Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                     Buying         Selling

Australian Dollar        28 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius exports and manufacturing sectors have  declined by 33% from January to May 2020 and 22% for the period of January to August 2020  respectively due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has hit hard on the world economy Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                       Buying        Selling

1 Euro                           43 Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newly re-elected Tanzania’s president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, will be sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony to be staged in the capital, Dodoma Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday said Mauritius is determined to pursue its fight for the restitution of the Chagos archipelago to the island and to supporting the eventual resettlement of Chagossians on some of the islands of the archipelago, a Mauritian territory located a thousand kilometres north of the mainland Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, current chairman of the African Union (AU), Tuesday underlined the need to give Libyans the opportunity to reach a Libyan solution to the ongoing crisis without foreign interference during the Forum for the Libyan political dialogue to be hosted in Tunisia on 9 November Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The son of former Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz has been is summoned by the police as part of a preliminary corruption investigation during the decade of his father's reign (2008-2019), the local press reported on Tuesday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                     Buying          Selling

1 Euro                         42 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has strongly condemned the killing of innocent civilians following inter-communal violence in Ethiopia Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                    Buying         Selling

Australian Dollar       27 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - FC Tevragh-Zeina of Nouakchott on Sunday won the Mauritania National Football Cup, beating AS SNIM of Nouadhibou 2-0 in the final played at the Cheikha ould stadium Boidiya of the capital Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press published in Mauritania this week devoted most of its comments to the global crisis emanating from cartoons in France of the Prophet of Islam, Mohamed (PSL) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Ministry would promulgate the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form) Regulations 2020 to prevent sea pollution from harmful chemical substances, the Government announced on Saturday morning, following its weekly Cabinet meeting Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – After its weekly Cabinet meeting, the Mauritian Government on Saturday announced a project called “Greening of the Public Sector” designed to engage in the greening of public-sector organisations Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian minister of Defence, Hanana ould Sidi, Friday received a Libyan military delegation chaired by the army chief of staff, Army general Mohamed Ali Hadad, the state-run news agency (AMI) reported here Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement released on Friday, the Mauritanian government has condemned Thursday's terrorist attack on the Notre-Dame church in Nice, a city in southern France, saying it was "a barbaric act" Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                    Buying            Selling

Australian Dollar           27 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The final of the President's Football Cup between FC Tevragh-Zeina and ASC SNIM will be played  on November 1 before public spectators at  Cheikha ould Boidiya Stadium in Nouakchott Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                       Buying         Selling

Australian Dollar         27 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Samba Thiam, leader of the Progressive Forces for Change (FPC-black nationalist movement) in Mauritania, advocates for the official introduction of national languages, Pulaar, Sooninké and Wolof into the education system in a document released Wednesday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                   Buying         Selling

1 Euro                       43 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                           Buying            Selling

Australian Dollar             27 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission President, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called for a peaceful vote in Tanzania, ahead of Wednesday's Presidential elections Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                   Buying      Selling

Australian Dollar      27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Tuesday the detection of four new imported cases of COVID-19 among the passengers who arrived from Dubai last Saturday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Monday strongly condemned acts of provocation against Islam reported in France for several days, an official statement issued here said Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's fruit and vegetable market is experiencing serious disruptions, leading to high scarcity and soaring prices on Monday, PANA noted Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Tfeil Laha, a banker, and Mohamed Abdallah Ould Yaha, two personalities close to Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former Mauritanian president (2008/2019), appeared before the police panel investigating Aziz for economic and financial crimes, PANA learned Monday from judicial sources Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                       Buying         Selling

1 Euro                          43 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                  Buying       Selling

Australian Dollar     27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The balance of visible trade in Mauritius showed a deficit of 7,568 million rupees in August 2020, higher by 36 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press in Mauritania this week devoted most of their comments to the return from exile of opponents of the regime of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Four new imported cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Mauritius on Friday on passengers coming from India, bringing the total to 26 positive cases from six flights from a total of 1,860 persons who traveled to Mauritius since the opening of the island’s borders on October 3, 2020 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PA NA) - Mauritian Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy Friday said the island’s economy had suffered from the national lockdown which resulted in a contraction of 15 per cent of its GDP in March-May and 32 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to introduce soon a new visa scheme called Premium Visa for a period of one year, renewable, to encourage eligible foreigners to come for a long stay in the island, an official statement said here Saturday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                        Buying            Selling

1 Euro                             43 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                       Buying      Selling

Australian Dollar          27 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has approved a new peacekeeping roadmap, aiming to enhance unity between major actors involved in international peacekeeping operations, including the UN, troop contributing states and the conflict-affected nations Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Climate change has adverse impacts on people but d it affects women and men differently, Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister  Kavydass Ramano said on Thursday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                     Buying           Selling

1 Euro                         43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                        Buying        Selling

Australian Dollar           27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy would witness a significant downturn in 2020 in the wake of the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant difficulties confronting economic sectors amidst little visibility on the operating landscape, according to the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), the main bank on the island Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday launched the first phase of the Intercontinental Slavery Museum (ISM) project, which envisions to be a “Site of Conscience” devoted to deeper understanding of the history of Mauritians and the impact of slavery and the international slave trade on Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                    Buying      Selling

1 Euro                        43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                          Buying          Selling

Australian Dollar             27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Reliable statistics have helped the Mauritian Government to follow the evolution of socioeconomic realities locally as well as internationally and to cater for the needs of citizens and businesses, Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy said on Tuesday at an event in Port Louis marking the World Statistics Day Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Human Right Watch (HRW), a rights non-governmental organisation, Monday called on the Mauritanian government to drop charges of blasphemy and breach of Islam against eight political activists, a statement issued here said Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                      Buying         Selling

1 Euro                          43 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian opposition figure, Mustapha Limaam Chaafi, returned to Nouakchott on Sunday from Dubai after 12 years in exile Full text...