Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
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Mauritania: Abolitionist movement deplores injured in demonstration
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Initiative of Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), an anti-slavery organisation, said here Monday five of its militants were injured when the police dispersed demonstrators protesting the arrest a week ago of a blogger, Mariam Mint Cheikh Dieng, activist and member of the movement Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius Govt. 'is prepared' to face a second wave of virus
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The spokesperson of the National Communication Committee on COVID-19 (coronavirus), Dr Zouberr Joomaye, said on Sunday night that the government "is prepared" to face a second wave of the pandemic should it hit the country Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
COVID-19: Mauritius govt extends financial assistance to private sector, self-employed
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian finance minister, Renganaden Padayachy, Friday announced that an amount of Rs4 billion (US$104 million) had been earmarked by the government to extend the Wage Assistance Scheme to cover the month of April Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: The retired in Mauritania:deplore exclusion from management of Covid-19 efforts
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Retired Mauritanians Thursday deplored being excluded from health, economic and social packages set aside for the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) announced by President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani weeks ago Full text...
Mauritania in process to provide health coverage for 2,000 disabled persons
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Children, and the Ministry of Health have signed an agreement under which 2,000 people living with disabilities will be able to benefit from health coverage from the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), PANA learned from official sources Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius receives 500,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets from India
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday received from India 500,000 tablets of hydroxychloroquine tablets said to be effective for treating COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: 10 Bissau-Guineans intercepted in Senegal while trying to return to their country secretly
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Ten Bissau-Guinean nationals from Gambia were intercepted on Tuesday morning at Bignona, 30 kilometers north of Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, by young volunteers who monitor movements in and out of this locality since the appearance of the coronavirus in Senegal Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritanian Army arrests 7 suspected drug traffickers, seizes 700 kg of drugs
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Mauritanian army patrol has arrested a gang of seven suspected drug traffickers who were moving on the border with Mali, reports the Mauritanian Information Agency (AMI) Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Five new cases detected, 14 patients recover in Mauritius
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...
Coronavirus: Mauritius acquires 20 tons of medical equipment from China
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...
Coronavirus: Mauritius frees 494 prisoners
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...
Coronavirus: Africa CDC issues guidelines for vaccine trials in Africa
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...
Coronavirus: Health curfew extended to 4 May in Mauritius
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...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritian PM, five ministers, isolate themselves
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...
Coronavirus: Four new patients cured in Mauritius
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...
Coronavirus: Mauritania records 7th case
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...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 19 patients cured
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...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania: People on hunger strike over fight against COVID-19
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...
COVID-19: 4 more patients cured in Mauritius
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...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Four patients recover in Mauritius
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...
Guinea-Bissau nationals from the Gambia sent back by Senegalese police
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...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania has six confirmed cases, two cured and one death
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...
AU pursues debt forgiveness to address coronavirus impact
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...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Covid-19: World Bank avails $2.5 million support for Mauritania's health system
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the World Bank on Thursday approved a grant $5 Full text...
Mauritanian Army deployed to north-eastern region in fighting spread of COVID-19
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...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 161 cases, 6 deaths
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...
Mauritania adopts new measures to manage coronavirus pandemic
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...