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Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs C heikh Tidiane Gadio, has called on African States to find a mechanism to ensure s table financial resources in the African Union (AU), explaining that the organis a tion was facing serious financial problems and that subscription from member cou n tries would not be sufficient to finance the institution
©- - 21 april 2009 - 20:13:00 - thread Union africaine (255 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affair s, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, commended the commitment of Libyan leader and Chairman o f the African Union (AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, to the achievement of the unity of t h e African continent, noting that the decision to establish the Authority of the U nion and the appointment of the Libyan leader as chairman of the continental org a nisation were "happy events"
©- - 21 april 2009 - 18:34:00 - thread Union africaine (444 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, acting AU President, on Sunday evening met the Chadian Prime Minister, Youssef Salah Abbas, in Tripol i
©- - 20 april 2009 - 23:38:00 - thread Union africaine (210 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who resigned re cently as the Mauritanian head of state, has officially entered the country's pr e sidential race, scheduled for 6 June, an official source told PANA here Monday
©- - 20 april 2009 - 19:36:00 - thread Union africaine (156 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian police Sunday dispersed a march join tly held by women of the National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNND, oppo s ition party opposed to the coup of 6 August 2008) and the Union of Democratic Fo r ces (RFD, major opposition party before the coup), PANA reported
©- - 20 april 2009 - 15:36:00 - thread Union africaine (220 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A campaign aimed at discovering young footballer s will be held from 7 to 10 May in Noukchott, the Mauritanian capital city
©- - 20 april 2009 - 14:26:00 - thread Union africaine (123 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Algerian El Hadi Boumerzac has been appointed he ad coach of Mauritania's FC Nouadhibou, to replace Saadna Ould Mohamed, sacked f o r a poor run of results, sports sources told PANA here on Monday
©- - 20 april 2009 - 14:17:00 - thread Union africaine (89 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania is preparing for the Zone II basketba ll tournament of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa, to be held from 15 to 20 May in the Malian capital, Bamako
©- - 20 april 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread Union africaine (138 words)


Cairo- Egypt (PANA)- – An Australian tourist was arrested in Luxor last week afte r he attempted to enter a restricted security zone and allegedly photographed ot h ers, security sources reported here on Sunday
©- - 19 april 2009 - 18:47:00 - thread Union africaine (229 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Trafficking in persons, robbery cases, larceny of vegetables, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, government advertisement in newspapers, manslaughter and murder cases, overcrowded prisons, code of conduct o n elections, prohibition of alcohol drinking in public places and bomb threats a r e some of the questions that Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will answer at the n e xt sitting of the Mauritian Parliament on Tuesday
©- - 19 april 2009 - 08:33:00 - thread Union africaine (201 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PAN) -- Libyan papers this week focused on the 12th extraordinary session of the African Union's Executive Council and the proposal of the Libyan leader and president of the AU, Mouammar Kadhafi, relating to the functioning of the Authority that will replace the AU Commission
©- - 18 april 2009 - 20:03:00 - thread Union africaine (418 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- About 20 opposition political parties in Guinea-Bissau have rejected a proposal by the Economic Community for West Africa n States (ECOWAS) to send peacekeeping troops to the troubled country which was r ocked last month by the assassinations of the president and chief of defence sta f f in the latest of violent actions
©- - 18 april 2009 - 09:01:00 - thread Union africaine (338 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Here are exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as published here Friday by the Mauritian commer c ial bank
©- - 17 april 2009 - 10:58:00 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Cheikh Tidiane G adio, announced on Thursday in Tripoli that the technical commission formed by t h e 12th extraordinary session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council has ado p ted the principle of the formation of an AU Authority
©- - 16 april 2009 - 23:59:00 - thread Union africaine (313 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The ministerial Committee set up by the executive Board of the African Union (AU) in the course of its 12th extraordinary session devoted to considering the setting up of the AU's Authority, started work on Wed n esday evening in Tripoli
©- - 16 april 2009 - 23:36:00 - thread Union africaine (178 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)-- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy ( FNDD), an alliance opposed to the 6 August 2008 coup in Mauritania, and the Unio n for Democratic Forces (RFD), Mauritania's main opposition party under the ouste d government, have declared their willingness to dialogue within the framework of a new Senegalese initiative, but have given conditions for the process to start
©- - 16 april 2009 - 23:09:00 - thread Union africaine (290 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping, said on Thursday in Tripoli that the 12th extraordinary meeting of t he AU Executive Council does not encroach on the sovereignty of states
©- - 16 april 2009 - 22:44:00 - thread Union africaine (189 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who resigned hi s post as Mauritanian Head of State Wednesday evening, left the Mauritanian capi t al, Nouakchott, Thursday for the Senegalese capital, Dakar, official sources tol d PANA
©- - 16 april 2009 - 19:11:00 - thread Union africaine (245 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius is launching a Food Security Developmen t Centre, whose aim is to focus on hybrid rice seed development with better yiel d and improved nutrition quality, disease remittance and varieties adaptable to c l imate change, official sources said here
©- - 16 april 2009 - 19:06:00 - thread Union africaine (255 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Any initiative to resolve the crisis in Mauritan ia must ensure that the coup of 6 August 2008 fails by stopping the execution of the electoral agenda of the junta, the National Front for the Defence of Democra c y (FNDD) said on Thursday
©- - 16 april 2009 - 14:15:00 - thread Union africaine (373 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Senate chairman, Mamadou Ba, was Wednesday sworn in as acting president of the country following the resignation of General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, head of the military junta, which came to po w er via a coup on 6 August 2008
©- - 16 april 2009 - 12:55:00 - thread Union africaine (157 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as published by the Mauritia n Commercial Bank
©- - 16 april 2009 - 12:29:00 - thread Union africaine (108 words)


Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Four policemen suspected to be among a gang of robbers we re last week arrested by the military during a night patrol in Bissau, Samuel Fe r nandes, spokesperson of the army chief of staff, said at a press conference on W e dnesday
©- - 15 april 2009 - 23:24:00 - thread Union africaine (167 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The president of the ruling military authority o f Mauritania, the High Council of State, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, is exp e cted to announce his resignation from official military duties before the end of Wednesday, government sources told PANA here
©- - 15 april 2009 - 16:50:00 - thread Union africaine (198 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The national front for the defence of democracy (FNDD) has said it is ready to take part in a dialogue, scheduled for Dakar, Sen e gal, that will bring together protagonists in the Mauritanian political crisis, a n FNDD statement revealed Wednesday here
©- - 15 april 2009 - 13:17:00 - thread Union africaine (187 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- The following are the latest exchange rates for Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as published by the Mauritian Co m mercial Bank
©- - 15 april 2009 - 09:13:00 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African Foreign Ministers Tuesday settled down on their first day of deliberations on the process of transforming the African Union Comm i ssion (AUC) into a Union Authority, at an extra-ordinary meeting in Sirte, Libya
©- - 14 april 2009 - 17:19:00 - thread Union africaine (431 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- France said here Tuesday that it would still enforce sanc tions against the ruling military junta in Mauritania if recommended by the Afri c an Union (AU) despite the fact that the head of the junta, General Mohamed Ould A bdel Aziz, had now presented himself as a candidate in the 6 June presidential e l ection
©- - 14 april 2009 - 15:44:00 - thread Union africaine (208 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's deposed President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has condemned the ruling military junta for allegedly causing a division in the ranks of the main opposition party, the Union of Democratic Forces (RFD)
©- - 14 april 2009 - 12:25:00 - thread Union africaine (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies as published Tuesday by the Mauritian Comm ercial bank
©- - 14 april 2009 - 09:14:00 - thread Union africaine (108 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Monday received an African Union (AU) mission, made up of the Lib y an Secretary for African affairs, Ali Abdel Salam Tryki, and the Commissioner fo r peace and security, Ramadan Lamamrana, official sources told PANA here
©- - 13 april 2009 - 20:09:00 - thread Union africaine (251 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will int roduce the "Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill" at the next session of the Parliament scheduled for Tuesday, official sources said here
©- - 13 april 2009 - 14:10:00 - thread Union africaine (174 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA)- – The Bank of Mauritius, the central body that gove rns financial institutions in the island, has alerted banks to be careful in the conduct of their business and the public to be vigilant and exercise care in ord e r not to fall prey to scams, official sources said here
©- - 13 april 2009 - 13:54:00 - thread Union africaine (194 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Curepipe Starlight football team has continued to maintain the lead in the Mauritian division one football league, thanks to its 1 -0 win over ASPL in a match played at the weekend
©- - 13 april 2009 - 13:48:00 - thread Union africaine (134 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of the Ma uritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as issued on Monday by the Maurit i us Trade Bank
©- - 13 april 2009 - 12:16:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The president of the Mauritanian Alliance for Ju stice and Démocracy/Movement for Reconciliation (AJD/MR), Sarr Ibrahima Moctar, o n Saturday announced his intention to run in the forthcoming presidential elect i on scheduled for 6 June in the country
©- - 12 april 2009 - 15:19:00 - thread Union africaine (269 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritius government will soon submit to the national assembly (parliament) a bill aimed at combating human trafficking in ac c ordance with the UN protocol that seeks to prevent and eradicate human trafficking, official sources told PANA
©- - 11 april 2009 - 12:13:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, an d his ministers will have to provide answers to 83 more questions when the natio n al assembly resumes on Tuesday
©- - 10 april 2009 - 17:48:00 - thread Union africaine (189 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council Thursday urged continued support f or national reconciliation in Guinea Bissau after a series of assassinations has created a power vacuum and crippled the beleaguered government
©- - 10 april 2009 - 17:35:00 - thread Union africaine (451 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's main opposition party, the Social Renovation Party (PRS), declared Thursday that investigations into the assassin a tion of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and head of the armed forces, General Bat i sta Tagme Na Waie, will not be conclusive without the involvement of the interna t ional community
©- - 10 april 2009 - 17:29:00 - thread Union africaine (535 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau has re-stated its commitment to fig ht drug trafficking, which it said had continued unabated in Bijagos Islands in the country's South-west region
©- - 10 april 2009 - 14:33:00 - thread Union africaine (150 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the exchange rates of the local rup ee against some foreign currencies, as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Friday m orning: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 23
©- - 10 april 2009 - 12:40:00 - thread Union africaine (121 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The assistant spokesperson of the French Foreign Affairs ministry, Frédéric Desagneaux, said here Thursday that the intention of General M ohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to run for the Mauritanian presidency was not the main pr o blem in that country's politics but that what was important 'is that a true cons e nsus be reached during the transition"
©- - 09 april 2009 - 20:06:00 - thread Union africaine (157 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Senegal will strengthen their coo peration on fishing through mutual visits and meetings, a document made availabl e to PANA said Thursday
©- - 09 april 2009 - 15:27:00 - thread Union africaine (169 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Senegal will strengthen their coo peration on fishing through mutual visits and meetings, a document made availabl e to PANA said Thursday
©- - 09 april 2009 - 15:27:00 - thread Union africaine (169 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's military government has granted a ' presidential pardon' to 68 non-political prisoners in the country, in accordance with section 137 of the Mauritanian constitution
©- - 09 april 2009 - 12:06:00 - thread Union africaine (91 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman Jean Ping, on Tu esday appealed to all member states of the pan-African organisation and its part n ers to "refrain from any action likely to endorse illegality in Madagascar"
©- - 08 april 2009 - 16:09:00 - thread Union africaine (314 words)