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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The change of power in Mauritania, following the 22 June 2019 presidential election and the inauguration of Mohamed ould Cheilkh Ghazouani on 1 August, must be used to stop certain practices and improve protection of  human rights, a report of the global NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), seen by PANA  on Wednesday, said

©- - 15 january 2020 - 12:54:29 - thread African Union (343 words)


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

©- - 15 january 2020 - 11:51:08 - thread African Union (137 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), an advisory institution, sees the expulsion of Jean Marc Pelenc, president of the branch of the Resurgence Initiative of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), on Friday, while holding a valid visa, as "an isolated act"

©- - 14 january 2020 - 17:27:25 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Government of Mauritius, via the Ministry of Land Transport and Light Rail, on Monday launched the Passenger Information System (PIS) aimed at providing citizens with reliable information about specific bus routes and bus schedules along the corridor Curepipe-Floreal to Port Louis, the Government Information Service (GIS) has said

©- - 14 january 2020 - 10:47:50 - thread African Union (435 words)


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

©- - 14 january 2020 - 08:30:04 - thread African Union (124 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  - Guinea Bissau President Umaro Cissoko Embalo Monday pledged his commitment to a borderless bloc of Senegal, Bissau and Banjul, saying it would be ‘a no laissez-passer zone’

©- - 13 january 2020 - 21:18:52 - thread African Union (248 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting, Monday and Tuesday, a Mauritanian-Moroccan meeting on regionalization, under the theme "Governance of regions in Mauritania and Morocco"

©- - 13 january 2020 - 19:38:47 - thread African Union (255 words)


Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The 7th seminar of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council opens on Monday in Libreville, the Gabonese capital, in collaboration with the three African representatives at the UN Security Council - South Africa, Niger and Tunisia

©- - 13 january 2020 - 12:03:45 - thread African Union (91 words)


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

©- - 13 january 2020 - 08:33:17 - thread African Union (124 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition leaders, led by prominent social justice activist-turned politician, Jawar Mohamed, whose kerro movement’s campaign against bad governance ushered reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed into power, will lead pre-campaign meetings on Saturday in key opposition strongholds ahead of elections set for May 2020

©- - 11 january 2020 - 14:57:34 - thread African Union (427 words)


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

©- - 11 january 2020 - 11:59:09 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius State Trading Corporation (STC) late Friday announced that the prices of petrol and diesel remain unchanged - at Rs 44,00 and Rs 35,00 per liter respectively, (Rs 35,00 = 1US$)'

A communiqué issued after a meeting of the Petroleum Pricing Committee (PPC), said it  took note of the evolution of world prices of Mogas and Gas Oil and the status of the Price Stabilisation Account (PSA) which had a positive balance of Rs 245

©- - 11 january 2020 - 07:34:40 - thread African Union (125 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed Friday received an invitation to participate in a summit of heads of state and government of ten African member-countries of the high level committee of the African Union on Libya scheduled for 25 January in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, to unify the “African position on the Libyan crisis”, official sources said here

©- - 10 january 2020 - 23:14:41 - thread African Union (486 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad, Jean-Claude Gakosso, whose country chairs the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya on Friday discussed "regional and international efforts to find solutions to the Libyan crisis"

©- - 10 january 2020 - 19:24:32 - thread African Union (373 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Thursday adopted a consumer protection bill at its weekly meeting

©- - 10 january 2020 - 18:19:32 - thread African Union (122 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja extolled the “historic” relationship between Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, saying that it needs to be strengthened for the mutual benefit of the two countries

©- - 10 january 2020 - 18:01:11 - thread African Union (193 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has examined and adopted a bill aimed at clarifying the criteria for the entry into the law profession

©- - 10 january 2020 - 16:47:15 - thread African Union (141 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started  commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis route

©- - 10 january 2020 - 15:58:38 - thread African Union (175 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), an anti-slavery and human rights movement in Mauritania has denounced the arrest of the president on the 'IRA France' section, Jean Marc Pelenc, by police at Nouakchott International Airport on Thursday

©- - 10 january 2020 - 14:51:35 - thread African Union (142 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two ramp attendants of Air Mauritius were arrested on Thursday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) while attempting to remove drugs from the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, at Plaisance in southern Mauritius

©- - 10 january 2020 - 14:11:03 - thread African Union (224 words)


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

©- - 10 january 2020 - 11:10:25 - thread African Union (130 words)


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

©- - 10 january 2020 - 08:25:07 - thread African Union (124 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday received the Saudi Foreign Minister, Fayçal bin Farhan Al Saoud, accompanied by the Saudi Minister for African Affairs, Ahmed Bin Abdel Azziz Qattan

©- - 09 january 2020 - 18:06:23 - thread African Union (199 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday started the construction of a  modern 800-bed hospital at Constance, eastern part of the island, that will cost around Rs 6 billion, official sources said in the Mauritian capital

©- - 09 january 2020 - 13:08:18 - thread African Union (185 words)


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

©- - 09 january 2020 - 11:42:14 - 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

©- - 09 january 2020 - 09:03:40 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines Mohamed Ould Abdel Fetah on Wednesday announced the completion of the geological mapping of mining in the region of Aioun El Atrouss, about 800 km southeast of Nouakchott on the Mali border

©- - 09 january 2020 - 08:14:29 - thread African Union (134 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian minister of Gender equality and Family Wellbeing, Mrs Kalpana Koonjoo-Shah, on Wednesday said that the legal age of marriage will be reviewed from 16 to 18 years

©- - 09 january 2020 - 07:33:24 - thread African Union (194 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - Five children Wednesday died in a fire that broke out in Dar Naim, a commune in the northern suburb of Nouakchott, reliable sources told PANA here

©- - 09 january 2020 - 00:11:03 - thread African Union (98 words)


Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Guinea Bissau president-elect Umaro Cissoko Embalo Wednesday held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, inviting him to attend his inauguration as his special guest of honour, the foreign ministry said here

©- - 08 january 2020 - 23:31:29 - thread African Union (248 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA)  - The Mauritian police on Tuesday arrested a man who admitted being behind a phone call to the minister of blue economy, Sudheer Maudhoo, alerting him of a bomb placed in his residence in Lallmatie, in the east of the country, police sources said here Wednesday

©- - 08 january 2020 - 22:17:22 - thread African Union (182 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians on Tuesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of Mohamed Ould Soumeida, the inspirer of the ideas of the National Democratic Movement (MND) and the country's historical left-wing

©- - 08 january 2020 - 14:12:44 - thread African Union (256 words)


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

©- - 08 january 2020 - 08:29:42 - thread African Union (125 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESC) of Mauritania, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, and other members of the institution were inaugurated at a ceremony organized at the former International Conference Center of Nouakchott, attended by President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, members of the government and officials of the high institutions of the Republic, PANA learned on Tuesday from official sources

©- - 07 january 2020 - 18:39:42 - thread African Union (224 words)


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

©- - 07 january 2020 - 11:12:29 - thread African Union (135 words)


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

©- - 07 january 2020 - 08:34:26 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)   -  The Mauritanian members of parliament at a plenary session here Monday approved a loan agreement of 586 million Yuan or 87 million US dollars to the government by the China Import-Export Bank for the construction of a fishing harbour here

©- - 07 january 2020 - 00:10:59 - thread African Union (235 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African couple - Morné Burger, 33 years and Christal Angelique Bekker, 36 years, was intercepted on 25 December, 2019, at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport, southern Mauritius, suspected of carrying heroin in their stomachs, sources close to the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU) told PANA on Monday

©- - 06 january 2020 - 17:00:13 - thread African Union (161 words)


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

©- - 06 january 2020 - 10:59:38 - thread African Union (124 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern over the worsening situation in Libya, warning of the threats posed by foreign interference in Libyan affairs

©- - 04 january 2020 - 15:02:41 - thread African Union (404 words)


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

©- - 04 january 2020 - 11:20:56 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Kane Hamidou Baba, leader of the Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE), failed candidate in the presidential election held on December 22, 2019, Thursday denounced "the exclusion from the institutions of the Republic” of citizens from the Negro-African community

©- - 03 january 2020 - 22:31:23 - thread African Union (191 words)


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

©- - 03 january 2020 - 11:18:46 - thread African Union (137 words)


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

©- - 03 january 2020 - 09:15:46 - thread African Union (124 words)