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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz le ft Nouakchott for Dakar on Saturday for a two-day visit to Senegal during which h e will participate in the 50th anniversary celebrations of Senegal's independenc e scheduled for Sunday
©- - 03 april 2010 - 12:16:00 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian women have asked political leaders to allow women, who constitutes the majority of the island's population, to participate more equitably in the next government that will be formed after the legislative elections scheduled for 5 May
©- - 03 april 2010 - 11:02:00 - thread African Union (253 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A tripartite delegation comprising top officials of ECOW AS, African Union (AU) and the UN headed to Guinea Bissau Saturday to help calm things down in the wake of Thursda y's apparent coup attempt by renegade troops in the West African nation, ECOWAS sources said
©- - 03 april 2010 - 09:26:00 - thread African Union (316 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A tripartite delegation comprising officials of ECOWAS, African Union and the UN is heading to Guinea Bissau following an apparent coup attempt by renegade troops in the West African nation Thursday, ECOWAS sources said Saturday
©- - 03 april 2010 - 08:14:00 - thread African Union (55 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has recalled its High Commissioner to the UK for consultations following the British government's decision to go ahead with a planned siting of a 'Marine Protected Area' in the waters of the Chagos Archipelago
©- - 02 april 2010 - 16:12:00 - thread African Union (230 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- President Bacai Sanha of Guinea Bissau has reassured Libya n leader Mouammar Kadhafi about the situation in the West African nation, after an apparent coup attempt T hursday
©- - 02 april 2010 - 12:54:00 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as released here Friday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank
©- - 02 april 2010 - 10:13:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In an unusually strong statement, ECOWAS Thursday warned of 'robust response and dire consequences'' if renegade troops in Guinea Bissau overthrow the country's elected government
©- - 01 april 2010 - 14:05:00 - thread African Union (339 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS Thursday warned there would be a 'robust response and dire consequences' if mutinous Guinea Bissau soldiers overthrow the country ' s elected government, after renegade soldiers seized the head of the army and br i efly detained the Prime Minister
©- - 01 april 2010 - 13:49:00 - thread African Union (58 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, on Wednesday evening announced the dissolution of parliament and the holding of legislative elections on 5 May
©- - 31 march 2010 - 21:15:00 - thread African Union (108 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union’s (AU) powerful Peace and Security Council (PSC) is set for a big overhaul, effective 1 April, following the election of 15 new members
©- - 31 march 2010 - 19:40:00 - thread African Union (319 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Euro depreciated against the rupee, while the US dollar and the British pound appreciated against the Mauritian currency, accordi n g to the latest exchange rates published by the Mauritian commercial bank here W e dnesday
©- - 31 march 2010 - 14:38:00 - thread African Union (194 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Par liament Tuesday that crime statistics had gone down in the Island from 49,111 in 2008 to 44,914 in 2009, representing a decrease of 8
©- - 30 march 2010 - 14:23:00 - thread African Union (332 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies
©- - 30 march 2010 - 12:02:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will ans wer 16 questions from parliamentarians at the next sitting of Parliament Tuesday in Port-Louis, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 29 march 2010 - 22:07:00 - thread African Union (144 words)


Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- The African Union Chairman, Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, has taken a swipe at what he called the West's tendency to impose economic polic ies on Africa
©- - 29 march 2010 - 13:37:00 - thread African Union (300 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A 25-year old French man, Yoan Pierre Vincent Pla cais, was arrested here with 10,459 subutex tablets, worth 275,000 euros, the Ma u ritian Police reported on Sunday
©- - 28 march 2010 - 17:55:00 - thread African Union (103 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the US dollar stabilized against the Mauritian rupee while the British pound depreciated against the local currency, according to the latest exchange rates published by the Mauritian commercial bank here Friday
©- - 26 march 2010 - 09:31:00 - thread African Union (139 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 Commerci al Bank of Mauritius
©- - 25 march 2010 - 10:21:00 - thread African Union (123 words)


Terre-Rouge- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam, on We dnesday inaugurated an underwater fibre optics cable called Lower Indian Ocean N e twork (LION) in Terre-Rouge, 10 km north of the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis
©- - 24 march 2010 - 23:51:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi has said Africa needs to focus on regional infr astructural development, in energy and water resources management if the contine n t is to realise its true growth potential, PANA reported from here Wednesday
©- - 24 march 2010 - 18:18:00 - thread African Union (486 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius Wednesday launched, with the support of the World Bank, a data collection programme on non-tariff measures in order to i mprove business activities and competitiveness, the Trade Ministry told PANA her e
©- - 24 march 2010 - 14:52:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, Monday received a delegati on of leaders of Mauritanian political parties and nationalist Islamic movements who came to express their agreement with his call for the unification of the var i ous nationalist and Islamic movements in the Arab world
©- - 23 march 2010 - 17:28:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Euro and the British pound appreciated against th e rupee while the US dollar stabilized against the Mauritian currency, according to the latest exchange rates published by the Mauritian commercial bank here on T uesday
©- - 23 march 2010 - 14:59:00 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Mauritian Ministry of Education (MoE), is organising a n international workshop on Early Childhood Care and Education in the context of t he "Mauritius Africa Initiatives"
©- - 22 march 2010 - 17:57:00 - thread African Union (217 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the British pound fell against the Mauritian rupee Monday, according to the latest exchange rates issued by the Mauritian commercial bank here
©- - 22 march 2010 - 11:41:00 - thread African Union (148 words)


Flacq- Mauritius (PANA) -- Visiting Gaborone United of Botswana Saturday evening defeated Curepipe Starlight of Mauritius 3-0 in the first leg, second round of the CAF Champions League played in the east of the island
©- - 21 march 2010 - 13:40:00 - thread African Union (101 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- About 2,000 people working in Mauritian sugar industry on Saturday demonstrated in the streets of Port-Louis to demand an increase in their wages in addition to an equitable share of riches in the island
©- - 20 march 2010 - 16:09:00 - thread African Union (238 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has set up a Radiation Protection, Safety and Nuclear Security Authority, according to a decree issued on Friday
©- - 19 march 2010 - 17:07:00 - thread African Union (99 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has set up a Radiatio n Protection, Safety and Nuclear Security Authority, according to a decree issue d on Friday
©- - 19 march 2010 - 16:39:00 - thread African Union (106 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania "plays a key role in maintaining peace and security" in the Sahel-Sahara area, the Secretary of the Libyan People's Committee for External Relations, Mohamed Abdel Salam Musa Koussa, said here on Thursday after meeting with the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
©- - 18 march 2010 - 16:27:00 - thread African Union (134 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The exchange rates for the Euro dropped slightly against the Mauritian rupee, according to the Commercial bank of Mauritius, which on Thursday indicated that while the Pound Sterling increased, US dollar remained stable in the country
©- - 18 march 2010 - 10:28:00 - thread African Union (188 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The exchange rates for the Euro dropped slightly against the Mauritian rupee, according to the Commercial bank of Mauritius, which on Thursday indicated that the other major foreign currencies - - the pound sterling and the dollar -- remained stable
©- - 18 march 2010 - 09:24:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Wednesd ay
©- - 17 march 2010 - 09:50:00 - thread African Union (127 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Five people accused of terrorism and complicity in terrorist activities were remanded in custody Monday evening and two others p l aced under judicial supervision by an anti-terrorist judge at a Nouakchott court , judicial sources told PANA
©- - 16 march 2010 - 15:52:00 - thread African Union (140 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three-day strike action by members of the Ma uritanian trade unions and associations which began Monday was very effective, t h e Secretary General of the General Confederation of Mauritanian workers (CGTM), A bdallahi Ould Mohamed, said
©- - 15 march 2010 - 19:28:00 - thread African Union (156 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 14 terror suspects and suspected accomplices in the kidnapping of Spanish and Italian hostages were billed to app ear before the State Prosecutor at the tribunal of Nouakchott Monday, after a long detention at the Department of State Security (DES, political police), legal sources told PANA here
©- - 15 march 2010 - 12:05:00 - thread African Union (106 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Wane arrived in N ouakchott Sunday for a few-day working visit in Mauritania, official sources tol d PANA here
©- - 14 march 2010 - 17:31:00 - thread African Union (104 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 221 people died and 3,094 others were injur ed in the 2,028 road accidents recorded in Mauritania in 2009, according to a report issued by t he biggest insurance company in the country
©- - 12 march 2010 - 11:59:00 - thread African Union (107 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Bar Association of Mauritania has c alled for the reform of the country's judicial system, saying that the excessive executive influence had left the system in a bad state
©- - 11 march 2010 - 18:09:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The main trade unions in Mauritania say they wil l organize a general strike on 15, 16 and 17 March, to protest against "the refu s al" of the government to begin negotiations with them over allowances, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Unions in the Mauritanian capital
©- - 11 march 2010 - 16:12:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- The former Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Ma tsuura, arrived on Wednesday in Mauritius to take part in the country's independ e nce anniversary slated for Friday
©- - 10 march 2010 - 20:43:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Enterprise Mauritius, a leading Mauritian governm ent-owned organization, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) i n Port-Louis, the capital, with the East and Central Africa (ECA) Trade Hub to e n able Mauritian companies gain access to the vast US market
©- - 10 march 2010 - 13:35:00 - thread African Union (420 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Senegal have decided to reinforce security cooperation along their common border for a better control of migration and to fight against transnational crime and terrorism, PANA report ed
©- - 10 march 2010 - 11:21:00 - thread African Union (184 words)