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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 18 august 2015 - 09:05:50 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has asked leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, to redouble efforts at harnessing strengths to collectively address the complex challenges confronting the region
©- - 17 august 2015 - 16:35:30 - thread Union africaine (465 words)


Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Monday announced the setting up of a Financial Crime Commission (FCC) as the country's apex anti-corruption agency
©- - 17 august 2015 - 10:15:18 - thread Union africaine (332 words)


Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sugar Cane Industry Research Institute (MSIRI) has developed four new varieties of sugar cane plants that will help boost sugar production by 10 to 15% on the island, according to the Institute
©- - 17 august 2015 - 10:05:13 - thread Union africaine (353 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 17 august 2015 - 09:52:33 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 40-year-old Malagasy national, Amina Houssen, was on Friday sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by a court in Port Louis after she was found guilty of importation and possession of drugs, PANA learnt from judicial sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 14 august 2015 - 16:34:57 - thread Union africaine (102 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 14 august 2015 - 08:43:06 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has stated its readiness to take part in meetings of the joint Sudanese-South Sudanese Political-Security Committee under the auspices of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) to discuss the common border demarcation and the Zero Line separating the two countries
©- - 13 august 2015 - 18:41:02 - thread Union africaine (232 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Tasiast Mauritania Limited SA, a subsidiary of the Canadian Company, Kinross, which exploits a gold mine in northern Mauritania, on Wednesday announced the dismissal of between 200 to 500 employees, citing “economic reasons”
©- - 13 august 2015 - 13:20:58 - thread Union africaine (149 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance has called on SADC Heads of State to put their weight behind the review of the SADC Gender Protocol, especially in the proposed Monitoring, Evaluation and Results (MER) Framework
©- - 12 august 2015 - 15:40:21 - thread Union africaine (274 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 12 august 2015 - 13:20:23 - thread Union africaine (110 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 359
©- - 12 august 2015 - 11:56:54 - thread Union africaine (133 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has given the World Food Programme (WFP) 400,000 euros (about US$ 438,800) with which the European Commission on Civil Protection (ECHO) will provide humanitarian aid, including food assistance, to 50,000 Malian refugees accommodated in the Mbera camp in eastern Mauritania, the EU delegation in Nouakchott said on Tuesday
©- - 11 august 2015 - 14:59:00 - thread Union africaine (185 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 11 august 2015 - 08:51:16 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights expert Maina Kiai has called on the Mauritanian parliament to reject a draft law on civil society associations that, without public consultations, was approved last month by the country's Council of Ministers
©- - 11 august 2015 - 08:46:38 - thread Union africaine (307 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius indicated on Monday that coal is becoming increasingly a major component in the production of electricity in the island with around 43% of electricity generated from coal, 37% from diesel and fuel oil and 20% from renewable sources in 2014
©- - 10 august 2015 - 16:32:59 - thread Union africaine (459 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 10 august 2015 - 08:26:27 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The 9th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) ended Sunday with the closing ceremony attended by athletes and leaders of different sports federations at Paul Julius Bénard Stadium in Saint Paul, Réunion
©- - 09 august 2015 - 17:33:51 - thread Union africaine (185 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, will pay a three-day official visit to Mauritius from 24 to 26 August, the Mauritian Government announced in a communiqué released on Saturday in Port-Louis
©- - 08 august 2015 - 16:56:12 - thread Union africaine (134 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Madagascar has withdrawn from the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) following several incidents that took place during the organization of these games since last weekend in the island of La Reunion, PANA learnt on Saturday from official sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 08 august 2015 - 08:50:14 - thread Union africaine (355 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 25
©- - 07 august 2015 - 08:38:41 - thread Union africaine (110 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 06 august 2015 - 08:04:48 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 357
©- - 05 august 2015 - 11:12:52 - thread Union africaine (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 05 august 2015 - 10:44:40 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will conduct a study to identify the reasons behind the high Caesarean sections (CS) rate in the island which stands at 47% of all deliveries, so said the Mauritian Health Minister, Anil Gayan, Tuesday at a workshop organised in the context of the World Breastfeeding Week 2015 being held from 1-7 August 2015
©- - 04 august 2015 - 13:09:01 - thread Union africaine (361 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 24
©- - 04 august 2015 - 08:29:21 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Acting Prime Minister, Mr Xavier Luc Duval, on Monday said that Mauritius has responded positively to the request of the Malaysian Government for the search of plane debris around the island after a fragment of a plane wreckage was found on the coast of Reunion Island last week
©- - 03 august 2015 - 14:51:47 - thread Union africaine (279 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling 1 Euro 357
©- - 03 august 2015 - 14:44:01 - thread Union africaine (131 words)


Mahebourg, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Monday launched a survey on non-communicable disease (NCD) at the Willoughby Government School, Mahebourg, in southern Mauritius, with the aim of gaining new insight into the burden of diseases through the collection of relevant, sensitive and scientific data for health policy makers and professionals to take the right decision, PANA learnt from the Health Ministry
©- - 03 august 2015 - 14:40:11 - thread Union africaine (239 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has granted licences for the establishment of 12 new vehicle assembly plants in the country, through the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), the local Vanguard newspaper reported Monday, quoting the spokesman of the NADDC, Mr
©- - 03 august 2015 - 14:08:47 - thread Union africaine (257 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has taken an early lead at the ongoing 9th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) at the Island of La Reunion, with six gold, five silver and six bronze medals for a total of 17 medals, PANA reported Monday
©- - 03 august 2015 - 08:44:44 - thread Union africaine (235 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 24
©- - 03 august 2015 - 08:32:16 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Comoros has withdrawn from the Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) which opened Friday in the French island of La Reunion, saying that athletes from the island of Mayotte paraded with a French national flag at the opening ceremony on Saturday, PANA learnt from official sources in Port-Louis
©- - 02 august 2015 - 10:55:37 - thread Union africaine (216 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Two major events - the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) that opened Friday in the nearby island of La Réunion, and the discovery Wednesday of part of a wing of a Boeing 777 plane on a beach, dominated the media this week in Mauritius
©- - 01 august 2015 - 11:07:58 - thread Union africaine (638 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 357
©- - 31 july 2015 - 11:30:30 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 24
©- - 31 july 2015 - 08:16:31 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Thursday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling 1-euro 360
©- - 30 july 2015 - 15:47:45 - thread Union africaine (141 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 24
©- - 30 july 2015 - 09:33:38 - thread Union africaine (109 words)