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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the exchange rates of the Mauritia n rupee against some foreign currencies as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Tuesday
©- - 07 april 2009 - 12:38:00 - thread African Union (103 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Environment Ministry is seeking partner ship with international organisations to help the National Environmental Laborat o ry (NEL) acquire expertise in the field of ambient air quality monitoring, Envir o nment Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, said Monday at a workshop in the capital
©- - 06 april 2009 - 18:09:00 - thread African Union (288 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Environment Ministry is seeking partner ship with international organisations to help the National Environmental Laborat o ry (NEL) acquire expertise in the field of ambient air quality monitoring, Envir o nment Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, said Monday at a workshop in the capital
©- - 06 april 2009 - 18:06:00 - thread African Union (288 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegal on Monday defended its mediation in the political crisis in Mauritania, saying "Our role is in accordance with the stand of the African Union (AU) that the country should be returned to constitutional o rder"
©- - 06 april 2009 - 17:05:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Presidential elections in Mauritania, scheduled for 6 June by the Junta, might be postponed at the instance of France and Senega l , local media reported here Monday
©- - 06 april 2009 - 12:32:00 - thread African Union (171 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese Foreign Minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadi o, arrived here on Sunday, his second trip to Mauritania in 10 days, as part of t he mediation efforts by Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, to reconcile polit i cal foes in that country, official sources told PANA
©- - 06 april 2009 - 10:33:00 - thread African Union (214 words)


Pamplemousses- Mauritius (PANA) -- Public and animal health experts of the five I ndian Ocean Commission (IOC) countries on Saturday began a weeklong training wor k shop in Pamplemousses, northern Mauritius, on epidemiological monitoring seen as a first step to build a regional monitoring and anti-epidemic network
©- - 05 april 2009 - 11:46:00 - thread African Union (161 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The ousted President of Mauritania, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, has condemned the suppression of the protest by anti-put s ch demonstrators, led by the Coordination for democratic forces (CFD), on Thursd a y in Nouakchott
©- - 04 april 2009 - 15:54:00 - thread African Union (145 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Min-ister Navin Ramgoolam and his ministers will be confronted with 109 questions at the next sitting of the Parli a ment scheduled for Tuesday, PANA learnt from parliamentary sources here
©- - 04 april 2009 - 14:36:00 - thread African Union (165 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here on Friday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 04 april 2009 - 09:50:00 - thread African Union (110 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius is to organise a one-week seminar, from Monday, aimed at intimating local entrepreneurs on the opportunities arising fr o m the Third Country Fabrics provision under the African Growth and Opportunity A c t (AGOA)
©- - 03 april 2009 - 16:46:00 - thread African Union (275 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The World Bank has approved an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Development Policy Loan of US$ 100 mi l lion to stimulate trade and competitiveness in Mauritius, PANA learnt for offici a l sources here
©- - 03 april 2009 - 15:41:00 - thread African Union (235 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The chairperson of the association of female hea ds of families in Mauritania (AFCF), Aminetou Mint Moctar, Friday denounced the p ractice of human trafficking, involving 18 girl victims, between Mauritania and S audi Arabia, saying "this is a shameful practice which has tarnished the image o f the country
©- - 03 april 2009 - 15:15:00 - thread African Union (219 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here on Friday by the Commercial Bank of Maurit ius
©- - 03 april 2009 - 13:26:00 - thread African Union (110 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The police fired several canisters of tear gas t o disperse opposition protesters in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, late o n Thursday
©- - 03 april 2009 - 09:30:00 - thread African Union (141 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Eight Mauritanian insurance companies have conde mned the selection of the national insurance firm NASR to handle the policy of t h e National Mining Company, SNIM
©- - 03 april 2009 - 09:11:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's main opposition party Rally of Demo cratic Forces (RFD) Thursday urged the citizenry to resist the junta which has led the country since the mili tary coup of 6 August 2008
©- - 02 april 2009 - 12:10:00 - thread African Union (210 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates of the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies as published here on Thursd a y
©- - 02 april 2009 - 09:03:00 - thread African Union (109 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian People's Rally Party (PRPM), a n ew political party formed by Parliamentarians in support of the ruling junta in t he country, was given official recognition on Wednesday by the Nouakchott admini s tration, according to sources close to the party
©- - 01 april 2009 - 19:34:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Unidentified uniformed men have beaten up Guinea Bissau's former Prime Minister Francisco Jose Fadul, a source close to the forme r premier told PANA here Wednesday
©- - 01 april 2009 - 13:37:00 - thread African Union (225 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of the Ma uritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published on Wednesday by the C ommercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 01 april 2009 - 12:13:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Two union leaders and seven workers of the Shiban i Textile factory in Mauritius who were demonstrating along with about 200 co-wo r kers in front of the legislative building here, were arrested by the police on T u esday, PANA reported
©- - 31 march 2009 - 19:11:00 - thread African Union (220 words)


Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Community of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (C PLP) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are preparing to set up a military contingent intended to ensure security in Guinea Bissau, Cape V erde Prime Minister José Maria Neves confirmed here
©- - 31 march 2009 - 17:13:00 - thread African Union (372 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The political parties opposed to the ruling mili tary junta in Mauritania, the National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) and the Rally of the Democratic Forces (RFD), say they are determined to prevent a bid by the head of the junta, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, to run for the p residency in the country's 6 June 2009 elections
©- - 31 march 2009 - 17:01:00 - thread African Union (269 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) – The European Union -on Monday promised to fund the presidential election in Guinea Bissau following the assassination of President Joao Bernado Vieira early March Franco Nulli, European Union (EU) delegate to Guinea-Bissau, affirmed that the EU was prepared to help Guinea-Bissau and had a budget of 1
©- - 31 march 2009 - 01:22:00 - thread African Union (318 words)


Lomé- Togo (PANA) – A two--day workshop opened in the Togolese capital, Lomé, on Monday as the government crafts a national strategy to check money laundering and financing of terrorism
©- - 31 march 2009 - 00:42:00 - thread African Union (222 words)


Bambous- Mauritius (PANA) -- Savanne SC football team on Sunday won the Mauritius Cup after beating Curepipe Starlight SC 2-0 here
©- - 30 march 2009 - 19:24:00 - thread African Union (55 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has rejected the 'road map' d rawn up by the military government in Mauritania, describing it as ''unconstitutional and unilateral'' In a statement issued here on Monday, the EU said under such circumstances, it c ould not send observers to the African nation to monitor its planned elections
©- - 30 march 2009 - 12:52:00 - thread African Union (219 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday publ ished the latest exchange rates of the country's local currency, the rupee, against so me foreign currencies
©- - 30 march 2009 - 12:40:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Libyan leader and Chairman of the African Union ( AU), Mouammar Kadhafi Sunday met with officials of the AU Commission (AUC) on pe a ce and security issues in the African continent at the AU headquarters in Addis A baba, Ethiopia
©- - 29 march 2009 - 19:58:00 - thread African Union (212 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The summer time, during which the clock had been fastened by one hour since 26 October, will end in Mauritius 3 a
©- - 29 march 2009 - 17:19:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), opposed to the 6 August coup in Mauritania has listed conditions for Sen e galese President Abdoulaye Wade to successfully mediate and find a solution to t h e political crisis in the country
©- - 29 march 2009 - 16:03:00 - thread African Union (239 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A new session of the Mauritian parliament is sche duled to open on Tuesday in Port-Louis, a PANA correspondent has learnt from off i cial sources
©- - 29 march 2009 - 13:10:00 - thread African Union (203 words)


Floréal- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Wedn esday suggested the restructuring of the national health service “through the re c ruitment of professional managers to manage Mauritian hospitals"
©- - 26 march 2009 - 18:03:00 - thread African Union (270 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Six Iraqis, detained in Mauritius since last Nove mber, were released Thursday on bail following the intervention of the UN High C o mmission for Refugees (UNHCR) which offered them the status of refugees Wednesda y , PANA learnt from a judicial source
©- - 26 march 2009 - 17:02:00 - thread African Union (147 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Six Iraqis, who have been languishing in Mauritia n jail, since their arrival in November 2008, were Wednesday granted refugee sta t us under the initiative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN H CR), PANA learnt from their lawyer in the Mauritian capital
©- - 25 march 2009 - 17:20:00 - thread African Union (287 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's national male handball team has started preparations for an international tournament to be held in Bamako, Mali, from 4 April
©- - 24 march 2009 - 16:39:00 - thread African Union (98 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The political situation is "abnormal" in Madagasc ar in view of events that occurred in the country in the last three months, Maur i tius Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell declared Monday evening
©- - 24 march 2009 - 15:38:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Rose Belle Sugar Estate in southern Mauritius and the Singapore-based Vita Grain PTE Ltd Tuesday signed an agreement for the s etting up of a hybrid rice seed industry in the island that will cater for the n e eds of Mauritius and the other islands in the Indian Ocean, PANA reports
©- - 24 march 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread African Union (353 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Citing the African charter on democracy, electio ns and good governance, the president of the Rally of Democratic Forces of Mauri t ania (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, Monday insisted that the leader of the Mauritania n military junta can not present himself as candidate in the next presidential el e ction in the country
©- - 23 march 2009 - 19:05:00 - thread African Union (219 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Curepipe Starlight remained atop the Mauritian fi rst division football championship, even though it did not play in the 18th roun d this past weekend
©- - 23 march 2009 - 12:44:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS Foreign Ministers have directed ECOWAS to work wi th the international community, including the United Nations, towards the deployment of military and police contingents to ensure the protecti on of republican institutions, VIPs and the electoral process in Guinea Bissau
©- - 21 march 2009 - 14:49:00 - thread African Union (497 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Bishop Maurice Piat of Port-Louis has said he app roved of the position of the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, on c ondoms, a statement issued in the Mauritian capital Friday indicated
©- - 20 march 2009 - 16:50:00 - thread African Union (214 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A total of 168 people were killed, 517 seriously injured and 2,746 were slightly injured, in accidents that occurred on the roads of the Mauritian island in 2008, according to the Central Statistics Office
©- - 20 march 2009 - 14:54:00 - thread African Union (292 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Uni on (AU) Friday suspended Madagascar, as a consequence of former Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina's forceful takeove r of the country's presidency
©- - 20 march 2009 - 12:37:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Uni on (AU) Friday suspended Madagascar's membership, after former Antananarivo Mayo r Andry Rajoelina took over the country's presidency forcefully
©- - 20 march 2009 - 12:05:00 - thread African Union (42 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The regional director and program manager of the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) to the Middle East and the Maghreb, Leslie Campbell, has warned the Mauritania junta against embarking on a unilateral electoral process in the contest of the forthcoming presidential election in the African nation
©- - 20 march 2009 - 07:48:00 - thread African Union (294 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A meeting was held Thursday in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to give serious thought to the situation in Guinea Bissau
©- - 19 march 2009 - 22:33:00 - thread African Union (213 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council says it will strengthen partnership with the African Union (AU) to enhance the organisation's peacekeeping capacity
©- - 19 march 2009 - 20:48:00 - thread African Union (525 words)