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 Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Cape Verdean president to attend inauguration of Mozambican counterpart
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca will on Wednesday attend the inauguration of his Mozambican counterpart, Filipe Nyussi, who was re-elected on 15 October for a second term Full text...
Mauritanian journalists’ trade-union wants revision of criteria for distribution of press aid
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The trade-union of Mauritanian journalists (SJM) in a statement issued here Tuesday called on the government to review conditions of eligibility to the public fund for the private media Full text...
Mauritania: CNDH calls activist expulsion "isolated act"
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" Full text...
Cape Verdean President invited to inauguration of his Guinea-Bissau counterpart
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verdean President Jorge Carlos Fonseca has been invited to the swearing-in ceremony of his new Guinea Bissau counterpart, Cissoko Embaló, which will take place in February, PANA has learned from an informed source Full text...
Mauritius launches Passenger Information System for inland transport
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 Full text...
Mauritius' sugar production estimated at 325,000 tonnes in 2019/20 crop year
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said on Tuesday that sugar production is expected to be around 325,000 tonnes in the 2019-2020 crop year, against 323,400 tonnes in 2018-2019 Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Guinea Bissau President Cissoko Embalo pledges closer integration
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’ Full text...
Mauritanian-Moroccan officials meet on regionalisation
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" Full text...
Seventh seminar of AU Peace and Security Council opens in Libreville
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 Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
War in Libya: Ex-UN official says it will "marginalize" the Sahel
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Saying that the risk of "marginalization" of the Sahel region is real, Mr Full text...
Ethiopian activist leads preliminary vote hunt in opposition strongholds
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 Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritius prices of petroleum products remain unchanged
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 Full text...
Tunisian leader invited to AU summit on Libya due for 25 January in Brazzaville
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 Full text...
Congolese Foreign Minister in Tunis to discuss ways to resolve the Libyan crisis
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" Full text...
Mauritania adopts consumer protection law
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Thursday adopted a consumer protection bill at its weekly meeting Full text...
Nigeria: Buhari says Nigeria, Mauritanian relations is historic
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 Full text...
Mauritanian govt. to regulate legal profession
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has examined and adopted a bill aimed at clarifying the criteria for the entry into the law profession Full text...
Metro Express train service kicks off in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis route Full text...
Mauritania: Abolitionist movement denounces arrest of its leader
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 Full text...
Two Air Mauritius ramp attendants arrested attempting to remove drugs from airport
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 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Tunisian President meets with Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs
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 Full text...
Mauritius builds modern hospital to provide quality services
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 Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania completes geological mapping in the east
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 Full text...
Legal age to marry in Mauritius to be reviewed from 16 to 18 years
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 Full text...
Mauritania: 5 children die in fire in Nouakchott
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 Full text...
Bissau president-elect meets Kenyatta on deepening diplomatic friendship
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 Full text...
Mauritius: Man provokes bomb alert by wanting to draw minister’s attention
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 Full text...
Mauritanians commemorate 50th anniversary of a revolutionary’s death
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 Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania: Members of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council take office
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 Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritanian parliament approves US$87m loan for construction of fishing harbour
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 Full text...
South African couple arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
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 Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
AU warns of threats of interference in Libyan affairs
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 Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritanian opponent denounces exclusion
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 Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritian police officer kills man who assaulted his wife and children
Cascades, Mauritius (PANA) – A police officer shot a man in Cascades, southern Mauritius, who was assaulting his wife and two children with a sword early on Friday, police source told PANA Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...