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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The alliance formed by Mauritania's ruling party , the Union for the Republic (UPR) and the National Rally for Reform and Develop m ent (RNRD-Tawassoul), won 13 of 17 Senate seats in the partial Senatorial electi o ns held in the country Sunday, according to a statement from the Mauritanian Int e rior Ministry
©- - 09 november 2009 - 14:56:00 - thread African Union (147 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A militant organisation for Mauritanians in dias pora, the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM), said the remains of 28 soldiers, who were victims of extrajudicial executions on 27 November, 1990, sho u ld be returned to their families, sources in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott , said here Monday
©- - 09 november 2009 - 14:43:00 - thread African Union (154 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will establish a centre based on the mo del that exists in the United States, to strengthen surveillance, detection and c ontrol high risk pandemic diseases such as "chikungunya", dengue fever and swine flu (A H1N1), an official source told PANA here
©- - 08 november 2009 - 12:02:00 - thread African Union (201 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Commissioner for Human Rights, Human itarian Action and Relations with the Civil Society, Mohamed Lemine Ould Dadde, o n Wednesday launched a long-term programme to eradicate begging in Mauritania
©- - 04 november 2009 - 18:20:00 - thread African Union (173 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A UN independent mission of experts led by the special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Mrs Gulnara Shahinian annou nced on Tuesday that she has recommended a series of measures to eradicate slave r y for good in the country
©- - 03 november 2009 - 22:52:00 - thread African Union (223 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- India has offered a Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopte r to the Mauritian Police Force as part of the Islandâ?s programme to strengthen defence and security, according to a PANA report
©- - 03 november 2009 - 14:29:00 - thread African Union (224 words)


Sebha- Libya (PANA) -- The International Conference on "priorities of the African Union (AU)" started Saturday evening in Sabha (800km south of Tripoli), with the participation of several lecturers, researchers and academics from the Universities of Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Great Britain and the United States
©- - 01 november 2009 - 18:15:00 - thread African Union (193 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- New cigarette packs with shocking pictures of some diseases related to tobacco use will soon appear on the Mauritian market, official sources in Port-Louis told PANA Sunday
©- - 01 november 2009 - 18:09:00 - thread African Union (193 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The chairwoman of the parliamentary group of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Mrs A ntonia Mendes Teixeira, was killed on Thursday in a road accident
©- - 31 october 2009 - 13:12:00 - thread African Union (111 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- President Bacai Sanha of Guinea Bissau on Thursda y reshuffled his cabinet, slashing the number of ministers from 21 to 16, accord i ng to a PANA report Friday
©- - 30 october 2009 - 18:11:00 - thread African Union (300 words)


Rأ©duit- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Womenâ?s Rights Minister Indranee Seebun, has said that the country's National Women Council will place land (fenced and r eady for cultivation) at the disposal of women entrepreneurs, grouped in agricul t ural societies, who want to engage in crop production
©- - 30 october 2009 - 16:27:00 - thread African Union (270 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the exchange rates for the Mauritia n rupee against some foreign currencies, as released Friday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 30 october 2009 - 11:20:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Regional integration is the solution to economic problems facing the "Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), acc o rding to the Mauritian Finance Minister, Ramakrishna Sithanen, and the Governor o f the Bank of Mauritius, Rundheersingh Bheenick
©- - 29 october 2009 - 17:57:00 - thread African Union (327 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Thursday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank
©- - 29 october 2009 - 11:40:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 14,955 Mauritanian refugees, consisting of 3,888 families, have been repatriated from Senegal to Mauritania since the end of January 2008, under a tripartite agreemen t signed in November 2007 by both countries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), PANA reported
©- - 28 october 2009 - 14:20:00 - thread African Union (197 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Wednesday by the Mauritius Commercial Bank
©- - 28 october 2009 - 11:52:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday held talks wi th Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdoul Aziz in Paris and assured him that F rance will keep on supporting the African nation to resume receiving aid from th e European Union
©- - 27 october 2009 - 21:11:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian International Trade Minister Arvin Bool ell will introduce the Trade (Anti-dumping and countervailing measures) bill at t he next sitting of Parliament due Tuesday in Port-Louis, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 26 october 2009 - 14:04:00 - thread African Union (93 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will fac e a barrage of questions when the country's parliament resumes sitting on Tuesda y in Port-Louis, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 26 october 2009 - 13:55:00 - thread African Union (102 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published Monday by the Mauri t ian Commercial Bank
©- - 26 october 2009 - 11:26:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, is to visit France for a few days from Monday, at the invitation of French autho r ities, according to official sources here Sunday
©- - 25 october 2009 - 12:45:00 - thread African Union (107 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government plans to create a spe cial unit to take charge of road safety in the country, a communique of the Coun c il of Ministers, released here on Friday, disclosed
©- - 23 october 2009 - 14:44:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) opened a visionary summit here on Thursday to address the festering problem of forced displacements on the Africa n Continent, the UN said in a press statement from the Ugandan capital
©- - 22 october 2009 - 18:54:00 - thread African Union (489 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Industry, Science and Research Minister , Dharam Gokhool, said the time has come for Africa, a land of knowledge, to red i scover itself and embark on the route to regeneration, renaissance and renewal
©- - 22 october 2009 - 16:49:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released Thursday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank
©- - 22 october 2009 - 13:00:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A campaign for the collection and recycling of mo bile phones and used batteries was launched Wednesday in Mauritius at the initiative of the telecommunication company Maurit ius Telecom and the NGO Mission Verte
©- - 22 october 2009 - 12:07:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- Mauritius will host the 14th meeting of the committee of governors of the central banks of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA) on 29 and 30 October, sources close to the Central Bank of Mauritius told PANA on Wednesday
©- - 21 october 2009 - 21:44:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The ruling Union for the Republic (UPR) party in Mauritania, has suspended several of its senior officials, including four cabin e t ministers and one Vice-President of the Senate for "indiscipline", PANA learnt Wednesday from authoritative sources here
©- - 21 october 2009 - 17:20:00 - thread African Union (140 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) â" Libya is to send an emerg-ency team from the Libyan Nat ional Locust Control Centre to assess the scope and danger of locusts to the Community of Sahelo-Saha ran countries (CEN-SAD) and the technical arrangements to eradicate the scourge i t before causes havoc, Mohamed Al-Madani Al-Azhari, Secretary General of CEN-SAD , said on Tuesday
©- - 20 october 2009 - 22:31:00 - thread African Union (236 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A three-day national conference on drugs and meas ures to reduce risks began in Mauritius Tuesday, PANA reported
©- - 20 october 2009 - 17:48:00 - thread African Union (148 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The eighth National Contact Point (NCP) for Custo ms departments in Eastern and Southern Africa, organised by the World Customs Or g anisation-Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (WCO-RILO), opened Tuesday at Dom a ine Les Pailles, near the capital Port-Louis, according to a PANA correspondent
©- - 20 october 2009 - 14:36:00 - thread African Union (315 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The new Mauritanian government on Monday redeplo yed its key ambassadors, diplomatic sources told PANA here
©- - 19 october 2009 - 20:04:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The 20th edition of the Amilcar Cabral Football Cup competition, initially scheduled to start on 2 November in Nouakchott, has b e en postponed until March 2010, at the request of hosts Mauritania, PANA learnt f r om sports sources on Monday
©- - 19 october 2009 - 14:44:00 - thread African Union (77 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritius island is to develop a master plan to increase its production and distribution of water to citizens, the Water resources Unit (WRU) told PANA on Saturday
©- - 17 october 2009 - 13:54:00 - thread African Union (203 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Parliament will resume its session on Tuesday after a three-month vacation, according to a PANA report here
©- - 16 october 2009 - 15:10:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will host the Southern African Developm ent Community (SADC) Science, Engineering and Technology exhibition from 22 to 2 5 October at the Swami Vivekananda Centre, Pailles, near the capital, Port-Louis, PANA reported from here
©- - 16 october 2009 - 14:47:00 - thread African Union (132 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released Friday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank on Friday
©- - 16 october 2009 - 11:32:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Ministry of Interior and Decentr alization has received 55 entries for the partial senatorial elections to be hel d 8 November, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 15 october 2009 - 13:42:00 - thread African Union (159 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Thursday published the exchange rates of some foreign currencies against the local rupee
©- - 15 october 2009 - 13:37:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 50 People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) on W ednesday staged a sit-in at the World Bank office in Nouakchott to protest again s t the bank's decision to stop the financing of an HIV/AIDS project in Mauritania
©- - 14 october 2009 - 21:45:00 - thread African Union (225 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates in Mauritius, as published here Monday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank
©- - 14 october 2009 - 13:18:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- آ­The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Tuesday issued the exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 13 october 2009 - 17:35:00 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- An international conference, bringing together ab out 30 experts on diabetes, will take place from 12 to 14 November in Mauritius, Minister of Health Rajesh Jeetah, announced here Friday
©- - 09 october 2009 - 15:45:00 - thread African Union (166 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Highâ“Level Panel on Darf ur (AUDP) has recommended that the continental body should sustain inclusive app r oach in its efforts to resolve the conflicts in the Horn of Africa country
©- - 08 october 2009 - 19:17:00 - thread African Union (359 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A joint mission of the presidency of the Europea n Union (EU) and the European Commission (EC) on Tuesday met representatives of M auritanian political parties forming the presidential majority and the oppositio n
©- - 06 october 2009 - 21:58:00 - thread African Union (101 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Head of State Mohamed Ould Abdel Azi z, Monday had talks with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation , Miguel Angel Moratinos, who expressed "solidarity, friendship and support of hi s country for the new democratic momentum underway in Mauritania
©- - 05 october 2009 - 17:51:00 - thread African Union (161 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A France-Mauritanian meeting on security in the Sahel-Sahara region began here on Monday with the Mauritanian Minister of Interi or and Decentralization, Mohamed Ould Boilil, and the French Ambassador to Mauri t ania, Michel Vanderpooter, in attendance
©- - 05 october 2009 - 17:28:00 - thread African Union (160 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Dr Abdallahi Ould Horma, former coordinator of t he National AIDS Programme, was arrested on Saturday night by security officers, police sources told PANA on Sunday
©- - 04 october 2009 - 14:26:00 - thread African Union (123 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The government of Guinea Bissau has called for restraint and common sense in neighbouring Guinea Conakry where Monday's brutal suppression of an opposition demonstration led to the deaths of at least 150 people
©- - 01 october 2009 - 20:51:00 - thread African Union (147 words)