Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Monday recorded 50 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection out of 742 tests carried out, zero death and 196 recoveries, the ministry of Health said here Full text...
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - World Football Governing Body, FIFA, has sanctioned Mauritian club, Cercle de Joachim, for failing to use its Transfer Matching System (TMS) Full text...
COVID-19: Internet user arrested in Mauritius for spreading false report on virus
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 39-year-old Mauritian resident of Rose-Hill town, some 20 km south of the capital, Port Louis, was arrested on Monday by police on suspicion of being behind false reports about the COVID-19, which circulated on Facebook last week, police sources told PANA Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania records two deaths, 60 new cases
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two coronavirus-related deaths and 60 new cases out of 450 tests were recorded on Sunday in Mauritania, the Ministry of Health announced in its daily assessment on the epidemiological situation Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritanian President Ghazouani receives in audience "Barkhane" force commander
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, Friday held talks with the visiting commander of the French force in Sahel “Barkhane”, General Pascal Facon, the state-run news agency (AMI) reported here Full text...
Indian Ocean Commission gets new Secretary-General
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has got a new secretary-general Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius repatriates 140 nationals from Asia
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Friday repatriated 140 nationals from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday morning on an Air Mauritius flight Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Mauritania to review retirement age
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has examined and adopted a draft bill amending and replacing several portions of the 93/009 Act of 18 January 1993 governing the general status of civil servants and contractual workers, an official source said here Thursday Full text...
Mauritanian President Ghazouani pleads for cancellation of Africa’s debt
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, current chairman of the G5 Sahel, Thursday pleaded for the cancellation of Africa’s debt, an official source said here Full text...
Mauritania: 1.4 million dollars seized in navy
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian coastal guards Thursday seized an amount of 1 Full text...
European, African leaders hold talks borderless intercontinental bloc
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African and European Union leaders on Thursday held important negotiations on the potential of creating a borderless regional bloc to promote balanced relations Full text...
Seven persons remanded for alleged embezzlement at Central Bank of Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian judiciary on Wednesday remanded seven persons for alleged "embezzlement, counterfeiting and illegal sale of foreign currency and money laundering" Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius trains 350 officers for public information on pandemic
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday, said that as the COVID-19 lockdown has been lifted in the country, meetings are being organised with representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations, Health Centres, Community Centres, and schools to disseminate information about the virus more efficiently and attending to queries from members of the public Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Firearms trafficking, ‘enabler and multiplier of violence’ worldwide - UN agency
Vienna, Austra (PANA) - Firearms trafficking poses a “grave threat” to human life and international security, the UN crime fighting chief said on Wednesday, launching a new report from her agency that sheds light on the dangers of illicit firearms flows Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania records 46 new confirmed cases of infection Wednesday
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Wednesday recorded 46 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections out of 895 tests carried out, 0 death and 166 recoveries, said a report by Dr Sid’Ahmed ould Zahaf, managing director of Health Full text...
Mauritanian MPs to review decade of governance of former President Aziz
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A report prepared by a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP) on the decade of governance of former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, will be discussed and submitted for approval by a plenary on 31 July 2020 Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania records 72 new cases Tuesday
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Tuesday recorded 72 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, the daily bulletin of the ministry of Health said here Full text...
IGAD Heads of State Summit reviews peace progress in South Sudan
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – East African leaders held a virtual Summit on Tuesday under the umbrella of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to discuss progress in the implementation of the South Sudan peace agreement Full text...
Mauritius amends criminal code protecting territorial sovereignty
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was due on Tuesday to present before Parliament an amendment to the Criminal Code to criminalise, inter alia, the production or distribution of an article, an object or a document that conveys misleading information about, or misrepresents, the sovereignty of Mauritius over any part of its territory Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania registers 91 new cases, 2 deaths Monday
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Monday recorded 91 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections out of 766 tests carried out, two deaths and 138 recoveries, an official source told PANA here Full text...
Mauritania: Former President Aziz accused of trying to hand over an island to a Qatari prince
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP), charged with carrying out investigations into his governance for 11 years, including the awarding of dozens of contracts, has accused former Mauritanian President, Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019), of having proposed the transfer of an island in the national territory (located 100 km north of Nouakchott) to a prince of Qatar, PANA learned from parliamentary sources on Monday Full text...
Mauritius facing a demographic shift
Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday said that Mauritius is facing a demographic shift with a declining fertility rate and increasing life expectancy, PANA learnt from the Government Information Services (GIS) in Port-Louis Full text...
COVID-1(: No pandemic-related death recorded Sunday in Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - No coronavirus-related death was recorded in Mauritania on Sunday, but officials announced 82 new cases out of 750 tests and 203 recoveries Full text...
South Africa: Mandela's youngest daughter dead at 59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, died at a Johannesburg hospital early Monday aged 59 Full text...
Mauritania suspends voting procedure for creation of High Court of Justice
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s justice, interior, and defense committee Saturday suspended a voting procedure on a law setting up a high court of justice (HCJ), official sources told PANA here Full text...
Inquiry into former president's governance resonates in Mauritanian press
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - As the week comes to a close, the story that resonated most in the Mauritanian press this week was the summons to former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (2008-2019) by a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP) Full text...
Saturday's forex rate for the Mauritanian ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Mauritius: Tourist arrivals dropped by 53,1% in June 2020
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday indicated that tourist arrivals in the island dropped from 92,398 in June 2019 to only 9 in June 2020 Full text...
Mauritania: Opposition party wants Central Bank of Mauritania audited
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Opposition Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) has called for an audit of the Central Bank of Mauritania, following alleged "embezzlement of large sums of foreign currency and the use of counterfeit banknotes" Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Covid-19: Pandemic makes Mauritians aware of food security, self-sufficiency
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister Maneesh Gobin said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic has made people aware of the importance of food security and food self-sufficiency Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
COVID-19: UN chief highlights need for decent jobs to fuel recovery
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 50 Heads of State and government, alongside global employers’ and trade union leaders, on Wednesday took part in an online discussion looking at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of work Full text...
Coronavirus: FAO grants US$ 400,000 to Mauritanian breeders and farmers
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Fund (FAO) have signed an emergency intervention agreement, worth US$ 400,000, aimed at supporting small breeders and farmers in the face of the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), PANA learned on Wednesday from official sources Full text...
Mauritius constructs civic amenity centres for waste disposal
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister, Kavydass Ramano, on Tuesday, told Parliament that the government will construct five Civic Amenity Centres where households can dispose of specific waste that is not collected by local authorities and can resolve the issue of illegal dumping of waste Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritania: Former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz refuses to appear before parliamentary investigation commission
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019) Tuesday refused to appear before a parliamentary investigation commission (PIC) to respond to several issues relating to his administration over the past decade Full text...
Mauritius: PM lists factors militating against introduction of Kreol language in Parliament
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday told Parliament that the mastery of the Kreol language at all levels is a prerequisite for its introduction into Parliament Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
AU lays ground for industrialisation summit in November in Niger
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is planning to hold a special summit of heads of state and government on Africa’s industrialisation agenda in November 2020 in Niger, an official source said here Monday Full text...
IFC gives Mauritania 35 million dollar for energy supply
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank Group, Monday granted Mauritania a loan of 35 million US dollars in credit facility to boost its energy supply, an official source told PANA here Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius registers one new confirmed case
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Mauritian returnee from France, along with 109 other passengers on Sunday, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the Ministry of Health announced in the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis Full text...
Senegalese customs seize large quantity of fake drugs at border with Guinea-Bissau
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Customs, in the southern subdivision of Ziguinchor, made a major seizure of fake medicines hidden in a truck carrying goods from Guinea-Bissau along the border village of Mpack Full text...