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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius trade deficit in 2008 was 25% higher th an in 2007, with total imports reaching US$4
©- - 05 march 2009 - 09:45:00 - thread African Union (562 words)


Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana on Wednesday condemned the assassinations of Preside nt Joao Bernado Nino Vieira and General Tagme na Waie, Chief of Defence Staff of Guinea Bissau and pledged to work with sub-regional, regional and international b odies to help the troubled West Africa state overcome its difficult moments
©- - 04 march 2009 - 22:47:00 - thread African Union (258 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Aff airs, Joao Cravinho, Tuesday denied that Isabel Vieira, widow of the slain Guine a Bissau President, had asked for political asylum in Portugal
©- - 04 march 2009 - 16:56:00 - thread African Union (198 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Deposed Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, will leave his home village, Lemden, Thursday for the Maurita n ian capital, Nouakchott, from where he is expected to travel Friday to Tripoli, L ibya's capital, authoritative sources in Nouakchott told PANA
©- - 04 march 2009 - 16:40:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Wednesday issued the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 04 march 2009 - 14:53:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi, who holds the rotational chairmanship of the African Union (AU), met Tuesday evening in Sirte, central Libya, with a delegation from the National Front for the Defense of Democracy in Mauritania (FNDD), led by parliamentarian Boïdjel Ould Houmeid, a Libyan official source said
©- - 04 march 2009 - 14:50:00 - thread African Union (201 words)


Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco has strongly condemned the assassination of Pres ident Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea Bissau, and reiterated its complete disapproval of the use of f orce or violence to resolve political disagreements, the foreign affairs ministr y said here
©- - 04 march 2009 - 08:07:00 - thread African Union (161 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Special Representative of UN Seretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Mr Joseph Rotaboba, on Tuesday condemned Monday’s assassinatio ns of President Nino Vieira and the army Chief of Staff, General Tagm Na Wai
©- - 03 march 2009 - 23:06:00 - thread African Union (212 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union Tuesday condemned “with the greate st firmness,” the murder of President Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira of Guinea Bissau on Monday in Bissau
©- - 03 march 2009 - 18:44:00 - thread African Union (211 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The Senegalese people "are very much affected by the events of the 1 and 2 March in Guinea Bissau because whatever affects that c o untry affects us,” declared the Senegalese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , Mr
©- - 03 march 2009 - 17:56:00 - thread African Union (338 words)


Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The Namibia government has said it is outraged by the assassination of Guinea-Bissau president Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira by a group of soldiers on Monday morning
©- - 03 march 2009 - 17:16:00 - thread African Union (176 words)


Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The Namibian government has said it is outraged by th e assassination of Guinea Bissau president Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira by a group o f soldiers Monday morning
©- - 03 march 2009 - 14:49:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the exchange rates of the local ru pee against some foreign currencies, as released on Tuesday by the Commercial Ba n k of Mauritius: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 20
©- - 03 march 2009 - 12:33:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The speaker of the Mauritanian National Assembly , Messaoud Ould Belkheir, was expected to leave for Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, a reliable source here said
©- - 03 march 2009 - 12:24:00 - thread African Union (88 words)


Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President and Chairperson of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Kgalema Motlanthe, has joined the African Union, ECOWAS and the international community in expressing outrage and outright condemnation of the murder of Guinea Bissau President Joao Vieira
©- - 03 march 2009 - 09:26:00 - thread African Union (172 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and the US have joined a growing list of those that have condemned the killing of the Guinea Bissau president and his chief of staff
©- - 03 march 2009 - 07:24:00 - thread African Union (249 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Guinean Council of ministers on Monday recommended to the general prosecutor to immediately set up an investigation commission on the situation prevailing in the country
©- - 03 march 2009 - 07:20:00 - thread African Union (118 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) on Monday condemned the violence in Guinea-Bissau which has led to the assassination of President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, the Chief of Staff of the armed forces, General Batista Tagme Na Wai and several soldiers
©- - 02 march 2009 - 21:31:00 - thread African Union (213 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- "The situation is under control," the General staff of the armed forces of Guinea Bissau said in a press statement Monday, which was made available to PANA here Monday
©- - 02 march 2009 - 20:47:00 - thread African Union (204 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The situation in Bissau is calm following the assassinat ion overnight of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira by soldiers, d iplomatic sources in the country's capital told PANA
©- - 02 march 2009 - 16:48:00 - thread African Union (167 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS announced on Monday that it is sending a foreign ministerial delegation delegation to Bissau, in the wake of the crisis precipit a ted by the assassination of President Joمo Bernardo Nino Vieira of Guinea-Bissau and General Tagme na Waie, Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces, in separa t e incidents
©- - 02 march 2009 - 16:48:00 - thread African Union (457 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Alcohol and cigarette smoking in public places ha ve been banned effective Sunday, 1 March, in Mauritius by virtue of regulations m ade under the Public Health Act, PANA learnt
©- - 02 march 2009 - 16:48:00 - thread African Union (393 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The situation in Bissau is calm following the assassinat ion overnight of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira by soldiers, d iplomatic sources in the country's capital told PANA
©- - 02 march 2009 - 16:47:00 - thread African Union (167 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- Pamplemousses fc is leading the Mauritizan nationa l premier league after its 5-1 drubbing of USBBRH in a round 15 match played at th e weekend
©- - 02 march 2009 - 15:09:00 - thread African Union (155 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rate for the lo cal rupee against some foreign currencies, as issued here by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday
©- - 02 march 2009 - 15:09:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) w as consulting on Monday in the wake of the crisis in the West African nation of Guinea Bissau, where the army chief of staff and the President are feared to have been killed
©- - 02 march 2009 - 11:43:00 - thread African Union (176 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Bissau Guinean President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed by soldiers on Sunday night in his house in the capital, a Senegalese private radio, RFM, reported on Monday morning
©- - 02 march 2009 - 11:41:00 - thread African Union (94 words)


Syrte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader and chairman of the African Union (AU), Moua mmar Kadhafi, received Friday evening in Syrte (the center of Libya), a delegati o n of Jordanian popular players who came to congratulate him and the citizens for his election to the presidency of AU and for the commemoration of the 32nd anniv e rssary of the proclamation of the power of the people in the country
©- - 01 march 2009 - 15:22:00 - thread African Union (251 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Libyan leader and chairman of the African Un ion, Colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, will visit Mauritania next weekend, to mediate po l itical peace in the country, PANA learnt from authoritative sources here
©- - 01 march 2009 - 12:13:00 - thread African Union (167 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Mauritanian minister of Fishing and Maritime Economy, Ha ssana Ould Ely, Friday dismissed suggestions that his country and Senegal were a t each other's throat over the boarding and inspection of pirogues belonging to S e negalese fishermen
©- - 28 february 2009 - 13:01:00 - thread African Union (234 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance a-nd Economic Empowerment Minist er, Rama Sithanen, said here Thursday that in this difficult economic environmen t , safeguarding jobs and helping enterprises affected by the current internationa l economic crisis remained the main priority of the government this year
©- - 27 february 2009 - 16:37:00 - thread African Union (298 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Satish Faugoo sa id Friday that the struggle against the spread of invasive alien species in the island is a pri ority because of its negative impacts on the economy, the environment and the health of the population
©- - 27 february 2009 - 08:10:00 - thread African Union (319 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The head of the ruling military junta in Mauritania, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Thursday denied the existence of any international embargo or sanction against his country, affirming that stories about sanctions were "the figment of imagination of some people yearning for sensation"
©- - 26 february 2009 - 20:11:00 - thread African Union (343 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (IC RC) is to open an office in Mauritania, following an agreement to that effect
©- - 26 february 2009 - 12:31:00 - thread African Union (87 words)


Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Business operators in the Gambia have called on Guinea Bissau authorities to honour and respect the ECOWAS protocols to facilitate free movement of goods and services in and out of Guinea
©- - 26 february 2009 - 11:46:00 - thread African Union (366 words)


Muserata- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Khadafi, who holds the rotationa l chairmanship of the African Union (AU), on Wednesday in Muserata (220km East o f Tripoli), received Mauritania junta leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is visiting Libya, officials sources said
©- - 26 february 2009 - 08:55:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Party of the Alternative, which supports the military coup d'etat of 6 August, 2008, in Mauritania, says the international c o mmunity should mediate in the political crisis in the African country, under the leadership of Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi, instead of taking a tough stance ag a inst the country
©- - 25 february 2009 - 20:21:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Wednesday issued the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 25 february 2009 - 08:25:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Here are the latest exchange rates for the local Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here on Tuesday
©- - 24 february 2009 - 12:04:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Thursday issed the exchange rates for the local rupee against main foreign currencies
©- - 19 february 2009 - 18:07:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – The Central Statist-ics Office (CSO) in Mauritius said Thursday that it expects a slowdown in the number of tourist arrivals in 2009 due to the world economic downturn
©- - 19 february 2009 - 17:44:00 - thread African Union (324 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Thursday issed the exchange rates for the local rupee against main foreign currencies
©- - 19 february 2009 - 17:11:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf will from Wednesday visit Brussels, headquarters of the European Commission, PANA learnt from reliable sources in the Mauritanian capital
©- - 17 february 2009 - 19:23:00 - thread African Union (210 words)


Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rwandan Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba as the UN's new special envoy to Guinea Bissau for a three-year term, with effect from 1 March, a Rwandan government statement said here on Tuesday
©- - 17 february 2009 - 13:21:00 - thread African Union (178 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as issued here on Tuesday
©- - 17 february 2009 - 13:08:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Vacoas- Mauritius (PANA) -- China and Mauritius have signed a loan agreement worth US$260 million to be used for the extension of the passenger terminal at the Mauritian airport, in the south of the island, PANA reported Tuesday
©- - 17 february 2009 - 13:02:00 - thread African Union (331 words)