursday met in Vienna with their discussion focusing on bilateral relations

©- - 23 june 2022 - 12:29:28 - thread Union africaine (104 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The first batch of Mauritian pilgrims to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, left on Wednesday on a Saudi Airlines flight, PANA reported from Plaisance, in the south of the island

©- - 23 june 2022 - 08:16:35 - thread Union africaine (105 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday concluded a three-day Field Mission to Burundi reaffirming its commitment to promoting peace and security on the continent and the need to realise a conflict-free Africa as envisioned in Agenda 2063

©- - 22 june 2022 - 17:23:41 - thread Union africaine (380 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, received on Tuesday a written message from the President of the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and chairman of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya, declaring his support to the Libyan people to achieve general elections

©- - 21 june 2022 - 18:24:23 - thread Union africaine (381 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, in his capacity as deputy chairman of the African Union (AU), participated in a meeting via video technology on Monday devoted to listening to a briefing by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the Ukrainian-Russian crisis

©- - 20 june 2022 - 18:50:42 - thread Union africaine (212 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Claude Gakosso, presented on Monday in Tripoli to the Libyan prime minister of the government of national unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, a proposal of the African Union (AU) to support the national reconciliation in Libya

©- - 20 june 2022 - 17:14:02 - thread Union africaine (347 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, Monday hailed the great role played by the African Union (AU) in supporting efforts for stability and national reconciliation in Libya

©- - 20 june 2022 - 14:56:39 - thread Union africaine (394 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will make a symbolic donation of USD25,000 as a gesture of solidarity to Malawi which was badly affected by the tropical storm Ana recently

©- - 18 june 2022 - 06:55:32 - thread Union africaine (66 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Health authorities in Mauritius said Friday they recorded one death from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 9-15 June 2022

©- - 18 june 2022 - 06:49:33 - thread Union africaine (56 words)