Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has acquitted about ten individuals, cadres and activists of the Coalition Living Together (CVE-negro African nationalist movement) who supported the candidacy of Kane Hamidou Baba during the presidential election of June 22, 2019,

In a verdict given on Wednesday evening by a court of the Kaédi (river valley), these ten persons were for allegedly "disturbing the public order, violence, assault and rebellion" following street demonstrations contesting the results of the presidential election" Full text...

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean government, in line with popular position of the international community, has recognized the executive led by Prime Minister Aristides Gomes as the legitimate representative of Guinea-Bissau Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government, bowing under intense pressure from high school graduates, on Wednesday announced the provisional abolition of the 25-year age limit under which students cannot seek admission into public higher education institutions Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian voters' turnout by midday on Thursday had reached 36 Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall left Dakar on Thursday for Niamey, Niger, to take part on Friday in an extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the political crisis in Guinea-Bissau, said an official statement sent to PANA Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Voting in the 2019 parliamentary election in Mauritius began at 6 Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a candidate for the presidential election of November 24, supported by the Movement for Democratic Change in Guinea-Bissau (MADEM), declared on Tuesday in Bissau, that the country is on its knees and that he is concerned about the current situation Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mauritania has welcomed the conviction and imprisonment of a person who raped a 15-year-old girl as an important step towards ending the impunity covering sex offenders in the country Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has deployed an observation mission for parliamentary elections scheduled for Thursday in Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's national football team coach, Frenchman Corentin Martins, has released a list of 25 players selected for the CAN Cameroon 2021 qualifiers against Morocco, playing away on November 15 , and against  Central African Republic on November 19 in Nouakchott Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Coalition Living Together (CVE) from the Black Nationalist Movement, which backed the candidature of Kane Hamidou Baba in last 22 June’s presidential election in Mauritania will soon set up a political party, according to a statement issued here Tuesday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section of the Mauritius Revenue Authority on 27 October 2019 intercepted two passengers who had swallowed pellets of heroin in South Africa before their departure to Mauritius Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

New York, US  (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday expressed deep concern over Guinea Bissau’s political crisis, following President José Mário Vaz’s decision last week to dissolve the government, including sacking the Prime Minister and appointing new leadership Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 941,719 registered voters will Thursday, 7 November, 2019, go to the polls to elect three candidates from each of the 20 constituencies of the island and two from the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius, PANA reported from here Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau's President José Mário Vaz said at the weekend in Pitche, in the country's interior, that his decree to dismiss the government of former Prime Minister Aristides Gomes is irrevocable Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The former President of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, boycotted the Presidential inauguration of the 5th President of Botswana, Dr Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has adopted a draft decree on "training, attributions, organisation and operation of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee",  said a statement issued on Thursday following the Council of Ministers session Full text...

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

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Some of the child protection approaches used by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) could be adopted as best practices for the protection of other children in conflict situations, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, has said Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - With funds totalling 12 million euros from the French Development Agency (AFD), the Mauritanian government on Wednesday launched a large water supply and sanitation project covering 2 regions Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Council of Religions on Thursday called on Mauritians to demonstrate "civic responsibility" during the legislative elections scheduled for 7 November 2019 in the island Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Port Louis court on Thursday sentenced two Mauritians to 33 and 23 years in prison after they were convicted of killing a Scottish woman on 2 July 2017 Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The "Cannabis Legalization and Informative Movement" (CLAIM) announced on Wednesday set Saturday, November 2 as the date for a peaceful demonstration to demand the liberalization of cannabis use in Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Moroccan airline company, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), is launching an airline that will allow Mauritanian economic operators and various other categories of citizens to join Beijing through a transit through the Casablanca Hub, PANA learned on Wednesday from the company Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national workshops of artisanal training in the field of pottery, drawing and ceramics, were launched Wednesday at the Nouakchott fair, witnessed by members of the government and the ambassador of Morocco in Mauritania, PANA noted Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, on the sidelines of the second day of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference, during which both leaders committed to deeper partnership for the development of both countries Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal will deploy 205 troops to Guinea-Bissau to help secure the country's presidential election, scheduled for November 24, official sources told PANA in Dakar Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisian President Kaïs Saied Tuesday received in audience the chairman of the Libyan high council of State, Khaled Mechri, an official source told PANA here Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)  - Guinea-Bissa President José Mario Vaz late Monday evening dissolved the government chaired by Aristide Gomes through a decree Full text...

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The conference of local and regional authorities of the European Council, held Tuesday in Strasbourg, France, has granted Tunisia the status of "partner for local democracy" after the approval of the decision by a large majority (141 votes) and the abstention of two parliamentarians Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Officials of some 20 banks and financial institutions in Mauritania have decided to form a Club of Bank Compliance Officers (CRCB), bringing together all the operators of the sector Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Issoufou Mahamadou left Niamey on Monday for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will participate in the International Investment Forum to be held from 29 to 31 October, 2019 Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's re-elected President Mokweetsi Masisi will be inaugurated on 1 November after winning the general elections this week Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A militant of the Social Renovation Party (PRS), the political party of former President Coumba Yala, was killed by Guinea-Bissau police during demonstrations organized by the opposition this weekend in the capital to denounce the way in which preparations for the presidential election, scheduled for 24 November, are being conducted Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 28 October to 1 November 2019, for a working visit linked to the third edition of the Forum on the Future Investment Initiative (FII), official sources here said on Monday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has been ranked 5th in the Ease of Paying Taxes Index of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report 2020 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) Friday signed a financing agreement for a total amount of US$163 million to build nearly 400 kilometres of roads linking the centre of the country to localities on the border with Mali and Senegal, an official source told PANA here Full text...