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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Gambian government, and with the support of partners - UNFPA, UNESCO, UNAIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI), and the Commonwealth - on Saturday began celebrations commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the African Youth Charter
©- - 22 may 2016 - 11:50:33 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (534 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun has said the government does not propose, at this stage, to review the export of monkeys from the island to foreign laboratories for medical research despite criticisms by local and international activist organizations
©- - 21 may 2016 - 16:09:54 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (580 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government on Friday approved a total of 15 public holidays for 2017, PANA learnt from official sources in Port-Louis
©- - 21 may 2016 - 07:50:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (126 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) Friday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya for the day
©- - 20 may 2016 - 14:40:05 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (140 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will on 20-21 June host the Women’s Forum Global Meeting, a platform for highly influential women and men to reflect upon and share ideas and views on the crucial need to transform economies and societies across the world
©- - 20 may 2016 - 13:24:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (363 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 may 2016 - 08:58:05 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Rome, Italy (PANA) – With more than 60 million people across the world reeling from the drought caused by El Niño, Josefina Stubbs from the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has a strong message for leaders gathering at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next week
©- - 19 may 2016 - 17:29:25 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (552 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 19 may 2016 - 11:07:23 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has promised to take part in the forthcoming Arab summit to be held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, in July in response to an invitation by Mauritanian President Mohamed Abdul Aziz, it was announced in Khartoum on Thursday
©- - 19 may 2016 - 10:31:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (164 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of human rights activists Biram Dah Abeid and Brahim Ould Bilal on 17 May in Mauritania, following a Supreme Court decision
©- - 19 may 2016 - 06:28:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (182 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday said that he is determined and has the political will to take necessary measures to fight against road trauma “because the road safety situation in our country is unacceptable
©- - 18 may 2016 - 19:02:13 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (391 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission on Wednesday launched Phase 2 of the African Union Research Grants programme with an open call for proposals for Research and Innovation in Africa supported by the European Union
©- - 18 may 2016 - 18:53:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (241 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The US government has welcomed the decision of the Mauritanian government to release the leader of the Initiative for the resurgence of the abolitionist movement (IRA), Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid
©- - 18 may 2016 - 14:21:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (236 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Anil Gayan says that the island-nation has to introduce innovative solutions and new means and ways to reverse the downward trend of the fertility rate which currently stands at 1
©- - 17 may 2016 - 11:05:58 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (309 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - A ministerial meeting in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on the deteriorating security situation in Libya has on Monday expressed support for the intention of the Government of National Accord (GNA) to request for arms to counter terrorist groups and combat IS in the North African country
©- - 16 may 2016 - 17:48:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (834 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Monday left for Saudi Arabia for a two-day state visit at the invitation of King Sulman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi of Saudi Arabia
©- - 16 may 2016 - 11:45:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (233 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday welcomed the peaceful conduct of the partial re-run for the elections of Comoros President and Governor of Anjouan
©- - 15 may 2016 - 16:00:22 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (227 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – In a survey report released in Port-Louis, the Health Ministry has said that public health institutions remain the main providers of services to the population with some 72
©- - 14 may 2016 - 07:04:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (444 words)


Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli was among the African Heads of State and Government who arrived in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Wednesday to attend President Yoweri Museveni’s fifth term swearing-in ceremony, scheduled for Thursday
©- - 11 may 2016 - 14:59:19 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (454 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 11 may 2016 - 09:37:45 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu is Wednesday expected to travel to Kampala where he will join other Heads of State for the inauguration of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
©- - 10 may 2016 - 16:27:46 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (237 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 10 may 2016 - 11:05:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Modibo Touré of Mali as his new Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peace-building Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), according to a UN statement made available to PANA in Nairobi
©- - 09 may 2016 - 16:39:09 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (259 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for extra attention to be paid to the experiences and needs of small island developing countries, such as Mauritius in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
©- - 09 may 2016 - 16:33:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (638 words)


Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday lauded Mauritius for its role on climate change action, gender issues and poverty at a banquet hosted in his honour in Pointe-aux-Piments, northern Mauritius
©- - 08 may 2016 - 18:28:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (586 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius welcomes Sunday United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will be on a tour of three Indian Ocean islands, namely Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar
©- - 07 may 2016 - 14:38:30 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (477 words)


New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he is following closely political developments in Comoros in the wake of the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court ordering a partial re-run of the elections for President and for Governor of Anjouan
©- - 07 may 2016 - 08:56:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (393 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will soon introduce new measures to manage waste oil in the island nation, PANA has learnt from official sources here
©- - 07 may 2016 - 07:37:05 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (205 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and their Member States have been urged to ratify and implement the protocols on free movement of persons in their respective regions in order to make the Agenda 2063 on Regional Integration a reality
©- - 06 may 2016 - 16:38:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (623 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Mr Anil Gayan on Thursday night called for urgent action on prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCD) "with the increasing burden of these diseases coupled with people getting addicted to sedentary lifestyles and the island's health budget getting out of control"
©- - 06 may 2016 - 09:26:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (420 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address the 23rd International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress to be held in Mauritius from 8-11 May 2016, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 04 may 2016 - 17:00:04 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (269 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of the National Women’s Council Bill which, according to the Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mrs Marie-Aurore Perraud, will further promote women's empowerment
©- - 04 may 2016 - 09:23:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (344 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister Ashit Gungah on Tuesday confirmed the government’s decision to ban the importation and sale of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a food additive, in Mauritius “as it is likely to bring more harm than good to the population
©- - 03 may 2016 - 16:24:30 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (265 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Ministry on Tuesday issued a travel advisory cautioning Mauritians going to the nearby island of La Réunion following the reported cases of dengue fever there
©- - 03 may 2016 - 11:27:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (238 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-moon, will pay an official visit to Mauritius from 8-10 May, accompanied by his spouse and a delegation of 13 members, official sources said on Tuesday
©- - 03 may 2016 - 10:58:45 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (126 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday issued the following foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee for the day
©- - 02 may 2016 - 13:04:16 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (127 words)