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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)


Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- David Folton, a British national, who was convicted late last year along with his wife to one year jail each for false publication and insulting Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, was on Monday arraigned before Magistrate Lamin George in Banjul for fraud and impersonation
©- - 16 february 2009 - 22:42:00 - thread African Union (103 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Mauritius Monday afternoon at the head of an important delegation on a two-day official visit, PANA reported
©- - 16 february 2009 - 13:38:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- ­The Mauritian Commercial Bank on Monday issued the exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 16 february 2009 - 09:47:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Curepipe- Mauritius (PANA) -- SuperSport Utd fc of South Africa on Sunday afternoon beat Mauritian club Curepipe Starlight 5-2 in the second leg of the African Champions League preliminary round played at the George V Stadium in Curepipe, in the southern part of the island
©- - 16 february 2009 - 07:58:00 - thread African Union (86 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An 11-member team, constituted by the Chairman o f the African Unity (AU) and Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, met political stak e holders here at the weekend with a view to resolving the political problems plag u ing Mauritania
©- - 15 february 2009 - 12:36:00 - thread African Union (259 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected Monday af ternoon in Mauritius on a two-day official visit, as the final round of his Afri c an tour, which already took him to Mali, Senegal and Tanzania
©- - 14 february 2009 - 12:23:00 - thread African Union (212 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan student was killed and two others were rescued, one with serious burns, in the raging wildfires in Australia, the Kenyan Foreig n Ministry said Saturday
©- - 14 february 2009 - 11:47:00 - thread African Union (172 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah Thursday made public official statistics suggesting poor health status among Mauritians
©- - 13 february 2009 - 14:47:00 - thread African Union (365 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade declared on Wednesday in Dakar that the government of the African Union (AU) will be put in place in January 2010 while the United States of Africa will be proclaimed in 2017
©- - 12 february 2009 - 00:03:00 - thread African Union (214 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The leader of the Mauritanian junta, General Moh amed Ould Abdel Aziz, is still keeping mum on his possible candidacy in the president ial elections to be held 6 June 2009
©- - 11 february 2009 - 14:38:00 - thread African Union (183 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Four countries - Libya, Qatar, France and Spain - have evolved an ambitious plan to end the political crisis in Mauritania, caused by the 6 Aug
©- - 10 february 2009 - 12:30:00 - thread African Union (199 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A referendum on some amendments to the Mauritanian constitution has been slated for 20 June 2009, according to a statement from the Mauritanian home ministry
©- - 09 february 2009 - 08:58:00 - thread African Union (218 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's Head of State, Joao Bernado Vieira, has endorsed Guinea's ruling military junta, following a two-day private visit to Guinea
©- - 08 february 2009 - 17:14:00 - thread African Union (228 words)


Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Sale of new vehicles in Gabon inched up by 3% in 2008 to 5,015 from 4,857 in 2007, according to figures published by Gabonese car dealers, Union of Automobile Representatives (URAI) on Friday
©- - 06 february 2009 - 23:10:00 - thread African Union (215 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Chairman Maummar Kadhafi h as vowed to push for a permanent seat for the Union within the United Nations Se c urity Council during his year-long tenure at the helm of the organisation
©- - 06 february 2009 - 15:45:00 - thread African Union (493 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritius on Friday morning published the latest exchange rates of the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 06 february 2009 - 11:02:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and South African on Thursday signed an agreement on economic cooperation in Cape Town, South Africa, an offic ial communiqué in Port-Louis said
©- - 05 february 2009 - 23:34:00 - thread African Union (99 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and South Africa Thursday signed a Mem orandum of Understanding (MoU) on economic cooperation, PANA learnt from officia l sources here
©- - 05 february 2009 - 15:26:00 - thread African Union (253 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritius Thursday issued the exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 05 february 2009 - 10:01:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritius on Wednesday issued the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some major foreign currencies
©- - 04 february 2009 - 12:09:00 - thread African Union (119 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's opposition United Democratic Forces (RFD) has called on all stakeholders to engage in a dialogue aimed at ending the country's political crisis, triggered by last year's military coup
©- - 04 february 2009 - 07:40:00 - thread African Union (134 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam left here on Monday for Washington DC, where he will attend the National Prayer Breakfast from Wednesday to Friday
©- - 02 february 2009 - 12:11:00 - thread African Union (99 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritius on Monday issued the latest exchange rate for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 02 february 2009 - 11:34:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Bafata FC of Guinea Bissau has withdrawn from the 2009 CAF Champions League match with Club Africain of Tunisia, according to African soccer's governing body CAF
©- - 01 february 2009 - 15:05:00 - thread African Union (75 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Australia has donated humanitarian assistance worth US$2 million to mitigate the current food crisis facing Kenya, the Kenyan government said in a statement here
©- - 01 february 2009 - 10:27:00 - thread African Union (208 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian presidential election, schedule d for 6 June 2009, as well as plans by the overthrown President Mohamed Ould Che i kh Abdallahi's to break the political deadlock hit the headlines of the country' s main media
©- - 31 january 2009 - 16:15:00 - thread African Union (250 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir on Friday reasserted the commitment of his country to the immediate setting up of an African federal government
©- - 30 january 2009 - 23:25:00 - thread African Union (104 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) foreign ministers on Friday received the Commission's analysis report in Addis Ababa, which outlined three different patterns for the setting up of a continental government, the Senegalese Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio told PANA
©- - 30 january 2009 - 23:20:00 - thread African Union (410 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Forum of the kings, sultans, princes, sheiks and African traditional chiefs have urged African leaders who meet from Sunday in Addis Ababa, to proclaim a federal government for the continent
©- - 30 january 2009 - 21:19:00 - thread African Union (228 words)


New York- US (PANA) – Guinea Bissau faces destabil-ization without the willingness of top leaders the country to work together, according to an International Crisis Group report
©- - 30 january 2009 - 20:46:00 - thread African Union (226 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – Deputy Prime Minist-er Rashid Beebeejaun will lead the Mauritian delegation to the 12th African Union (AU) Summit due in Addis Aba b a, Ethiopia, 1-3 February, PANA learnt here Friday
©- - 30 january 2009 - 15:48:00 - thread African Union (182 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Ten Mauritanian political parties Wednesday held a meeting in the capital Nouakchott, at the instance of the Alternative Party, t he main party supporting the 6 August 2008 military coup in the country, as part of an effort to establish a permanent framework for dialogue, PANA was told
©- - 29 january 2009 - 14:09:00 - thread African Union (208 words)


Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The aeronautics sector in Morocco, which is made up of a bout 50 companies employing more than 2,000 workers, intends to triple its turno v er to one billion euros by 2012, authoritative sources told PANA here
©- - 28 january 2009 - 14:42:00 - thread African Union (171 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Court in Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, has ordered that nine suspected members of a drug trafficking network, who were arrested 10 days ago, be remanded in prison custody, pending their trial, judicial sources told PANA here Wednesday
©- - 28 january 2009 - 12:44:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), an alliance of 13 political parties opposed to the 6 August 2008 coup in Mauritania, has rejected the plan to hold presidential election in the country on 6 June
©- - 27 january 2009 - 14:35:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian football champion Curepipe Starlight fc is preparing for the next African champions league by recruiting two new Nigerian players
©- - 26 january 2009 - 13:01:00 - thread African Union (99 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Dozens of senior members of the pro--junta Maurit anian Party of Union for Change (HATEM) have resigned citing a failed leadership of the party
©- - 25 january 2009 - 13:21:00 - thread African Union (162 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- – Mauritania will hold presidential elections 6 Ju ne 2009, the military junta announced on Friday
©- - 23 january 2009 - 22:53:00 - thread African Union (99 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian National Assembly Speaker, Messaoud Ould Belkheir, Thursday expressed his "determination to thwart the country's rul i ng military junta led by Gen
©- - 23 january 2009 - 18:05:00 - thread African Union (151 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Mauritius Friday published th e day's exchange rates of some foreign currencies against the local rupee
©- - 23 january 2009 - 14:08:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- One of Mauritania's political parties, the Alternative Party, has nominated its president, Mohamed Yehdi Ould Moctar Hacen, as its flag bearer in the 30 May 2009 presidential election in the country, the party said in a statement here Thursday
©- - 22 january 2009 - 13:26:00 - thread African Union (97 words)


Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian press Wednesday devoted most of their pages to Tuesday's investiture in Washington, of the 44th President of the United States o f America, the Afro-American, Barack Hussein Obama
©- - 21 january 2009 - 18:42:00 - thread African Union (480 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The 10th edition of the mini-marathon aimed at p romoting friendship between European and Mauritanian runners, organised by the l o cal Athletics Federation, will be held here 13 March, sports sources told PANA W e dnesday
©- - 21 january 2009 - 15:54:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Frenchman Marc Collat has been appointed National Technical Director (NTD) for Mauritian football teams, sports sources told PANA here
©- - 21 january 2009 - 08:03:00 - thread African Union (71 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- President of Guinea Bissau Joao Bernardo "Nino" V ieira Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the Amilcar Cabral statute, saying a t the ceremony that the nation would for ever remember its founding father
©- - 20 january 2009 - 19:57:00 - thread African Union (110 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Senate will reconvene in May with ab out a third of its 53 members, PANA learnt here on Tuesday from parliamentary so u rces
©- - 20 january 2009 - 14:27:00 - thread African Union (74 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Tuesday
©- - 20 january 2009 - 11:10:00 - thread African Union (110 words)