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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has appointed former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konaré as the AU High Representative for South Sudan, the Commission announced here Tuesday
©- - 02 june 2015 - 19:54:04 - thread African Union (358 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Business and Cooperatives Minister Sunil Bholah has urged cooperative societies to focus on the export of products which will help the island realize its "second economic miracle", as promised by the present government
©- - 02 june 2015 - 18:27:54 - thread African Union (146 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, on a visit to Réunion, announced Tuesday his intention to suppress totally customs duty on imports from the French island, located about 200km southwest of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, according to official sources
©- - 02 june 2015 - 17:49:13 - thread African Union (266 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 02 june 2015 - 09:05:23 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - For the first time in the history of Mauritius, a woman will be inaugurated Friday as the nation's new president, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 01 june 2015 - 14:21:46 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo is leading a high-level Mauritian delegation to La Réunion, Monday, with the aim of deepening economic ties between the two neighboring islands, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 01 june 2015 - 12:58:35 - thread African Union (238 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 01 june 2015 - 08:36:38 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Bank of China is to set up a branch in Mauritius in a bid to boost trade between the two countries, Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo has said
©- - 01 june 2015 - 08:03:33 - thread African Union (131 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Burundi’s general elections, scheduled for June 2015, should be postponed for at least a month and half while all parties in the ongoing conflict should cease acts of violence, according to a resolution agreed here Sunday by an emergency regional summit
©- - 31 may 2015 - 17:20:32 - thread African Union (357 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President Kailash Purryag resigned on Friday night, five months after the fall of the Labour government that nominated him to the post three years back, PANA learnt from official sources on Saturday
©- - 30 may 2015 - 15:44:09 - thread African Union (107 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Freshly sworn-in Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to tackle corruption, unemployment and insecurity, especially Boko Haram, ensure the rule of law, rescue the Chibok girls alive, provide stable electricity supply and revive the economy
©- - 29 may 2015 - 13:05:40 - thread African Union (619 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Sheikh Tameem, the Emir of Qatar, will be among dozens of heads of state and parliament speakers attending the inauguration of President Omar al Bashir in Khartoum on 2 June 2015 following his re-election in April, the semi-official Sudan Media Centre reported Thursday
©- - 28 may 2015 - 18:17:44 - thread African Union (129 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – An emergency summit of East African leaders on the situation in Burundi will take place Sunday in Dar es Salaam, it was officially announced here Thursday
©- - 28 may 2015 - 16:25:49 - thread African Union (190 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Per capita tobacco consumption in Mauritius declined from 1,046 in 2009 to 776 cigarettes in 2013, or a reduction of 30%, and more in 2014, according to the Mauritian Health Ministry
©- - 27 may 2015 - 18:46:53 - thread African Union (266 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Delegates from 10 African countries are due to meet here from 29-31 May 2015 to share experiences and discuss strategies for attaining 100% voluntary blood donation for meeting their national transfusion needs, Subhanand Seegoolam, president of the Blood Donors Association (BDA) of Mauritius said Wednesday He said delegates from South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Seychelles, South Sudan, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Chad, Mauritius and Rodrigues will also suggest measures on how to motivate people to donate blood and ensure its security as well
©- - 27 may 2015 - 18:25:14 - thread African Union (313 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s elections managerial board should put in place measures and procedures to enhance public trust in the electoral process, according to an African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) that was deployed to the 24 May 2015 parliamentary elections in the East African country
©- - 27 may 2015 - 09:44:22 - thread African Union (528 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 27 may 2015 - 09:03:57 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said Wednesday that sugar production on the island will reach around 410,000 tons this year, based on cane production of about four million tons
©- - 27 may 2015 - 08:31:32 - thread African Union (167 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Football Association (MFA) has fired French manager Didier Six after he announced his intention to resign from the post he has occupied for just four months, PANA reported from here Tuesday
©- - 27 may 2015 - 08:23:17 - thread African Union (114 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – In a bid to improve air links, air companies of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) member countries will on 18 June 2015 sign in Antananarivo, Madagascar, an agreement to set up a sub-regional airline network known as 'Vanilla Alliance', the Commission said Tuesday
©- - 26 may 2015 - 17:59:25 - thread African Union (228 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – “Women of Africa are a formidable asset in achieving sustainable, social and economic development, as well as the eradication of poverty, hunger and disease,” the African Union (AU) Chairperson, President Robert G
©- - 25 may 2015 - 18:21:35 - thread African Union (559 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currencies Buying Selling Australian 


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©- - 22 may 2015 - 15:14:35 - thread African Union (112 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 may 2015 - 13:57:04 - thread African Union (121 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 may 2015 - 13:25:32 - thread African Union (119 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - An insectarium, a new gallery of the Natural History Museum of Port-Louis made up of around 200 species of insects, was inaugurated Tuesday night by Mauritian Arts and Culture Minister Shantaram Baboo
©- - 20 may 2015 - 07:31:54 - thread African Union (160 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Road crashes claimed 137 lives and left 505 people seriously injured while 2,950 sustained slight injuries as a result of the accidents in Mauritius in 2014, Statistics Mauritius said Tuesday
©- - 19 may 2015 - 17:16:21 - thread African Union (286 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry will lead the American government's delegation to Nigeria's presidential inauguration on 29 May 2015, the State Department has announced
©- - 19 may 2015 - 11:36:35 - thread African Union (143 words)


Port Louis Mauritius (PANA) – Public transport in Mauritius should be driven by innovation to be efficient while providing comfort and safety to the country's daily travellers, Public Infrastructure and Land Transport Minister Nandcoomar Bodha said here Monday
©- - 18 may 2015 - 18:05:03 - thread African Union (212 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union (AU) said Monday it was deeply concerned about the unfolding political, security and humanitarian situation in Burundi
©- - 18 may 2015 - 15:35:38 - thread African Union (359 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - South African authorities have invited head of Libya's interim government Abdallah al-Theni to the African Union (AU) summit scheduled for 7 June in Pretoria, according to official sources here
©- - 17 may 2015 - 11:48:38 - thread African Union (141 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - When will Africa absolutely do away with coups d'état as a way of changing government, despite African Union's principle of rejecting unconstitutional change of government? Just on the eve of the 25th Assembly of the African Union (AU), to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 2015, gunfire has signalled the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunziza in Burundi
©- - 14 may 2015 - 11:59:33 - thread African Union (791 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Amid growing cases of white-collar crimes in the world, there is the need to prosecute those who commit such crimes, which feed into more serious crimes, according to the World President of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Anthony Harbinson
©- - 14 may 2015 - 11:13:30 - thread African Union (302 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 13 may 2015 - 08:59:03 - thread African Union (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 12 may 2015 - 19:14:22 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 12 may 2015 - 11:13:36 - thread African Union (112 words)