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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The representative of Mauritania's public prosec utor's office Monday requested the death penalty against the three Mauritanians c urrently being tried at the criminal court of Nouakchott for the murder of four F rench tourists 24 December 2007 near Aleg, 274 kilometres south-east of the capi t al
©- - 24 may 2010 - 13:19:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Ministry of Environment and Sustain able Development will launch a project for the sorting of waste in schools, within the framework of the government's policy to keep Mauritius clean
©- - 24 may 2010 - 12:48:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Monday morning by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 24 may 2010 - 11:43:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Ambassadors and government representative s from the 53 African Union member states are meeting here to discuss the transformation of the African Union Commission (AUC) into an Authori ty, officials said Friday
©- - 21 may 2010 - 12:18:00 - thread African Union (320 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued here Friday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 may 2010 - 09:17:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued here Thursday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 may 2010 - 10:04:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Donors and development partners will hold a roun d table on Mauritania 22-23 June in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, according t o a statement issued here Wednesday
©- - 19 may 2010 - 17:33:00 - thread African Union (133 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Coordination of the Democratic Opposition (COD) in Mauritania has expressed the wish that the visit of French Minister for Cooperation and Francophonie, Alain Joyandet, from Wednesday, will open a new page in relations between the two countries
©- - 19 may 2010 - 16:15:00 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued on Wednesday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 19 may 2010 - 10:40:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Tuesday
©- - 18 may 2010 - 10:10:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A court in Mauritania has sentenced Abdallahi Ou ld Sidya to six years imprisonment with hard labour for belonging to a terrorist organisation
©- - 17 may 2010 - 11:55:00 - thread African Union (86 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued here Monday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 17 may 2010 - 10:00:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The trial of several terrorism suspects started in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, Sunday (16 May), with a minor incident highlighting the trial
©- - 16 may 2010 - 11:41:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The mining and port city of Nouadhibou, 465 kilo metres from Nouakchott, will on Saturday afternoon see rallies planned by both t h e ruling party and the opposition
©- - 15 may 2010 - 13:03:00 - thread African Union (160 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Protesting dock workers in Mauritania Thursday c lashed with the riot police in Nouakchott, the nation's capital, leaving many workers injured
©- - 14 may 2010 - 11:30:00 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Hearing in the case of alleged purchase of rotte n rice for a government social programme, in which Mauritania's former Prime Min i ster, Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghef, was the main suspect, has been adjourned sine die , judicial sources told PANA
©- - 13 may 2010 - 14:30:00 - thread African Union (144 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as issued Thursday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 13 may 2010 - 11:39:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued on Wednesday morning by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 12 may 2010 - 12:51:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- China was the largest importer of the iron ore p roduced by the National Industrial and Mining Company of Mauritania (SNIM) in 20 0 9, statistics provided by the company revealed Tuesday
©- - 11 may 2010 - 19:38:00 - thread African Union (105 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Coordination of the democratic opposition (C OD) in Mauritania, which groups a dozen political parties, has called for a mass i ve demonstration in the next few days to hasten the departure of President Moham e d Ould Abdel Aziz, the group said in a statement received here by PANA Monday
©- - 10 may 2010 - 21:55:00 - thread African Union (168 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Tension is high in Mauritania's capital, Nouakch ott, Monday as security forces were deployed across the city to prevent a breakdown of law and order, as dock workers embarked on strike to pres s for better wages
©- - 10 may 2010 - 13:26:00 - thread African Union (88 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 200 dead sea turtles were beached this weekend on the Mauritanian coast, in the locality of Nouamghar located some 100 km north of the capital, Nouakchott, surveillance officials said here Monday
©- - 10 may 2010 - 12:19:00 - thread African Union (77 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released by the Commercial Ba n k of Mauritius here Monday
©- - 10 may 2010 - 12:19:00 - thread African Union (124 words)


Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Officials from the African Union (AU), the Unit ed Nations (UN) and the Sudanese Government were due to convene Monday in Addis A baba for the eighth meeting of the Tripartite Mechanism on the UN-AU Mission in D arfur (UNAMID)
©- - 10 may 2010 - 09:26:00 - thread African Union (363 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Spain has provided the Mauritanian police with e quipment to strengthen its capacity in the fight against illegal immigration, PA N A learnt from officials on Sunday in Nouakchott
©- - 09 may 2010 - 12:57:00 - thread African Union (72 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former Mauritanian Prime Minister, Yahya Ould Ah med Waghef is to appear next Thursday before the magistrate court in Nouakchott, for hearing on a matter of allegedly buying decayed rice for a social programme o f the government, judicial sources told PANA here Saturday
©- - 08 may 2010 - 19:17:00 - thread African Union (202 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) observer mission Friday we lcome the holding of the legislative elections of Wednesday in Mauritius, deemin g that they were free and transparent
©- - 07 may 2010 - 22:13:00 - thread African Union (189 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Niger has extradited to Mauritania, at the request of the Maghreb country, a Mauritanian national suspected of being a terrorist, Takhi Ould Youssef, PANA learnt from judicial sources here
©- - 07 may 2010 - 13:08:00 - thread African Union (95 words)


Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- With the passing of President Umaru Yar'Adua, N igeria and Africa have lost one of their illustrious sons, and an activist committed to the unity and well-being of all peoples of the continent, said Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission
©- - 07 may 2010 - 09:40:00 - thread African Union (303 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Here are the latest exchange rates for the Maurit ian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published by the Mauritian commercial bank here Friday
©- - 07 may 2010 - 09:26:00 - thread African Union (123 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, will soon have a training centre for young footballers, thanks to financing from the world football governing body, FIFA
©- - 06 may 2010 - 22:19:00 - thread African Union (94 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Outgoing Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, was re-elected Wednesday for a third five-year term, PANA reported from here
©- - 06 may 2010 - 18:45:00 - thread African Union (102 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, will soon be added to a car-bike circuit with the aim of developing interest in the people towards motorsports, the Minister of Sports, Ms Cisse Mint Cheikh El Boidé, said on the sidelines of the visit of the President of the International Automobile Federation (IAF), Jean Todt, who arrived here Monday
©- - 05 may 2010 - 13:05:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- A four-member delegation of ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff arrived in Guinea Bissau on Monday, on a fact-finding mission in connection with the 1 April incident by a section of the country's armed forces that resulted in the brief detention of the Prime Minister and the Chief of Defence Staff
©- - 04 may 2010 - 19:17:00 - thread African Union (235 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- More than 300 participants who attended UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day Conference in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia), have urged national governments to enact legislation guaranteeing the right of access for all to information held by public officials
©- - 04 may 2010 - 13:29:00 - thread African Union (467 words)


Port-Louis- Maurice (PANA) -- The Euro, British Pound and the US Dollar appreciated against the Mauritian Rupee, according to the latest exchange rates published by the Mauritian commercial bank here on Tuesday
©- - 04 may 2010 - 13:09:00 - thread African Union (171 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee, as issued Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank here
©- - 03 may 2010 - 09:10:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A four-member delegation of West African military chiefs is due in Guinea Bissau Monday (3 May) on a fact-finding mission over last month's incident by a section of the country’s military that resulted in the brief detention of the Prime Minister and the Chief of Defence Staff, PANA reported Sunday
©- - 02 may 2010 - 14:06:00 - thread African Union (278 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and British pound appreciated while the US dollar remained stable against the rupee, according to the latest exchange ra t es published Friday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 30 april 2010 - 09:26:00 - thread African Union (132 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The exchange rates of the Euro and Pound went dow n, while that of the dollar remained stable against the Mauritian rupee, accordi n g to exchange rates published Thursday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 29 april 2010 - 19:52:00 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Breast cancer, which is the commonest cancer in w omen in Mauritius, is assuming an alarming proportion on the Island, according t o health experts who met Thursday at a workshop on breast cancer
©- - 29 april 2010 - 15:43:00 - thread African Union (235 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government will renovate two major roads in the capital, Nouakchott, in readiness for its 50th independence anniversary celebrations, PANA learnt here on Thursday from official sources
©- - 29 april 2010 - 15:35:00 - thread African Union (136 words)