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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 221 people died and 3,094 others were injur ed in the 2,028 road accidents recorded in Mauritania in 2009, according to a report issued by t he biggest insurance company in the country
©- - 12 march 2010 - 11:59:00 - thread African Union (107 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Bar Association of Mauritania has c alled for the reform of the country's judicial system, saying that the excessive executive influence had left the system in a bad state
©- - 11 march 2010 - 18:09:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The main trade unions in Mauritania say they wil l organize a general strike on 15, 16 and 17 March, to protest against "the refu s al" of the government to begin negotiations with them over allowances, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Unions in the Mauritanian capital
©- - 11 march 2010 - 16:12:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- The former Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Ma tsuura, arrived on Wednesday in Mauritius to take part in the country's independ e nce anniversary slated for Friday
©- - 10 march 2010 - 20:43:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Enterprise Mauritius, a leading Mauritian governm ent-owned organization, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) i n Port-Louis, the capital, with the East and Central Africa (ECA) Trade Hub to e n able Mauritian companies gain access to the vast US market
©- - 10 march 2010 - 13:35:00 - thread African Union (420 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Senegal have decided to reinforce security cooperation along their common border for a better control of migration and to fight against transnational crime and terrorism, PANA report ed
©- - 10 march 2010 - 11:21:00 - thread African Union (184 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Wednesday
©- - 10 march 2010 - 09:56:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The former director-general of UNESCO, Koأ¯chiro Matsuura, is expected on Wednesday in Mauritius as a special guest of the Maurit i an government at celebrations, on Friday, marking the 42nd independence annivers a ry of the country, official sources told PANA here
©- - 09 march 2010 - 14:35:00 - thread African Union (90 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Reacting to an official government statement tha t Mauritania was only an Arab country, the President of the National Assembly of Mauritania, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, on Monday insisted that Mauritanians belong e d to both the Arab world and Black Africa
©- - 09 march 2010 - 14:33:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A nine-member committee has been put in place in Mauritania to prepare the national football team for the qualifiers of the Afri c an Cup of Nations 2012, sports sources disclosed to PANA here Tuesday
©- - 09 march 2010 - 13:45:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Tuesday
©- - 09 march 2010 - 12:05:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The European Union ambassador and head of delega tion to Nouakchott, Hans-Georg Gerstenlauer, on Monday urged all Mauritanians to take up the challenge of gender equality in the country
©- - 08 march 2010 - 21:14:00 - thread African Union (181 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Premier Navin Ramgoolam announced here on Monday that the government would construction a specialized hospital for wome n , lamenting that too many women die from diseases that could be treated
©- - 08 march 2010 - 19:02:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)-- Four Mauritanian female detainees were Monday par doned by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on the occasion of the international w omen's day celebrated 8 March, official sources told PANA here
©- - 08 march 2010 - 14:46:00 - thread African Union (82 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Monday
©- - 08 march 2010 - 09:31:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Fifteen poliomyelitis cases were reported in Mauritania over the past few days, official sources told PANA on the sidelines of a national anti-polio vaccination campaign
©- - 07 march 2010 - 12:16:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has implemented the project aimed at improving the economic business climate (PACAE), with the support of the World Bank (WB) which granted the country US$4
©- - 07 march 2010 - 11:25:00 - thread African Union (137 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The price of fuel has increased slightly in Maur itania, according to a survey of several fuel stations here Saturday
©- - 06 march 2010 - 18:12:00 - thread African Union (69 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Senegalese athlete, Samy Gona, on Friday won the 13th edition of the semi-marathon of Nouakchott in the the Mauritanian capit al
©- - 05 march 2010 - 22:27:00 - thread African Union (90 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Prime minister, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagdaf, has ruled out any idea of prisoner swap with the notorious Al-Qaida ter r orist group Addressing a news conference here Thursday, Lagdaf said there would be no negoti ations or bargaining which would result in the exchange of terrorists detained i n Nouakchott for the release of Western hostages held by the group
©- - 05 march 2010 - 18:23:00 - thread African Union (149 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's constitutional court has rejected s ome provisions of a law aimed at strengthening measures against terrorism in Mau r itania, official sources told PANA Friday
©- - 05 march 2010 - 17:36:00 - thread African Union (192 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The power shortage in Nouakchott, political capi tal of Mauritania, will be sorted out over the next months, Prime Minister Moula y e Ould Mohamed Lagdaf, said here on Thursday
©- - 05 march 2010 - 16:01:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A Mauritian NGO, Lalit, has called for the outlaw ing of the death penalty in the Indian Ocean Island, PANA reported from here Fri d ay
©- - 05 march 2010 - 15:49:00 - thread African Union (281 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has granted Mauritius 90 million euros to enable the African country to finance three projects, according to agreements signed here on Thursday
©- - 05 march 2010 - 11:39:00 - thread African Union (213 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- France and Mauritania Thursday signed a funding agreement amounting to 17
©- - 04 march 2010 - 17:07:00 - thread African Union (287 words)


Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Jean Ping has stressed the readiness of the AU to continue to assist the Comorian parties to achieve the necessary consensus on the institutional issues facing the archipelago, in strict compliance with legality and the principles that underpin the reconcil iation process in the Comoros
©- - 04 march 2010 - 09:16:00 - thread African Union (401 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Eleven political parties in Mauritania, including the Union of the Republic (UPR), which is the major party backing President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Wednesday announced the setting up of a ne w umbrella group, the Coalition of Government Parties (CPM)
©- - 03 march 2010 - 21:20:00 - thread African Union (162 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The deputy spokesperson for the French foreign ministry, Mrs Christine Fages, on Wednesday hailed the â?great professionalismâ? of the M auritanian army, which recently arrested a gang of drug and arms traffickers at i ts border with Algeria and Mali
©- - 03 march 2010 - 20:22:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the British pound appreciated slight ly against the Mauritian rupee, according to the latest exchange rates issued We d nesday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 03 march 2010 - 15:06:00 - thread African Union (142 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian National Industrial and Mining C ompany (SNIM), the country's largest mining company, will receive a loan of 125 m illion euros over 30 years from the European Investment Bank (EIB), an official s ource told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 02 march 2010 - 17:59:00 - thread African Union (223 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the British pound depreciated slight ly against the Mauritian rupee, according to the latest exchange rates issued Tu e sday morning by the Mauritius Commercial Bank
©- - 02 march 2010 - 17:15:00 - thread African Union (143 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Council of Research of Mauritius is currently working on two major projects: the production of electricity from geothermal sources and the exploitation of se aweeds for commercial purposes
©- - 02 march 2010 - 13:11:00 - thread African Union (257 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will sign the Djibouti Code of Conduct with a view to combating piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Western I n dian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 01 march 2010 - 16:58:00 - thread African Union (269 words)


Phoenix- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam has ch arged the international community to react to the wall Israel is building on the Palestinian lands in Gaza, calling it "the wall of shame"
©- - 27 february 2010 - 13:26:00 - thread African Union (168 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The special representative of the UN secretary general i n Guinea Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, here on Thursday charged political stakeholder s in the country to end their opportunistic alliances and personal interests that "undermine the economic and social development of the country"
©- - 26 february 2010 - 18:16:00 - thread African Union (275 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The special representative of the UN secretary general i n Guinea Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, here on Thursday charged political stakeholder s in the country to end their opportunistic alliances and personal interests that "undermine the economic and social development of the country"
©- - 26 february 2010 - 17:41:00 - thread African Union (275 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A hundred detainees, including about 15 foreigne rs, were granted presidential pardon by Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Maouloud, marking the birth of Prop h et Mohammed, official sources told PANA
©- - 26 february 2010 - 16:46:00 - thread African Union (101 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian head of State, Mohamed Ould Abde l Aziz, Thursday began a three-day state visit to Libya
©- - 25 february 2010 - 13:10:00 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ha s asked that the country's state to be accessible to all political parties, soci a l opinions and sensibilities
©- - 24 february 2010 - 21:41:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Port-Louis- Maurtius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, has declared his intention to reintroduce the death penalty in the island because o f the rising number of crimes and drug related offences
©- - 24 february 2010 - 21:18:00 - thread African Union (164 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The main economic stakeholders of the different sectors in Mauritania will meet with high-ranking officials of the European Inve s tment Bank (EIB) on 2 March in Nouakchott, the European diplomatic representativ e in Mauritania announced Wednesday
©- - 24 february 2010 - 17:24:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Wednesday in Port-Louis published the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 24 february 2010 - 09:49:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The World Bank and Mauritius on Tuesday signed a financing agreement for US$20 million for the development of manufacturing compa n ies and services of the island
©- - 23 february 2010 - 22:40:00 - thread African Union (302 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Thousands of Mauritanian public employees, thoug ht to be ghost workers after a workers' census, took to the streets in the capit a l, Nouakchott, to protest the non-payment of their salaries effective February, o fficial sources told PANA Tuesday
©- - 23 february 2010 - 16:10:00 - thread African Union (113 words)