Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international conference bringing together a number of Western and Gulf Arab countries has kicked off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aimed to see how Sudan could be helped to overcome its current crisis Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Central Bank and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier of Luxemburg (CSSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a formal framework for cooperation and assistance between the Mauritian central bank and the Luxembourgish financial services regulatory authority Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius reported  on Saturday that 12 people died from COVID-19 infection from 7-12 January Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Friday launched the first phase o f the Intercontinental Slavery Museum (ISM) following the renovation of the building that will house it an official source said here Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal announced on Friday that restrictive measures introduced in November 2021 to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country have been extended until end of March 2022 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Thursday reported that they have recorded 61 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius announced on Wednesday that tourist arrivals in the country declined by 41 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Initially scheduled for 15 January 2022, the moratorium for banning of non-biodegradable single use plastic products has been extended by one year to 14 January 2023 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that they have recorded 63 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of cases detected since March 2021, the date of the third wave, to 24,264 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as pulished by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities have reported two new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities say 89 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Saturday, bringing the number of infections detected since March 2021, the time of the third wave, to 24,051 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Welfare and Elderly Persons’ Protection Unit of the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity has said that there were 174 centenarians from Mauritius and Rodrigues at the beginning of this year Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities announced on Saturday that 13 patients died of COVID-19 from 29 December 2021 to 5 January 2022 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Some 370,000 households will benefit from a subsidy varying between 5-10% on their electricity bills for the whole of this year Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that 30 new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Tuesday, bringing the number of infections since March 2021, the time of the third wave, to 23,704 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' economy grew by 19 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated on Tuesday that 48 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on 1 January, bringing the number of positive cases detected since March 2021, the time of the third wave, to 23,602 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As from Wednesday, 29 December, 2021, the prices of petroleum products (gasoline and diesel) will go up by 10 per cent in Mauritius, the State Trading Corporation (STC) said in a communiqué released Tuesday night Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has bemoaned the fact that it is most unfortunate that many developing countries, especially in Africa, are far behind the target of 40 per cent vaccination rate as 2021 comes to an end Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics tMauritius, a Mauritian governmental institution, indicated on Tuesday that total unemployment rate decreased by 1 percentage point from 10 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said 32 patients died of coronavirus (COVID-19) from 16-21 December 2021, bringing the total number of deaths since 5 March 2020 till now to 756 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said here Wednesday 41 people had been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of positive cases to 23,020 since March 2020 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities recorded here Tuesday 14 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number of positive cases to 22,979 since March 2021, official sources 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:

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Australian Dollar              29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health authorities said here Monday they had recorded 58 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number to 22,965 since March 2021 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Soodesh Callichurn, told Parliament Friday that the subsidy on milk powder would be extended to 30 June 2022 to protect consumers Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government Friday declared the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) a 'National Bird' to coincide with the 30th Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Friday reported 507 active cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of whom 17 were under treatment at the hospital and 55 deaths as at 16 December 2021 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Wednesday recorded 59 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), official sources said here Thursday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Sixty persons, comprising 53 motorcyclists and seven vehicle passengers, have so far lost their lives in road cashes in 2021 in Mauritania, an official source told PANA here Wednesday Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The president of DR Congo and current chairman of the African Union (AU), Felix Tshisekedi, said he is satisfied to have contributed to putting the African Union (AU) at the service of the people, as he had announced in his speech accepting to assume the rotating chairmanship of the AU last February Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said here Tuesday they had recorded three new cases of death and a total of 38 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, announced here Friday that 95 patients passed on from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past wee Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated Friday the had recorded a total of 68 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, which brings to 22,461 the number of positive cases recorded since March 2021 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that 83 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on a working visit since Tuesday in Kinshasa, has praised the important role President Felix Tshisekedi plays and continues to play on the African continent as the current chairman of the African Union (AU) Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Up to $1 Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar     29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told parliament Tuesday the police department was allocated Rs5,502,520 or USD131,012 Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a roadmap towards manufacturing at least 60 percent of all mandatory human vaccines in Africa as well as local production of chemicals used to diagnose diseases, including HIV/AIDS, officials from its scientific organ said Tuesday Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar        29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said here Tuesday they had recorded five deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) and 66 new infection in the last 24 hours Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Chadian Moussa Faki Mahama, said here Sunday he was hopeful that things would move in the right direction, two months after the army seized power from former President Alpha Conde on 5 September Full text...