Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian opposition party, Union des Forces de Progrès (UFP), on Tuesday "strongly denounced" last Saturday's massacre of more than 135 civilians in Mali Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Biram Dah Ould Abeid, leader of the Abolitionist Movement Resurgence Initiative (IRA-an anti-slavery NGO), said here Monday he would stand in the presidential election scheduled for Mauritania next June, officials told PANA Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s former Information minister Demba A Jawo on Saturday launched an autobiography which has been described as something depicting the life of the author as well as a reflection of struggles within the Gambian society Full text...

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Islamic Cooperation Organization (OIC) has strongly condemned Saturday's terrorist attack that killed several innocent people in Mogadishu including the Somali Deputy Minister of Labour Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The resignation on Thursday of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Vishnu Lutchmeeenaraidoo, made headlines in the Mauritian media this week Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - King Salmane Ben Abdelaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia will pay a two-day visit to Tunisia before the Arab Summit takes place on 31 March in the Tunisian capital, local media here reported on Saturday Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Delegates to the second roundtable on Western Sahara Saturday welcomed the new impact made by the first roundtable held last December, officials told PANA here Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Mauritius govt publishes new list of ministers

Port-Louis, Mauritius  (PANA) -  The Mauritian government on Saturday published a new list of its cabinet ministers, following the resignation on Thursday of Foreign Affairs Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, official sources told PANA here Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi is to establish a team of experts to evaluate profits the country could draw from the creation of the “African Free Trade Zone (ZLECAF)”, a communiqué issued here by the council of ministers and copied to PANA said here Friday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will donate a sum of US$ 200,000 and US$ 100,000 to Mozambique and Zimbabwe respectively as an expression of solidarity following the passage of cyclone Idai that caused loss of lives and severe damage to the infrastructure in the southern Africa countries, PANA learnt Friday from official sources Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 60-year-old male Togolese, arrested on Tuesday after officers of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) suspected him to be carrying drugs, had swallowed 64 pellets suspected to be heroin, PANA learnt Friday from official sources in the Mauritian capital Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Mauritanian businessman, Khaled Bouya Ahmed, on Thursday announced his candidacy for the June 2019 presidential election in the country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian foreign affairs and international trade minister, Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, resigned on Thursday afternoon as minister and parliamentarian to interim President of the Republic, Barlene Vyapoury, PANA learned from political sources in the Mauritian capital Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and food security Minister, Mahen Seeruttun, on Thursday said that the government, in its strive to build a new economy, considers Micro and small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and Start-Ups as one of the lynchpins of the new economic agenda, PANA reported from here Full text...

Plaine Magnien, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun, on Thursday urged the youth to embrace agriculture so that the island can become self-sufficient in food production, PANA reported from here Full text...

Bagatelle, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Education and Human Resources minister, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, on Thursday, said that Mauritius is among leading countries on the African continent in early childhood education and development Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The ATTIJARIWAFA Bank of Mauritania Wednesday declared as positive the country’s participation in the 6th edition of the International Africa Development Forum (IADF) held in Casablanca on 14-15 March, an official statement issued here and obtained by PANA said Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s Central Bank (BCL) on Wednesday announced the setting up of a working team to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, a statement issued here and copied to PANA said Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A two-day partnership meeting between Mauritania and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened here Tuesday, official sources told PANA Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Energy and Public Utilities Minister, Mr Ivan Collendavelloo, on Tuesday recalled that in line with this year’s World Water Day theme, ‘Leaving no one behind’, the Government has been giving, since 2015, free water access to those who use up to 6,000 litres of water monthly Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Rally for Reform and Development (RNRD/TAWASSOUL/Islamist Movement), has announced its support for Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, former Prime Minister and presidential candidate for June 2019 in Mauritania Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 40 cases of dengue fever have been recorded in Mauritius, including 35 in Vallée-des-Prêtres, a suburb of the capital, Port Louis, PANA learned on Tuesday from health sources Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The second edition of the Sahel Cycling Tour took off on Tuesday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, watched by the Mauritanian Head of State, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and many officials, PANA learned from official sources Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government will benefit from a third disbursement of US$ 23 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to enable the African country implement its macroeconomic reforms, supported by the Extended Facility (FEC), PANA reported, quoting an IMF statement Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – Tension is reportedly rising among livestock keepers in villages along the Senegal-Guinea Bissau border due to cattle rustling which has resurfaced in the southern Casamance region Full text...

Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA)  - Mauritian Environment and Sustainable Development minister Etienne Sinatambou on Monday said that Global Recycling Day is observed since 2018 on March 18 to help recognise the importance recycling plays in preserving "our precious primary resources and securing the future of the planet Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Moussa Sangharé, former goalkeeper of the Mauritanian national football team in the 1990s, is dead Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and a delegation of the African Cotton Association (ACA), led by its Tanzanian Director General, Marco C Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Sidi Mohamed ould Boubacar, former Minister of Finance and two-time former Prime Minister, has announced his interest in running for the Mauritanian presidency in June 2019 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Retired Col Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week covered two main topics, one of which was the ongoing preparations for the inclusive National Conference, the centrepiece of the plan of action of the UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, to get Libyans to agree on an election timetable, while the other concerns the roadmap drawn up by African leaders at the end of their 32nd Ordinary Summit last February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to find a solution to the Libyan crisis Full text...

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Youcef Ben Ahmed El-Otheimen, has condemned "in the strongest terms" the horrific terrorist attack on Sunday that targeted faithful Muslims praying on Friday in two mosques in New Zealand Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government on Friday ‘’strongly condemned’’ the terrorist attack on two mosques in the New Zealand’s city of Christchurch, which claimed the lives of dozens and injured many others Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Meetings have intensified in recent weeks in Libya to accelerate the search for a political solution to the crisis by surfing on the wave created by the meeting in late February between the two main protagonists in Libya, the Chairman of the Presidential Council, Fayez al-Sarraj, and Marshal Khalifa Hafter, Head of the Libyan National Army, to relaunch the political process with assistance from the international community more involved than ever in a political settlement in this North African country Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government was slightly shuffled on Friday with the departure of Mohamed ould Cheikh Ahmed dit Ghazouani, who was Minister of Defence since 30 October 2018, according to a presidential decree issued Friday in Nouakchott Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...