Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Australian government has signed an agreement with the African Union, pledging to rapidly increase its investments in Africa in line with global targets
©- - 26 september 2010 - 12:04:00 - thread Union africaine (344 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and the African Union (AU) Saturday launched a joint task force on peace and security as the two organisations stepped up their cooperation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding across the continent
©- - 26 september 2010 - 09:01:00 - thread Union africaine (282 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A high level forum on ways to enhance Arab-African coope ration in the fields of investment and trade began work Saturday in Tripoli on t h e sidelines and ahead of the Afro-Arab summit scheduled in Libya 10 October, wit h the theme: "Towards an Arab-African partnership"
©- - 26 september 2010 - 08:49:00 - thread Union africaine (649 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- Malaw's President Bingu wa Mutharika and current Chairman of the African Union (AU), says Africa is striving to transform itself political l y and economically for the benefit of its people
©- - 24 september 2010 - 19:47:00 - thread Union africaine (496 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Army on Friday denied allegation s by Al Qaida in the Ismalic Maghreb (AQMI) that 19 Mauritanian soldiers were ki l led during clashes from 17 to 19 September in Northern Mali
©- - 24 september 2010 - 17:24:00 - thread Union africaine (134 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Carlos Gomes Jun ior, is due in Brussels on Monday for a working visit aimed at enhancing coopera t ion between his country and the European Union, an official source told PANA her e in the Belgian capital Friday
©- - 24 september 2010 - 15:37:00 - thread Union africaine (128 words)


Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- A Mauritian firm, Albatros Energy, is to build a 69-megawa tts power station in Kayes, 500 km at west of the Malian capital Bamako, under a deal signed by th e Malian Minister of Energy and Water, Mr
©- - 24 september 2010 - 12:32:00 - thread Union africaine (126 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Friday morning by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 24 september 2010 - 11:09:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, according to the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 23 september 2010 - 11:21:00 - thread Union africaine (115 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest foreign exchange rates f or the Mauritian rupee, according to the Commercial Bank of Mauritius which on Wednesday morning
©- - 22 september 2010 - 11:22:00 - thread Union africaine (119 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Director of Peace and Security, El Ghassin Wane, said Tuesday efforts to keep peace in 2010 through the International Year of Peace marked a new era in its history
©- - 21 september 2010 - 13:24:00 - thread Union africaine (230 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Tuesday morning by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 september 2010 - 13:00:00 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The director of the Reptile Conservation of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF), Nik Cole, Monday warned Mauritians who breed pets such as the gecko of Madagascar (Phelsuma Madagaskarika) and other reptiles, against the danger those pets represent for the local biodiversity and for human health
©- - 20 september 2010 - 17:24:00 - thread Union africaine (358 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued here Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 20 september 2010 - 09:17:00 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The President of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacaأ¯ Sahni, on a brief working visit to Conakry, said on Saturday that he supported the Guinean electoral process in which he had absolute confidence
©- - 19 september 2010 - 13:33:00 - thread Union africaine (182 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's pardon grant ed to 35 Islamists and 166 non-political prisoners in accordance with Article 37 of the constitution, dominated from pages in Mauritania this past week
©- - 19 september 2010 - 13:21:00 - thread Union africaine (287 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Journalists' Union, the Rally of the Mauritanian Press (RPM), comprising 12 private organizations, has called off a s trike, planned for Sunday, PANA learnt from official media sources
©- - 19 september 2010 - 12:36:00 - thread Union africaine (150 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A Mauritian court has jailed an American military adviser, Scott Bradley Mertz, 35 years in prison for possessing and trafficking in drugs, PANA learnt on Saturday in Port-Louis from a judicial source
©- - 18 september 2010 - 16:49:00 - thread Union africaine (84 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian national football championship for 2010-2011 season will begin on 29 October with the participation of 12 teams
©- - 18 september 2010 - 16:04:00 - thread Union africaine (201 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian on Saturday said its army was in “total control” of fighting with elements of Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI)
©- - 18 september 2010 - 14:37:00 - thread Union africaine (114 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's president, Malam Bacai Sanha, is expect ed in Conakry on Saturday for a visit during which he will hold talks on â?issue s of common interestâ? with his host, General Sekouba Konate, official sources s aid
©- - 18 september 2010 - 11:23:00 - thread Union africaine (190 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A mission of experts of the International Moneta ry Fund (IMF) arrived in Nouakchott Thursday night for a four-day working visit, PANA learnt Friday from official sources
©- - 17 september 2010 - 18:27:00 - thread Union africaine (128 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro appreciated, while the pound and the US dollar lost ground against the rupee on Friday, according to the latest exchange rates published by the Com mercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 17 september 2010 - 11:50:00 - thread Union africaine (176 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 500,000 Mauritanians benefited from interventions of the World Food Programme (WFP) in 2009, the regional director of the UN food agency for West Africa, Thomas Yanga, said on Thursday
©- - 16 september 2010 - 20:36:00 - thread Union africaine (137 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Wednesday met with Malian Foreign Minister Badra Aliou Makalou, who brought a message from President Amadou Toumani Toure, official sources told PANA
©- - 16 september 2010 - 12:02:00 - thread Union africaine (106 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Press Rally (RPM), an umbrella o f more than 20 private organisations, announced a press blackout on Sunday, with a view to "putting an end to the deplorable situation the press sector in Mauritania is experiencingâ?
©- - 15 september 2010 - 21:32:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Az iz, on Wednesday received the minister of Malians living abroad and African int e gration, Badra Aliou Makalou, who delivered to him a message from President Amad o u Toumani Toure
©- - 15 september 2010 - 21:17:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Euro and British pound appreciated while the US dollar fell against the rupee, according to the exchange rates published on Wednesday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 15 september 2010 - 13:12:00 - thread Union africaine (168 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Az iz, has pardoned 166 non-political prisoners including 40 foreigners, according to a presidential decree issued on Tuesday
©- - 14 september 2010 - 22:08:00 - thread Union africaine (60 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government and the radical Islamist movement on Monday resumed dialogue in Nouakchott, to review the socio-political situation in the country, PANA reported from here
©- - 14 september 2010 - 15:17:00 - thread Union africaine (197 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Tuesday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 14 september 2010 - 11:58:00 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The prime minister of Guinea Bissau, Carlos Gomes Junior , has described his six-day visit to Angola as ''positive'', saying the visit achieved its aim of strengthen ing cooperation between the two countries
©- - 14 september 2010 - 08:04:00 - thread Union africaine (133 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro appreciated against the rupee while the British pound and the US dollar depreciated against the Mauritian currency, acco r ding to the latest exchange rates published here Monday by the Mauritian commerc i al bank
©- - 13 september 2010 - 15:47:00 - thread Union africaine (180 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Visiting Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junio r Friday appealed for technical, material and financial assistance from Angola to enable his country implement several pro grammes for the political, economic and social stability of his country
©- - 11 september 2010 - 08:46:00 - thread Union africaine (218 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritians Muslims Friday celebrated the Eid-El-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan
©- - 10 september 2010 - 13:49:00 - thread Union africaine (68 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's Premier Carlos Gomes Junior invited Ango la's business people to invest in his country, to reinforce the strong ties between t hem
©- - 10 september 2010 - 10:57:00 - thread Union africaine (133 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Members of the Hindu Common Front (FCH), which groups several Hindu associations in Mauritius, burnt copies of the weekly Express-Dimanche on Wednesday, accusing the newspaper of ''trying to spread hatred and division among the community''
©- - 09 september 2010 - 12:33:00 - thread Union africaine (175 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Spain's delivery of a reconnaissance aircraft to Mauritania has nothing to do with extradition of terror convict Omar Sahraoui from Mauritania to Mali, the Nouakchott government said
©- - 09 september 2010 - 10:47:00 - thread Union africaine (225 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Eid El Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim f asting month of Ramadan, will be celebrated Friday in Mauritania, according to a statement from the National Commission for the Observation of the Moon
©- - 09 september 2010 - 09:00:00 - thread Union africaine (71 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A Taiwanese boat has been boarded and inspected f or illegal fishing off the West coast of Madagascar by a patrol squad from the Centre of Surveillance of Fishing of this country, th e Indian Ocean Commission (COI) based in Mauritius said Wednesday
©- - 08 september 2010 - 10:45:00 - thread Union africaine (212 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The prices of foodstuffs have risen in Guinea-Bis sau since mid-August, the chairman of the Association of Consumers of Goods and S ervices (ACOBES), Bambo Sanha, has said
©- - 07 september 2010 - 21:40:00 - thread Union africaine (161 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Mauritanian, Ould Ahmedou Hadramy, was arreste d after raising a false alert with the police through SMS, warning them of a car bomb, a deputy public prosecutor to the regional court of Nouakchott disclosed T u esday on the national television
©- - 07 september 2010 - 17:49:00 - thread Union africaine (148 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Tuesday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 07 september 2010 - 12:27:00 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Guinea Bissau, Lieutenant Gen
©- - 05 september 2010 - 15:03:00 - thread Union africaine (274 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three mobile phone operators in Mauritania j ointly paid to the Public Treasury some 100 billion ouguiyas (about US$ 357 mill i on), while the number of subscribers went from 0
©- - 05 september 2010 - 08:26:00 - thread Union africaine (145 words)


Belle Vue- Mauritius (PANA) â" Cameroonian striker- Samuel E'too on Saturday pow ered his country to a 3-1 victory over Mauritius (half-time 1-1) in their Group E CAN 2012 qualifying match played at the Anjalay Stadium in Belle Vue, in the no r thern part of the island
©- - 04 september 2010 - 17:02:00 - thread Union africaine (149 words)