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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Minister of Communication (in ch arge of Relations with the Parliament), Ahmed Ould Ahmed Abd, Thursday announced the arrival of 320 observers in Nouakchott to monitor the presidential elections taking place on Saturday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 18:54:00 - thread Union africaine (175 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Government has stopped granting new gambling licences to casinos and betting shops, pending the recommendations of a committee set up to examine issues relating to this activity
©- - 16 july 2009 - 18:28:00 - thread Union africaine (194 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European mission in charge of reforming the secur ity sector in Guinea Bissau will end its duty 30 November, the Commander-in-chie f of the mission, General Esteban Verastegui, announced Wednesday in Brussels
©- - 16 july 2009 - 15:26:00 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauritian Commercial Bank here Thursday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 14:05:00 - thread Union africaine (115 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- The chairman of the African Union Muammar Kadhaf i says enriched uranium production should be encouraged for development purposes , arguing that it constitutes a scientific gain and its ban would mean the end of human progress
©- - 16 july 2009 - 00:03:00 - thread Union africaine (383 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- Libyan revolution leader the current chairman of the African Union (AU), Muammar Kadhafi, has proposed the establishment of a Pe a ce and Security Council within the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
©- - 15 july 2009 - 23:41:00 - thread Union africaine (407 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Par liament Tuesday his government was discussing the issue of sovereignty over the C hagos archipelago with Britain
©- - 15 july 2009 - 15:46:00 - thread Union africaine (394 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here Wednesda y by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 15 july 2009 - 11:44:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Iaia Djalo, who came fourth in the first round of Guinea-Bissau's presidential election, announced on Monday that he would supp ort Malam Bacai Sanha during the second round of the ballot on 26 July against K u mba Yala
©- - 14 july 2009 - 22:58:00 - thread Union africaine (260 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian anti-drug police on Monday arrested a C anadian in Ebony, central part of the Island, with one kilogramme of heroin in h i s possession, police sources told PANA Tuesday morning
©- - 14 july 2009 - 19:38:00 - thread Union africaine (77 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Cr iminality (UNODC) and the Ministry of Justice of Guinea Bissau held a course for the magistrates in the country towards the fight against drug trafficking, PANA l earnt from official sources here
©- - 14 july 2009 - 19:26:00 - thread Union africaine (212 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies as published here Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 14 july 2009 - 12:12:00 - thread Union africaine (113 words)


Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The African Draughts Confederation Championship and Drau ghts World Cup Qualifiers kicked-off in Banjul on Monday
©- - 13 july 2009 - 22:37:00 - thread Union africaine (275 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The criminal division of the Court of Appeal in Nouakchott on Monday increased the sentences of two men who had been jailed f or terrorist attacks on the Mauritanian armed forces
©- - 13 july 2009 - 21:55:00 - thread Union africaine (130 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian police Monday issued an international a rrest warrant against French national, Christophe Caterino, who jumped bail and e scaped from the Island since 26 June, police sources told PANA
©- - 13 july 2009 - 18:59:00 - thread Union africaine (159 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has been selected to host the 'Super Sp eciality' Regional Hospital of the Pan African e-Network Project, a PANA correspondent reported from the Mauritian capital Mond ay
©- - 13 july 2009 - 13:16:00 - thread Union africaine (313 words)


Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A 26-million Tunisian dinar (US$21 million) loan agreeme nt was signed Thursday in Tunis between the Saudi Development Fund (FSD) and the Tunisian government for the funding of an integrated agricultural development pr o ject in the region of Sidi Bouzid in South-western Tunisia, official sources sai d
©- - 10 july 2009 - 09:28:00 - thread Union africaine (222 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and the African Union (AU) Thursday launched a new tool, designed, in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to boost investme n t flows into Africa
©- - 09 july 2009 - 16:34:00 - thread Union africaine (339 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has donated US$ 500,000 to the Indian g overnment to assist in the reconstruction process in the State of Bihar, ravaged by floods in 2008, Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell told PANA here Thurs d ay
©- - 09 july 2009 - 15:23:00 - thread Union africaine (158 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The presidential candidate of the Mauritanian Ra lly of Democratic Forces (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, has promised to eradicate ter r orism from the country if voted into power at the 18 July polls
©- - 08 july 2009 - 15:29:00 - thread Union africaine (247 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, saying the country h as not broken with political violence despite the “perfect” first round of the p r esidential election held on 28 June
©- - 07 july 2009 - 22:05:00 - thread Union africaine (211 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, in his weekly appearance at parliament, told legislators on Tuesday that the government was consideration setting up a National Civic Service on the Island, with a view to further consolidating the process of nation building
©- - 07 july 2009 - 14:21:00 - thread Union africaine (264 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's former Prime Minister Sghair Ould M'Barek has aborted his candidacy for the country's presidential elections slated for 18 July, and thrown his weight behind Gen
©- - 07 july 2009 - 13:40:00 - thread Union africaine (142 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius' Central Statistics Office (CSO) indica ted Monday that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the island would grow by 2
©- - 06 july 2009 - 13:30:00 - thread Union africaine (255 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea's ruling National Council for Democracy and Deve lopment (CNND) announced Saturday it would launch a wide-range audit of activiti e s of all arms of government that served the country in the last 24 years, led by General Lansana Conté, who died 23 December
©- - 05 july 2009 - 18:56:00 - thread Union africaine (348 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Nigerian Vice President Jonathan Goodluck has hailed African leaders for agreeing to set up the Union Authority, noting that the Afri can Union Commission (AUC) would succeed in combating the resurgence of conflict s within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:23:00 - thread Union africaine (407 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Malam Bacai Sanha, candidate of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and Kumba Yala,candi date of the of the Social Renovation Party (PRS) will contest the second round o f the presidential election in Guinea-Bissau, according to the National Commissio n of Elections (CNE)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:19:00 - thread Union africaine (183 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders gave themselves a deadline of 2010 to rati fy a new treaty authorizing the formation of an African Authority, headed by a P r esident, a Vice President and a cabinet of 10 Secretaries who would not have pow e rs equivalent to ministers, African foreign ministers said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 19:35:00 - thread Union africaine (606 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders resolved to increase their investments in agriculture in an effort to move the continent from external food dependence, wh i ch has resulted in an increase in the cost of food imports coming to Africa, Sou t h African President Jacob Zuma said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:42:00 - thread Union africaine (552 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- ­The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Friday issued the exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:28:00 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former Mauritanian Premier Zeine Ould Zeidane an d his militants on Friday pledged their support for the President of the Rally o f Democratic Forces (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, during the presidential polls whose first ballot is slated for 18 July
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:22:00 - thread Union africaine (157 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders have agreed on the creation of the African Union (AU) Authority, headed by a President and possessing an enhanced role to coordinate foreign affairs, trade and defence pol icies within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread Union africaine (385 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has declared that Africa ha s the potential to produce enough food to feed its estimated population of over 900 million people and have surplus for export, according to the Presidential Press Service (PPS)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:28:00 - thread Union africaine (692 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Africa must move urgently to enhance agricultural efficien cy and reduce external dependence on food aid and imports through increased inve s tments in irrigation and proper land management policies, Namibian President Hif i kepunye Pohamba said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 17:39:00 - thread Union africaine (712 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, supports the transform ation of the African Union Commission (AUC) into an Authority and hopes that a c o nsensus agreement will be reached on the issue during the heads of state meeting in Sirte, Libya, Foreign Minister Muhammad Mumuni, said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 16:12:00 - thread Union africaine (531 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Disagreement over the transformation of the African Union (AU) Commission into an Authority has stalled the work of the AU Executive Council, even though the Heads of state and government summit entered the second day in Sirte, Libya, Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 13:14:00 - thread Union africaine (270 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – A total of 10 cand-idates have filed their papers to contest the 18 July Mauritanian presidential election
©- - 01 july 2009 - 23:26:00 - thread Union africaine (176 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African traditional rulers, attending the AU summit in Sir te, Libya, on Wednesday appealed to African leaders to direct their energies to c onsolidating the continent’s political unity
©- - 01 july 2009 - 20:15:00 - thread Union africaine (272 words)


Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma is attending the 21st Summit of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) which kicked off in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 19:37:00 - thread Union africaine (150 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African countries must capitalize on the ongoing discussio ns on a new climate change agreement to negotiate for new funding commitments to fight climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a mes s age to the opening session of the African Union (AU) Summit here on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 16:36:00 - thread Union africaine (601 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Brazil, one of South America’s expanding economies, is pla nning to spread its growing industrial influence across Africa with projects ran g ing from industrial plants which will produce ethanol, motor-vehicle assembly pl a nts (in Mozambique) and a drug-manufacturing plant in Africa
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:14:00 - thread Union africaine (434 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The upsurge in violent conflicts in Africa over the last s ix months, culminating in the assassination of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernado 'Nino' Vieira, the killings in Somalia and the increased insecurity in Darfur, Sudan, dominated the opening session of the African Union (AU) talks in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread Union africaine (485 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) h as lifted the sanctions it slammed on Mauritania in the aftermath of the 6 Aug
©- - 01 july 2009 - 12:28:00 - thread Union africaine (192 words)