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

©- - 17 february 2020 - 09:07:01 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian army says it has arrested several smugglers in the zone located in north-east of the country, at the far borders with Mali and Algeria

©- - 16 february 2020 - 17:29:42 - thread African Union (261 words)


Mapou, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sports Council honoured its best athletes for the year 2019 at a ceremony held at the Château de Labourdonnais in Mapou, in the north of the island, PANA learned from official sources on Saturday evening

©- - 16 february 2020 - 14:35:29 - thread African Union (243 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union will intensify the training of healthcare workers and the availability of testing kits for the effective handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) following the confirmation of the first case of the virus in Egypt, a senior health official said on Saturday

©- - 15 february 2020 - 23:09:24 - thread African Union (508 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry has introduced digitalisation of the health service system at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Crève Cœur, Rodrigues island

©- - 15 february 2020 - 14:07:39 - thread African Union (198 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 15 february 2020 - 10:56:13 - thread African Union (136 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Ninety-two people have been quarantined in two centres on the island, namely Souillac Hospital and Anse-la-Raie Youth Centre, since they began operations in January, in the wake of measures to prevent the coronavirus currently raging in China, PANA learned on Friday from an official source in the Mauritian capital

©- - 14 february 2020 - 17:17:41 - thread African Union (95 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Mining Company of Boké (SMB) released more than US$ 17 million in 2019 as part of its community relations policy in Guinea, according to a press release from the company on Thursday

©- - 14 february 2020 - 16:36:17 - thread African Union (354 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Omnicane Ltd, a Mauritian sugar establishment  in the south of the island, on Thursday launched DINA Life, a new brand and two innovative sugar food products, PANA reported from here

©- - 14 february 2020 - 15:31:01 - thread African Union (265 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 14 february 2020 - 10:36:21 - thread African Union (135 words)


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

©- - 14 february 2020 - 09:04:01 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE-Negro African movement) Thursday warned against repeated discriminatory measures targeting black people in the country, a statement released here said

©- - 13 february 2020 - 23:56:07 - thread African Union (273 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will give Mauritania a 50m USD subsidy to boost agricultural production and support other projects, targeting particularly the development of a vital sector, an official source told PANA here Thursday

©- - 13 february 2020 - 23:16:00 - thread African Union (149 words)


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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - For the first time the escalating terrorist threat in Mozambique has been discussed by African leaders, at the 33rd African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa,  Ethiopia, last week –  more than two years after the insurgency started in the northern Cabo Delgado province

©- - 13 february 2020 - 15:13:50 - thread African Union (1150 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 13 february 2020 - 11:18:14 - thread African Union (136 words)


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

©- - 13 february 2020 - 09:15:28 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday said that the health programme that is being introduced in schools focuses on providing prevention measures and timely treatment to students adding that schools are key places for healthy development of young people

©- - 13 february 2020 - 07:46:51 - thread African Union (322 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Wednesday received the US deputy-Secretary for political affairs, David Halle, who was on a visit to Mauritania as part of his West African tour, said official press reports here

©- - 12 february 2020 - 23:00:53 - thread African Union (266 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 12 february 2020 - 11:01:44 - thread African Union (136 words)


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

©- - 12 february 2020 - 08:54:55 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian army carried out a large sweep of the gold panners by rounding up around 60 individuals in the far north, towards the Algerian border, some of which are classified as a military zone closed to civilian activities, according to news reported on Tuesday by local press

©- - 11 february 2020 - 19:02:36 - thread African Union (130 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 33rd summit of the African Union (AU), held on 9 and 10 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, affirmed the African Organization's support for the holding of a Reconciliation Conference among Libyans to strengthen the ceasefire and start a political dialogue

©- - 11 february 2020 - 18:47:48 - thread African Union (533 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and the European Union (EU) on Monday signed the Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture Initiative (DeSIRA), developed by the EU to enhance the research and development capacity of the Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (FAREI) for sustainable and modern agriculture, PANA learnt from the Government Information Services (GIS)

©- - 11 february 2020 - 16:25:29 - thread African Union (423 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - AXYS Stockbroking, a branch of the financial group AXYS, one of the leading portfolio management companies in Mauritius, said on Tuesday that the coronavirus epidemic  raging in China and elsewhere in recent weeks is not without consequences on the Mauritian economy

©- - 11 february 2020 - 15:52:45 - thread African Union (371 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness minister Kailesh Kumar Jagutpal on Tuesday said that passengers from all flights will from now undergo strict screening at the island’s airport as preventive measures are reinforced against  the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China

©- - 11 february 2020 - 13:49:18 - thread African Union (192 words)


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

©- - 11 february 2020 - 08:30:44 - thread African Union (124 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – As South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa begins his term of office as the chairperson of the African Union (AU), a human rights watchdog is asking him to use his leadership to promote human rights and justice for violations across the continent

©- - 11 february 2020 - 07:39:09 - thread African Union (484 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said here Monday that his election as vice-president of the African Union (AU) for 2020 and chairman for 2021 marked the return of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the African scene, a presidential press release copied to PANA said

©- - 10 february 2020 - 20:45:14 - thread African Union (226 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Acting Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabri Bachtobji has submitted the instruments of ratification of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption to  AU legal counsel Nemira Najm

©- - 10 february 2020 - 18:03:30 - thread African Union (158 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Manifesto for the Political, Economic and Social Rights of the Haratines (MDPESH - components of former slaves), in a just and reconciled Mauritania, calls for "urgent measures for a redistribution of agricultural land, in accordance with a 1983 land reform law", according to a statement released on Monday

©- - 10 february 2020 - 17:04:10 - thread African Union (276 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has met with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdouk on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the two are present

©- - 09 february 2020 - 19:20:43 - thread African Union (118 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The African Union Peace and Security Council, which met the day before the summit of African Union summit opened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday, has proposed three concrete measures to be examine immediately to end the fighting in Libya and help end the crisis

©- - 09 february 2020 - 19:14:23 - thread African Union (361 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The challenges facing African nations are “complex, multi-faceted and far-reaching" but a “collective, comprehensive and coordinated” response by the global community will build on the momentum that already exists to help the continent thrive, the UN secretary-General told the African Union Summit on Sunday

©- - 09 february 2020 - 18:18:33 - thread African Union (766 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said that member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are mobilising with “renewed vigour,” their own resources to combat Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorism

©- - 09 february 2020 - 10:43:47 - thread African Union (553 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged leaders of war-torn South Sudan, where a deadline is fast approaching for President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar, to agree terms for a new unity government

©- - 09 february 2020 - 03:12:49 - thread African Union (234 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Addressing a High Level Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, UN Secretatry General has said that the reality in Africa, and the rest of the world, is that poverty “still has a woman’s face”

©- - 09 february 2020 - 02:27:37 - thread African Union (378 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN chief on Saturday called on the international community to recognise the need for African counter-terrorism operations, backed by the UN Security Council, to tackle the growing threat of extremist violence across the continent, and “predictable funding, guaranteed by compulsory contributions”

©- - 09 february 2020 - 02:20:08 - thread African Union (827 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister  Abdalla Hamdouk  arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, leading Sudan’s delegation to the 33rd African Summit for his maiden participation since the demise of Omar Bashir in 2019

The summit of the African heads of state and governments is scheduled for 9-10 February

©- - 08 february 2020 - 16:53:34 - thread African Union (103 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is Saturday hosting a summit on Libya and the Sahel region organized by the African Union Peace and Security Commission on the eve of the opening of the 33rd AU session dominated this year by the security solutions and conflicts on the continent

©- - 08 february 2020 - 13:43:59 - thread African Union (749 words)


Ebony, Mauritius (PANA)  - Some 60 human and animal health professionals from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) met here on 3 -7 February 2020 to discuss the threat of the coronavirus to populations of the Indian Ocean, official sources told PANA Saturday

©- - 08 february 2020 - 11:52:51 - thread African Union (366 words)