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New York, US (PANA) - Comoros President Azali Assoumani on Friday in New York called for swift implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to eliminate poverty, hunger and a host of other social ills by 2030, telling the UN General Assembly this is the surest way to end the flood of refugees currently afflicting the world
©- - 23 september 2016 - 19:32:01 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (357 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has received nearly half of the 360 million Euros it expects from the European Union (EU) to finance the peace enforcement operation in Somalia, a senior AU official said Friday
©- - 23 september 2016 - 15:59:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (465 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has formally dispatched a short-term election observer mission to Praia, Cape Verde, to monitor the country's Presidential elections slated for 2 October, the AU Commission said Friday
©- - 23 september 2016 - 15:40:04 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (382 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 23 september 2016 - 15:13:21 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (137 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Kingdom of Morocco has officially submitted a request to accede to the African Union (AU) Constitutive Act, and therefore become a Member of the Union, the African Union Commission said in a statement Friday
©- - 23 september 2016 - 14:43:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (322 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 23 september 2016 - 14:37:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (121 words)


New York, US (PANA) - President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday stressed the need for synergy between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development, urging world leaders to honour the commitments they made in the two global agreements
©- - 22 september 2016 - 15:26:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (722 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 22 september 2016 - 11:12:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance Minister Pravind Jugnauth has said Africa is the future but it “has far to go and a lot to achieve in terms of development, less poverty and more sustainable growth" in order to transform itself into a land of prosperity
©- - 21 september 2016 - 12:57:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (314 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - All citizens of the African Union (AU) member states should rally to the core of “Silencing the Guns” campaign in Africa by 2020, AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said on Wednesday in her message marking International Peace Day
©- - 21 september 2016 - 11:02:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (474 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 21 september 2016 - 10:53:39 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (141 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 september 2016 - 08:43:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamani Zuma on Tuesday deplored "the serious excesses that occurred during the demonstrations organized by some members of the opposition" in Kinshasa, capital of DR Congo
©- - 20 september 2016 - 19:27:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (181 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Board of Investment (BOI), in collaboration with the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), is hosting the 2nd “Africa Partnership Conference” on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Intercontinental Resort, Balaclava, northern Mauritius
©- - 19 september 2016 - 13:43:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (367 words)


Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The international community has welcomed the progress made in clarifying the electoral model for Somalia, taking note of the details set out in the National Leadership Forum (NLF) communiqué and called for the speedy implementation of a transparent and credible process
©- - 18 september 2016 - 18:28:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (801 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union Commission (AUC) and HelpAge International have signed a memorandum of understanding to work towards improving the welfare of older people and the ageing population in Africa, the Commission announced Wednesday
©- - 14 september 2016 - 17:09:46 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (307 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has launched a study on ecological risks of hull cleaning operations in its port waters in a bid to get rid of anti-fouling compounds that persist in water, killing sea life, harming the environment and possibly entering the food chain
©- - 14 september 2016 - 13:49:22 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (429 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) considers acceptable the appeal lodged with the Constitutional Court of Gabon by candidates to the 27 August 2016 Presidential Election, according to a statement issued here Wednesday
©- - 14 september 2016 - 12:14:32 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (381 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu and Vice-President Inonge Wina were on Tuesday sworn in following the 11 August elections at an inauguration ceremony in the capital, Lusaka, at Heroes Stadium
©- - 13 september 2016 - 13:42:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (160 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 09 september 2016 - 14:00:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (121 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - While pondering the exit strategy for the African peacekeeping force in Somalia, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has reiterated its call to the UN Security Council to consider lifting the arms embargo imposed on Somalia as contained in UNSC resolution 2244 (2015)
©- - 09 september 2016 - 09:32:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (506 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 08 september 2016 - 15:06:10 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (147 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian minister of Economy and Finance, Moctar ould Diaye, and the Japanese ambassador, Hisatsugu Shimuzu, on Thursday exchanged notes on a US$2 million grant to finance the purchase of equipment to improve security at the Nouakchott and Nouadhibou airports
©- - 08 september 2016 - 14:09:41 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (158 words)


Flic-en Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Education and Human Resources Minister Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun on Wednesday said that providing education is a social enterprise and, “indeed, without education we cannot envisage the eradication of absolute poverty and achieving the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development
©- - 07 september 2016 - 17:29:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (435 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 07 september 2016 - 12:05:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (146 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A tsunami simulation exercise, named Indian Ocean Wave 2016 ‘IOWave16’, will on Thursday and Friday put Indian Ocean countries into a tsunami warning situation requiring prompt government decisions and interventions, PANA learned from official sources in Port-Louis
©- - 07 september 2016 - 09:02:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (368 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The range of conflicts that the African Union (AU) has to mediate and resolve have not only persisted but have grown in complexity, the organization's Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui said here Tuesday
©- - 06 september 2016 - 19:27:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (558 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday urged Morocco and the Polisario Front "to create the necessary environment for the resumption of talks and the early holding of the self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people
©- - 05 september 2016 - 17:55:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (270 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chair of the African Union, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno on Monday reaffirmed the readiness of the AU to assist the parties in Gabon in finding a rapid settlement to the post-election situation prevailing in the West-Central African country
©- - 05 september 2016 - 16:22:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (227 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 05 september 2016 - 09:26:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council on Sunday in New York expressed concern over the political impasse in Guinea-Bissau and urged leaders in the West African country to find a solution to the crisis, and ensure a functioning government
©- - 05 september 2016 - 05:58:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (441 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 02 september 2016 - 16:19:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 02 september 2016 - 10:48:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – As the African Ministerial Conference on the Ocean Economy and Climate change progresses Thursday, Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and External communications, Mr Xavier-Luc Duval, has stressed the need to draw the attention of international agencies and donors to this issue
©- - 01 september 2016 - 12:46:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (465 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - With fisheries and aquaculture emerging as transformational forces for African economies, more needs to be done to mitigate the impacts of climate change and illegal fishing on oceans and coastal communities
©- - 01 september 2016 - 11:38:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (686 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 01 september 2016 - 09:35:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Thursday said that Mauritius is determined to make of the Ocean Economy a new pillar for wealth creation
©- - 01 september 2016 - 09:31:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (648 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Mahen Kumar Seeruttun has asked the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for further assistance in urgently helping the island to control and eradicate the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
©- - 01 september 2016 - 06:21:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (282 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday signed two technical cooperation agreements to strengthen the 'National Food Safety and Plant Health Protection Systems' and the 'Forest Code Revision and Institutional Reform', official sources in Port Louis said
©- - 31 august 2016 - 17:46:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (446 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy in Guinea-Bissau, Modibo Toure, has emphasized the need for Guinea-Bissau’s political leaders to put aside partisan considerations and focus on national interests and the welfare of the suffering population
©- - 31 august 2016 - 13:44:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (363 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 31 august 2016 - 12:58:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation Minister, Mr Etienne Sinatambou, has said that emerging technologies such as cloud computing, the internet and big data, and the digital landscape offer unlimited opportunities
©- - 31 august 2016 - 07:09:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (420 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - The World Bank Group, in collaboration with Mauritius, is organizing the African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate Change from 1-3 September, 2016, in Mauritius, PANA learnt on Tuesday from official sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 30 august 2016 - 13:44:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (464 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Seventy-two people were killed in road accidents that occurred in Mauritius during the first semester of 2016, while 275 were seriously injured and 1,564 were slightly injured
©- - 30 august 2016 - 07:05:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (219 words)