Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Chadian Moussa Faki Mahama, said here Sunday he was hopeful that things would move in the right direction, two months after the army seized power from former President Alpha Conde on 5 September Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Australian Dollar                   29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Wildlife Foundation (MWF) Sunday launched the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) Recovery Project to safeguard the Mauritius Kestrel population and encourage its population growth by using conservation management techniques Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported Sunday the detection of 117 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive cases since March 2021 to 22,090, official sources said here Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported here Thursday evening the detection of 105 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 24 hours, official sources said here Friday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Satyajit Boolell, says maritime crimes in the region are on the rise due to, among others, globalization and digitalization Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazwani, at a meeting with the Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, on the revival of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) and Libya's membership of the G5 Sahel group (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad) because of its active role in the region Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, arrived on Wednesday evening in Nouakchott for a two-day visit aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that they had detected a total of 112 new positive cases linked to coronavirus (Covid-19) during the last 24 hours, official sources told PANA here Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius commemorated on Wednesday World Aids Day with testing and counselling through a mobile caravan that would travel around the country to encourage more people to come forward to be tested Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced  here Wednesday that 61 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were detected Tuesday in the country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, quoting official statistics on Tuesday, said that the number of persons who passed away due to COVID-19 in the month of November stood at 348 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The central banks of Mauritius and Ghana at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pave the way for exchange of information, staff secondment, staff exchange and sharing of experience Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that tourist arrivals slumped by 96 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - COVID-19 killed 122 people in Mauritius in one week up to last Friday, compared to 85 a week earlier Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organizations, Omar Ketti, Saturday discussed with the Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Claude Gakosso, ways of returning the General Secretariat of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and the Office of the African Union (AU) to their headquarters in Tripoli Full text...

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

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Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday launched the Africa Small Medium Business (SMB) Report on Economic Impact and Recovery by Genesis Analytics and commissioned by Meta, formerly known as Facebook Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities detected 161 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing to 20,913 the number of positive cases in the island since last March, when the second wave struck Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Five persons were killed by Covid-19 on Thursday in Mauritius, according to the health authorities of the island Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar       30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Health Bulletin on the COVID-19 pandemic issued on Wednesday evening by the Mauritian Ministry of Health and Welfare reports 136 new positive cases, of which 80 have been admitted to hospital Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 76 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

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Australian Dollar      30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they detected 97 COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing to 20,372 the number of people who have been infected with since the second wave hit the country last March Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar            30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported that 167 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing to 19,893 the number of positive cases detected since March 2021, when the second wave hit the island Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States and African Union (AU) envoys for the Horn of Africa have returned to Ethiopia to ramp up diplomatic efforts to end the war in the country Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar      30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The latest Health Bulletin issued on Wednesday by the Mauritius Ministry of Health and Welfare reports 139 positive cases for COVID-19, out of which 132 do not present any symptom Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar         30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian President Pradeep Roopun has appointed Rehana Mungly-Gulbul as the country's first Chief Justice Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Welfare Kailesh Jagutpal told Parliament on Tuesday that Covid-19 has killed 99 patients from 8 to November 14 against 22 patients the whole of October Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar        30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Monday received a second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the United States of America (US) through the COVAX Facility, an official source said here Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar        30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Monday that 188 new contaminations of coronavirus, including 178 asymptomatic cases, were recorded on Sunday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Saturday recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement from the Ministry of Health and Welfare said here Sunday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourist arrivals for the month of October 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020 in Mauritius declined by 76 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 46 patients suffering from Covid-19, died in one week ending Friday, November 12, 2021, and 208 new positive cases were detected on Friday in Mauritius, the Minister of Health and Welfare, Kailash Jagutpal, announced during his daily media briefing on Friday evening Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar     30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday announced a series of restrictive measures for one month from 0600 on Friday to 0600 13 December to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 following an increase in the number of positive cases and deaths during the past two weeks Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Bank of Mauritius on Thursday, issued a Banking Licence to Silver Bank Limited, formerly known as BanyanTree Bank Limited Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture estimated on Thursday that sugar production for the 2021 harvest should be around 250,000 tonnes, down from an estimate of 270,000 tonnes in June 2021 Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar            30 Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar     30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Information  Technology, Communication and Innovation, Mr Darsanand Balgobin, on Tuesday, said that the Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill before parliament is of utmost importance for the future of its people, economy and the country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they recorded 107 positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, all asymptomatic Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -Women in Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia's Amhara region where a rebel army has been ransacking villages and towns, have reported gang rape, verbal abuse and looting, a global rights body said on Tuesday Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) entered into force with effect from 5 November 2021, the African Union said on Tuesday Full text...