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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived on Saturday in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, to participate in the fourth biannual coordination meeting between the African Union and regional economic communities and regional mechanisms

©- - 16 july 2022 - 21:14:57 - thread African Union (282 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Youssef al-Agouri, has been elected as the second deputy chair of the technical committee for the supervision and monitoring of the African Union (AU) roadmap for Libyan national reconciliation

©- - 16 july 2022 - 15:01:12 - thread African Union (330 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said here Saturday they recorded one death from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 7 -13 July, 2022

©- - 16 july 2022 - 08:36:10 - thread African Union (55 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius published on Saturday the list of 15 public holidays for 2023 as follows:

  1. New Year - Sunday 1 January
  2. New Year - Monday 2 January
  3. Chinese Spring Festival- Sunday 22 January
  4. Abolition of Slavery – Wednesday 1 February
  5. Thaipoosam Cavadee  (Hindu Festival) - Saturday 4 February
  6. Maha Shivaratree (Hindu Festival) - Saturday 18 February
  7.  Independence and Republic Day - Sunday 12 March
  8.  Ugaadi (Hindu Festival) - Wednesday 22 March
  9. Eid-Ul-Fitr (Islamic Festival) Saturday 22 April
  10. Labour Day - Monday 1 May
  11. Ganesh Chaturthi –(Hindu Festival) Wednesday 20 September
  12.  All Saints Day - Wednesday 1 November
  13.  Arrival of Indentured Labourers - Thursday 2 November
  14.  Divali (Hindu Festival) - Sunday 12 November
  15.  Christmas - Monday 25 December

-0-PANA NA/RA 16July2022

©- - 16 july 2022 - 07:45:32 - thread African Union (127 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organisations, Omar Ketti, is leading Libya's delegation to the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), which began on Thursday, in the Zambian capital, Lusaka

©- - 14 july 2022 - 20:32:20 - thread African Union (199 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, has announced that he has discussed with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, efforts to appoint a new Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Libya

©- - 13 july 2022 - 12:59:00 - thread African Union (337 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Tuesday that the number of tourists who visit the island is on the rise, jumping from a mere 3,225 in June 2021 to 376,556 in June 2022

©- - 13 july 2022 - 10:38:32 - thread African Union (159 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Six patients suffering from COVID-19 have died in the last 36 hours in Mauritius, according to the local media citing health authorities

©- - 13 july 2022 - 08:02:13 - thread African Union (134 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –The Mauritian Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Renganaden Padayachy, on Monday said that the objective for 2022 is to achieve an economic growth rate that reaches between 6% and 7%

©- - 12 july 2022 - 13:17:07 - thread African Union (280 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Land Transport and Light Rail, Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Alan Ganoo, has said that the maintenance of regional peace and security are prerequisites to sustainable socio-economic development and successful regional integration

©- - 07 july 2022 - 09:47:44 - thread African Union (342 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday denied claims by former CEO of Mauritius Telecom, Sherry Singh, that the government has allowed the use of equipment "to enable sniffing, interception, monitoring or recording of internet traffic to and from Mauritius and/or countries in the region"

©- - 06 july 2022 - 08:22:40 - thread African Union (206 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in drug trafficking, or crimes related to drugs such as money laundering and larceny, Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal said on Monday

©- - 05 july 2022 - 08:07:49 - thread African Union (257 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that  the rate of unemployment in the country for the first quarter of 2022 is estimated at 8

©- - 05 july 2022 - 08:00:02 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said here Saturday the recorded two deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past week

©- - 02 july 2022 - 08:15:31 - thread African Union (202 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Expressing great concern that Libya is gripped by political and security uncertainty after the failure to hold national elections in December 2021 and expiration of the timeline for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) roadmap, the African Union has once again called the country’s two chambers of parliament to reach an agreement on the constitutional basis for the elections

©- - 30 june 2022 - 11:04:59 - thread African Union (635 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) is deploying a mission to observe the forthcoming general elections scheduled for 9 August 2022, the Commission announced in a press statement on Monday

©- - 28 june 2022 - 09:54:53 - thread African Union (288 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday recorded one death directly linked to coronavirus (COVID-19) and two other deaths from infections attributed to other diseases

©- - 25 june 2022 - 09:55:28 - thread African Union (97 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Minister Kavy Ramano, highlighted on Thursday that out of more than 70,000 tons of plastic waste generated from packaging, only 3,000 tons were recycled, while the rest was dumped in a landfill or ended up in nature

©- - 24 june 2022 - 07:28:01 - thread African Union (298 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the M23 rebel movement – widely thought to be long dead – has dramatically resurrected

©- - 23 june 2022 - 14:09:27 - thread African Union (1275 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch and her Austrian counterpart, Alexander Schallenberg, on Thursday met in Vienna with their discussion focusing on bilateral relations

©- - 23 june 2022 - 12:29:28 - thread African Union (100 words)


Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The first batch of Mauritian pilgrims to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, left on Wednesday on a Saudi Airlines flight, PANA reported from Plaisance, in the south of the island

©- - 23 june 2022 - 08:16:35 - thread African Union (105 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday concluded a three-day Field Mission to Burundi reaffirming its commitment to promoting peace and security on the continent and the need to realise a conflict-free Africa as envisioned in Agenda 2063

©- - 22 june 2022 - 17:23:41 - thread African Union (380 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, received on Tuesday a written message from the President of the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and chairman of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya, declaring his support to the Libyan people to achieve general elections

©- - 21 june 2022 - 18:24:23 - thread African Union (377 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, in his capacity as deputy chairman of the African Union (AU), participated in a meeting via video technology on Monday devoted to listening to a briefing by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the Ukrainian-Russian crisis

©- - 20 june 2022 - 18:50:42 - thread African Union (212 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Claude Gakosso, presented on Monday in Tripoli to the Libyan prime minister of the government of national unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, a proposal of the African Union (AU) to support the national reconciliation in Libya

©- - 20 june 2022 - 17:14:02 - thread African Union (343 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, Monday hailed the great role played by the African Union (AU) in supporting efforts for stability and national reconciliation in Libya

©- - 20 june 2022 - 14:56:39 - thread African Union (388 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Friday that the Balance of Visible Trade in Mauritius showed a deficit of Rs 14,483 million in April 2022, lower by 12

©- - 18 june 2022 - 07:26:30 - thread African Union (191 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will make a symbolic donation of USD25,000 as a gesture of solidarity to Malawi which was badly affected by the tropical storm Ana recently

©- - 18 june 2022 - 06:55:32 - thread African Union (66 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Health authorities in Mauritius said Friday they recorded one death from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 9-15 June 2022

©- - 18 june 2022 - 06:49:33 - thread African Union (56 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Thursday launched a policy and action plan on sexual and reproductive health that would provide the necessary guidance to improve the sexual and reproductive health service delivery system in the island

©- - 17 june 2022 - 08:01:39 - thread African Union (260 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that the island received a total of 230,863 tourists from Europe from January to May 2022 as opposed to only 1,172 during the same period in 2021

©- - 11 june 2022 - 08:07:44 - thread African Union (198 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Saturday that three deaths were caused by COVID-19 over the period 2 to 8 June, 2022, in the island

©- - 11 june 2022 - 07:11:36 - thread African Union (92 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Saturday announced that regulations have been made under the Quarantine Act to include Monkeypox as a notifiable disease in Mauritius, the Government Information Service (GIS) said

©- - 11 june 2022 - 06:26:24 - thread African Union (214 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated the island's sugar production at 250,000 tonnes, with harvest scheduled to begin next Monday

©- - 10 june 2022 - 07:25:51 - thread African Union (190 words)


Le Morne, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Wednesday launched an 18-month coral farming and fish farming assistance project by training and building the capacity of coastal communities in coral farming and reef rehabilitation techniques

©- - 09 june 2022 - 08:20:47 - thread African Union (295 words)