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Wednesday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Senegal: President Macky Sall reiterates call for inclusive dialogue
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has renewed his call for dialogue, first made on 5 March following the Constitutional Council's announcement of his victory in the February presidential election Full text...
Mauritius to host Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement Compliance Committee in June 2019
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will host the 3rd Meeting of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) Compliance Committee from 27 to 29 June, 2019, PANA learnt Tuesday from official sources in the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis Full text...
Mauritius finalizing UN Strategic Partnership Framework - Prime Minister
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday told Parliament that the Strategic Planning and Economic Development Directorate of the Economic Development Board (EDB) has, over the past six months, been extensively engaged with stakeholders with a view to finalising the UN-Government of Mauritius Strategic Partnership Framework Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
AUC chairman presents AU initiative on reconciliation conference on Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Monday presented the AU initiative on a reconciliation conference in Libya to Fayez al-Sarraj, chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, official sources told PANA here Full text...
Mauritanian president in Dakar to attend inauguration of President Sall
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz left here Monday for Dakar (Senegal), at the head of a large delegation, to attend the inaugural ceremony of Senegalese President Macky Sall scheduled for Tuesday, official sources told PANA Full text...
Burundi says expecting compensation from Egypt as AU chairman
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi says it expects compensation from Egypt, as chairman of the African Union (AU), for alleged injustices under the presidency of neighbouring Rwanda, official sources told PANA here Monday Full text...
Bolton City take lead in Mauritian fooball Super league
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Bolton City have taken the lead in Mauritian football championship thanks to its 1-0 victory over Cure Sylvestre during Day 15 matches played at the weekend Full text...
Mauritius ensures economic empowerment of women through co-ops
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Business and Cooperatives minister Soomilduth Bholah on Monday recalled that despite the fact that women make up more than 50% of the country's population, there are only 75 women cooperative societies Full text...
Monday's forex rates for Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Former Mauritania PM Ould Boubacar lashes out at 'catastrophic' situation in the country
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former Mauritanian Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, who has declared his intention to contest the June 2019 presidential election, has deplored the country's "catastrophic" political, economic and social situation and promised change Full text...
Burkina Faso President to attend inauguration of Senegalese President Sall
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré leaves for Dakar, Senegal, on Sunday where he will attend Tuesday's inauguration ceremony of President Macky Sall, the Burkina Faso presidency announced Full text...
Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz in Tunis
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left Nouakchott late Saturday morning for Tunis (Tunisia) to take part in the 30th ordinary session of the Arab League's member states (LEA), the Mauritanian Information Agency (AMI) announced here Full text...
Tunisia, Saudi Arabia sign two agreements for the development of cities
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - On the occasion of the current visit to Tunisia of King Salman Ben Abdelaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, two agreements have been signed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, Khemais Jhinaoui for Tunisia and Ibrahim Assaf of Saudi Arabia, PANA learned on Saturday from the Tunisian presidency Full text...
Moussa Faki concerned about the situation in the Comoros
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern about the deteriorating political and security situation in the Union of the Comoros Full text...
Algerian FM, AU Commission chairman meet in Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Algerian deputy Prime Minister, also minister of foreign affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, and the chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday held an extended working session, where they discussed ’peace and security issues in Africa’’, as well as ‘’the latest developments of the regional and international situation’’, particularly the meeting on Libya Full text...
Mauritian papers highlight passage of cyclone on Rodrigues Island
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The passage of the intense tropical cyclone ‘’Joaninha’’ on Rodrigues Island, with gusts of 165 kilometers/hours and reaching a peak of 184 km/hour, and causing huge damage to agriculture and the infrastructure on the island, dominated newspaper headlines in Mauritius this week Full text...
HRW calls for release of 2 detained Mauritanian bloggers
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement issued on Saturday, the NGO, Human Rights Watch (HRW), called on the Mauritanian authorities to release, withiut any conditions, two bloggers, Abderahmane ould Weddady and Cheikh ould Jiddou, arrested on 22 March Full text...
Tunisian president, Saudi King lay foundation stone of for Kairouan university hospital
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian president, Beji Caïd Essebsi, and the Saudi King, Salmane Ben Abdelaziz, on Friday laid the foundation stone for the university of Kairouan hospital, ''King Salmane'' Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
UN, partners meet on Saturday in Tunis on the Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of the United Nations (UN), led by Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, the League of Arab States, the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU), meet this Saturday in Tunisian capital, Tunis, on the Libyan issue Full text...
Strong resolution on Golan to be submitted at Arab summit in Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Arab countries will take a strong position with regard to the decision made by US President Donald Trump on the recognition of Israel for the Golan plateau, an official told PANA here Friday Full text...
EU delegation calls on Mauritanian president Abdel Aziz
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received here Friday a European Union led by the managing director of international cooperation and development at the EU Commission, Stafeno Manservisi, officials told PANA Full text...
Riyadh, Tunis reject US recognition of Israeli sovereignty on Golan plateau
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Saudi Arabia and Tunisia on Friday slammed the decision made by US president Donald Trump, recognizing Israeli sovereignty on the Golan plateau Full text...
UFP leader Mohamed ould Maouloud named candidate for Mauritania presidential election
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian leftist Union of Progressive Forces (UFP) on Friday announced that its leader, Mohamed ould Maouloud, will be in the race for presidential election in June Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Saudi Arabia King arrives in Tunisia for three-day state visit
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Ben Abdulaziz Al Saud, arrived here Thursday for a three-day state visit at the head of an 11-member delegation, officials told PANA Full text...
Mauritanians protest against Mali's village maccacre in Nouakchott
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several hundreds of people mobilized through the social networks over the past few days, held a sit-in in front of the Malian embassy in Mauritania, followed by a march in a boulevard of Nouakchott leading to the United Nations representation , to denounce the recurrent massacres of members of the Peul community in central Mali , PANA reported Full text...
Two Mauritanian bloggers held in pre-trial detention
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two Mauritanian bloggers, Sheikh ould Jiddou, and Abderahman ould Wedad, were remanded in custody on Wednesday afternoon by an investigating judge of the Nouakchott West Court for falsely accusing Mauritanian President, Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, PANA learnt from court sources Full text...
Unemployment rate declines in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Unemployment rate declined in Mauritius from 7 Full text...
Mauritius focuses on actions to combat climate change
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) - At a national workshop for the validation of the outcomes of the Adapt Action Programme set up by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Mr Nazir Soobratty, representative of the Environment and Sustainable Development ministry, spoke of the urgent need for bold and concrete actions in Mauritius to combat climate change Full text...
Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
Saudi Arabia's King to visit Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Saudi Arabian monarch Salman bin Abdelaziz Al Saud will pay a state visit to Tunisia on 28-29 March at the invitation of President Beji Caid Essebsi, a statement from the Tunisian presidency said here Wednesday Full text...
Saudi Arabia denounces Trump's decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Saudi Arabia's Permanent Delegate to the Arab League, Osama Ben Ahmed Naqli, said in Tunis on Wednesday that recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian Golan by the US administration is a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, the principles of international law and Security Council resolutions 242 of 1967 and 497 of 1981 Full text...
Former Mauritanian PM urges Bamako to protect its citizens
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed ould Boubacar, and now candidate for the June 2019 presidential election in Mauritania, has called on the Malian government to guarantee security for all its citizens and hold alleged perpetrators of Sunday’s massacre in the Peulh village of Ogassogou (center, region of Mopti), accountable Full text...
King Salman of Saudi Arabia calls for stability in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The guardian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday reaffirmed the Kingdom's concern to preserve security and stability in Libya, expressing "his desire for progress and prosperity to the Libyan people Full text...
Pope Francis to visit Mauritius in September 2019
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday announced that Pope Francis will visit the Indian Ocean island on 9 September this year, and will celebrate a Mass at Marie Reine de la Paix in the Mauritian capital, Port Louis Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius Full text...
UN Security Council lauds govt, people of Guinea Bissau on peaceful elections
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday congratulated the Guinea Bissau people and Government, as well as political leaders and civil society organizations, for the peaceful conduct of 10 March legislative elections Full text...
25th edition of Miss Togo scheduled for August 24
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 25th edition of the election of the beauty queen of Togo will be held at a gala evening on August 24 in Lome, PANA learned on Tuesday from sources close to the organizers Full text...
Fall amyworm traced in Rodrigues
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security minister Mahen Seeruttun on Tuesday informed Parliament that his ministry was made aware of the presence of fall armyworm in Rodrigues on Friday, which is feared to have devastating consequences in agriculture Full text...
Mauritius sensitises migrant workers about their rights
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Justice and Human Rights ministry has produced and distributed a pamphlet entitled Know Your Rights among the 40,000 plus migrant workers in the island aiming to sensitize them about their rights, PANA learnt on Tuesday from official sources in the Mauritian capital Full text...
Mauritius gets new Chief Justice
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius new Chief Justice Marc France Eddy Balancy took oath of office on Tuesday before the country's Acting President Barlene Vyapoury at the State House, Reduit, 20 km south of the capital Full text...