Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Friday announced that they detected six new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 37,843 since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) last Friday arrested two Ugandan passengers carrying drugs in their stomachs, at the SSR International airport, southern Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Mrs Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan  (PANA) - A much awaited process to end the Sudanese political stalemate finally kicked off in Khartoum on Thursday, following eight months of malfunctioning government Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has stressed the need for elections for a new Pan-African Parliament (PAP) bureau before the next Executive Council session in July Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The number of foreign tourists arriving in Mauritius has increased from 2,830 in January-April 2021 to 243,086 in the same period this year, the state statistics office, Statistics Mauritius, said on Wednesday Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Mauritius is gradually recovering from the  COVID-19 pandemic but while most sectors have returned to pre-pandemic levels of economic activity and the tourism sector is gradually recovering, inflation has picked up substantially Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) -The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) has intercepted a Cameroonian passenger at the SSR International airport  with materials to print fake currency notes Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Quality of Life reported Friday two deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19) between 28 April and 4 May 2022 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The number of students enrolled on tertiary-level programmes in Mauritius,was down by 2 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Mauritius Prisons Service (MPS) have agreed to develop a framework of cooperation and sustainable system for the production of propagating materials of fruit plants at the Prison Service Full text...

Ferney, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday launched the first-ever African accelerator focusing on Regenerative Food and Agri-Tech for regional and international start-ups targeting the African market Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Embaló on Thursday held talks with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two passengers, believed to be Nigerians, aged 38 and 46 years, were intercepted last Friday at the Plaisance international airport, southern Mauritius, with 119 pellets of heroin in their stomach, the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) said in a communique on Thursday Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union supports the planned deployment of a regional force to end the hostilities in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Tuesday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is calm on Monday morning after the country experienced a violent and traumatic weekend as people in several regions took to the streets protesting against the cost of living, following a second hike on Friday of 10% of the prices of fuel in two months Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth says his country will build a pharmaceutical industry in Mauritius to serve the African continent Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA)  - The retail prices of mogas and gas oil have gone up by 10% with immediate effect, PANA reported from the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities of Guinea Bissau on the completion of the third and final review of the SMP Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has reported that three deaths were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 7-13 April Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday launched the second SME Mauritius Observatory at the Hennessy Park Hotel, in Ebène, that constantly updates decision-makers and entrepreneurs on the latest market trends and allows SMEs to continue to contribute to the island's economic growth Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius received a total of 125,138 tourists from various destinations in the first quarter of 2022 as the country opens up again after the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to 1,117 in the same period in 2021 Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The president of the Transition in Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, has warned mining companies to respect agreements with the government Full text...

Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister, Mr Maneesh Gobin, has highlighted the importance of addressing food wastage at all levels from production to consumption Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius have announced that there were six deaths due to COVID-19 between 31 March and 6 April Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal indicated on Thursday that among the 980 drug admissions registered in 2020, 538 were caused by synthetic drugs Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that they have detected 88 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of positive cases to 36,904 since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that they have detected 58 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of positive cases to 36,816 since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Saturday said they recorded nine deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 24 -30 March 2022, PANA reported here Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the need for greater support for people with autism, particularly at the community level Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has launched the National Policy Dialogue on Green Economy project, under the SWITCH Africa Green (SAG), aimed at facilitating an ecological transition in line with the island’s vision 2030 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Unemployment rate in Mauritius for the year 2021 was 9 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius won the gold medal in the mixed relay during this 18th African Road Cycling Championship that was held from 22 to 27 March 2022 in Egypt Full text...

Cote d’Or, Mauritius (PANA) - São Tomé and Principe went through to the next stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) preliminary round qualifiers on a 4-3 aggregate victory over Mauritius Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Regional Maritime Safety Centre for West Africa (CRESMAO) based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, will be officially inaugurated on Thursday, 31 March 2022 Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Organisations, Omar Ketti, stressed the importance of the success of the Afro-Japanese partnership in creating a common goal Full text...

Cote d’Or, Mauritius (PANA) - São Tomé and Príncipe beat Mauritius 1-0 on Thursday in their Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2023 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary qualification round match played at the Côte d'Or National Sports Complex Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - About 50% of water used in Mauritius, which is some 150 million cubic metres, is from boreholes, the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, said on Tuesday, on the occasion of World Water Day 2022 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that 18 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 from 10 to 16 March Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Mr Louis Steven Obeegadoo, on Wednesday said that the tourism sector, one of the pillars of the island’s economy, aims to attain the target of at least one million tourists by December 2022 Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and Mauritania have decided to organise joint patrols along their common border to create a joint framework for consultation, pooling and sharing of information to effectively prevent any unfortunate event at the border between the two countries Full text...

Washington, DC US (PANA) - The US has congratulated the Mauritian people on their 54th anniversary of their independence which fell on Saturday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Friday that the population of the country stood at 1,263,888 as at 31 December 2021 compared to 1,266,030 at the end of 2020, representing a decrease of 2,142 in 2021, or 0 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian sanitary authorities have officially attributed 21 deaths to COVID-19 from 3-9 March Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The former President of the Republic of Mauritius, Karl Offmann, has died, aged 81 Full text...

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Mauritanian Prime Minister, Mohamed Ould Bilal, arrived on Thursday in Rabat to co-chair with the Moroccan head of government, Aziz Akhannouch, the eighth session of the Moroccan-Mauritanian High Joint Commission, scheduled for Friday Full text...