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Mauritania: Subscribers sigh relief as the Internet is restored
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Internet subscribers in Mauritania are back online after nearly three weeks of deprivation Full text...
Mauritanian president calls for sacred union in fighting COVID-19
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Taking advantage of an audience with historic opponent Ahmed Ould Daddah, leader of the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and several times unsuccessful candidate in presidential election, Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has appealed to his compatriots for a sacred union around the fight against the coronavirus Full text...
Covid-19 : Mauritius restricts travellers from Western Europe, Reunion Island for two weeks
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will extend travel restrictions for a period of two weeks on foreign travellers coming from or having transited countries of the European Union, including United Kingdom and Switzerland, during the last 14 days as from 20:00 GMT on Wednesday, the Government Information Services (GIS) announced on Tuesday 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...
Mauritania adopts eight measures to contain coronavirus
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Sunday announced eight new measures as part of the fight against the global coronavirus pandemic Full text...
Class 2 cyclone warning is in force in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Meteorological Services on Monday issued a Class II cyclone warning for the island nation as well as for Rodrigues Island Full text...
Nigerian arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 33-year-old Nigerian was intercepted on Friday at the SSR International Airport of Mauritius by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) with 66 pellets of heroin, official sources at the MRA said 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...
Nigerian consumer protection agency closes Chinese restaurant for 'racism'
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's consumer protection agency says it has sealed an elitist Chinese restaurant and mall in the commercial capital, Lagos, for alleged racism Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania announces new response measures after first positive case
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Saturday announced a response plan against the spread of coronavirus after the confirmation of the first positive case on Friday Full text...
. Libyan media focus on Contact Group meeting in Congo, France's attempts to resume mediation
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on France's attempts to fill the void in United Nations-supervised mediation after the resignation of its envoy, Ghassan Salamé, by returning as mediator in the Libyan crisis Full text...
Mauritania announces its first case of coronavirus
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has recorded its first case of coronavirus, Health minister Mohamed Nadhiri ould Hamed announced on state television on Friday 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...
Mauritius announces financial support for economic operators affected by COVID-19
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance minister Renganaden Padayachy on Friday announced a financial support plan to the tune of Rs 9 billion (approx Full text...
IMF advises Mauritanian authorities to prepare for possible outbreak of coronavirus
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The current international environment marked by the coronavirus pandemic is expected to weigh on Mauritania owing to commodity price volatility and a slowdown in global growth, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team warned on Friday at the end of a two-week visit to the northwest Africa country Full text...
Mauritanian head of state meets president of Libya's High Council of State
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Thursday received the President of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Omar El Mechri, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) has reported Full text...
Intra-Libyan national conference scheduled for July in Addis Ababa
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The members of the Contact Group of the High Level Committee of the African Union (AU) on Libya, who met on Thursday in Oyo, about 400 km from Brazzaville, have decided to hold the Intra-Libyan national conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next July 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...
No cases of coronavirus detected in Mauritania - Mauritanian government
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has not recorded any coronavirus case, Health Minister Dr Full text...
EU expresses concern on Guinea Bissau's post-electoral crisis
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Thursday issued a cautionary statement on the political situation in Guinea-Bissau following the country’s presidential elections which took place in on 24 November and 29 December 2019 Full text...
Mauritius population decreases by 0.01% in 2019
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Wednesday disclosed that the island's population decreased by 162 or -0 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...
No case of coronavirus in Mauritius - Ministry of Health
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian ministry of Health and Well-being on Tuesday said that so far, no case of coronavirus was detected on the island, ‘’contrary to fake news circulating on the internet about the disease’’ Full text...
Mauritania forms an inter-ministerial committee to review conditions for granting visas
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian authorities have set up an inter-ministerial committee for reviewing the conditions for granting entry visa chaired by Prime Minister Ismaël Bedda ould Cheikh Sidya, official sources told PANA on Tuesday Full text...
Mauritius cancels National Day celebrations on 12 March due to bad weather
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has announced cancellation of the 2020 National Day celebrations due to meteorological forecasts predicting the deterioration of weather in the island in the coming days 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...
Mauritius is not short of basic commodities - Minister
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Monday said “there is no shortage of supply of basic commodities such as rice, oil, flour, milk and petrol on the market 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...
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...
EU takes aid to Indian Ocean entrepreneurs
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – The Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Hamada Madi, and the European Union ambassador, Vincent Degert, on Friday signed the financing convention of a new project ‘’Entrepreneurship and commercial cooperation’’ for the entrepreneurs of the Indian Ocean, sources close to the IOC said in the Mauritian city of Ebene Full text...
Mauritania: Regional network shares experience of dialogue with radical Islamists
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania shared its experience of dialogue with elements of radical Islamist groups detained during 2010, which led to the renunciation of violence on the part of several terrorists, it was revealed on Friday in Nouakchott at a meeting of the Colorado Network for Penitentiary Emergence in West and North Africa (RECEPAON) 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...
Niger agrees with Saudi decision to suspend small pilgrimage due to coronavirus
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The government of Niger on Thursday expressed its support for the action of the government of Saudi Arabia, regarding the temporary suspension of the rites of Oumra (small pilgrimage) and the visit to the mosque of Prophet Mohamed in Medina, intended to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus Full text...
France to Bissau-Guinean soldiers: "Stay away from politics"
Paris, France (PANA) - The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the Bissau-Guinean military to refrain from interfering in the post-electoral crisis the country is experiencing with two candidates claiming victory in the presidential election Full text...
Mauritius: UK Department of International Trade launches Africa Investment DealRoom
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The British High Commission in Mauritius and the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) on Thursday launched the DIT Africa Investment DealRoom, which is a direct follow-up to the UK-African Investment Summit that took place in London on 20 January 2020, PANA reported from here Full text...
Mauritania has not closed its borders because of coronavirus - Official
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Entry into Mauritania has not been prohibited for foreign nationals, but those arriving are subject to a protocol for health surveillance of the coronavirus outbreak in accordance with the rules of the World Health Organization (WHO), an official source said on Thursday 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...
IFAD gives Guinea Bissau more than 65 million dollars for agricultural diversification
Paris, France (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Guinea Bissau’s government on Monday signed a financing deal of about US$ 65 Full text...
COVID-19 : Mauritius bans live animals importation from Italy, Iran, South Korea
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' Commerce and Consumer Protection ministry on Wednesday introduced a temporary ban on importation of live animals including fish in view of the COVID-19 internationally Full text...
Mauritius: South African President postpones trip to Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday announced that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was invited as Chief Guest at the 52nd National Day celebrations to be held on 12 March 2020, has postponed his trip to Mauritius “due to the prevailing difficult economic situation" Full text...
Mauritius: PM says no case of Covid-19 reported to date
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Wednesday said that there has been no case of Covid-19 reported in Mauritius, following a meeting on the “alarming situation of this disease which is spreading at a fast pace across around the world and its impact and gravity on both international and national fronts 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...
Mauritius: Catholic Church takes action to curb spread of coronavirus
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Cardinal Maurice E Full text...
Mauritania: Prison administrators in West and North Africa meet in Nouakchott
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting a four-day meeting of the Colorado Network for Penitentiary Emergence in West and North Africa (RECEPAON) from Tuesday Full text...
Mauritius introduces Road Crash Data Management System to reduce road crashes
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail minister, Mr 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...
Mauritius: Tourist arrivals decrease by 1.1% in 2019
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius, a governmental institution, said on Monday that the number of tourist arrivals in the country in 2019 decreased by 1 Full text...