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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister, Steven Obeegadoo, on Tuesday, told Parliament that there is need rethink the country's tourism and hospitality sector as well as its future given the COVID-19 pandemic an the major oil spill that threatens is beaches and coast

©- - 18 august 2020 - 13:21:41 - thread African Union (447 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                          Buying        Selling

1 Euro                              44

©- - 18 august 2020 - 10:56:14 - thread African Union (138 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank

©- - 18 august 2020 - 09:35:02 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Steven Obeegadoo, has said that with more than 3,300 of the 4,000 tonnes of oil from the wrecked oil tanker MV Wakashio's fuel reservoirs having been pumped out, “it can be said that the worse is behind us

©- - 17 august 2020 - 12:52:50 - thread African Union (568 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                     Buying         Selling

Australian Dollar        27

©- - 17 august 2020 - 12:00:08 - thread African Union (123 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government says it will respect the convention of the African Union (AU) on cybersecurity and protection of personal data, indicating that all it requires to conform with the agreement is authorization from parliament to ratify it, PANA reported, quoting some parliamentary sources on Sunday

According to the sources, the Beninese executive requires from Parliament the authorization for ratification of the African Union convention on cybersecurity and the protection of personal data, as well as the Constitution and African Union convention on Telecommunications

©- - 16 august 2020 - 18:47:01 - thread African Union (294 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The French Overseas Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, is expected in Mauritius on Sunday in connection with efforts being made to mitigate the effects of the oil spill caused by a ship in the southern part of the island, official sources said

©- - 15 august 2020 - 05:56:30 - thread African Union (528 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Health Services in Mauritius on Friday recorded a new case of COVID-19 on a 23-year-old citizen who came back from South Africa on Thursday

©- - 15 august 2020 - 05:18:12 - thread African Union (102 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are due to virtually hold their 40th Ordinary Summit on 17 August with the state of insecurity in northern Mozambique likely to top the agenda

©- - 14 august 2020 - 11:39:11 - thread African Union (719 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 13 august 2020 - 10:55:58 - thread African Union (130 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Wednesday launched the Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) 2020-2024 that charts the roadmap for health development and outlines actions that will address health challenges across the lifespan of citizens of Mauritius

©- - 12 august 2020 - 13:28:45 - thread African Union (408 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 12 august 2020 - 10:33:30 - thread African Union (138 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 11 august 2020 - 10:54:39 - thread African Union (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius(PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 11 august 2020 - 09:04:26 - thread African Union (125 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday said that he has accepted the apologies of the owners of the Panama-flagged Japanese vessel, MV Wakashio, which is spilling heavy oil after it got stuck on the reefs at Pointe d’Esny, southern Mauritius on 25 July

©- - 11 august 2020 - 06:35:24 - thread African Union (307 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The coordination of political parties represented in Parliament (CPPP) Monday called for a large republican front to deal with the issues of national unity, political and economic governance

©- - 10 august 2020 - 23:54:52 - thread African Union (256 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A new government reduced from 25 to 23 members was formed on Sunday evening in Mauritania, PANA reported here Monday

©- - 10 august 2020 - 22:19:47 - thread African Union (320 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya and Chairman of the National Committee against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Siddik Al-Kebir, and the Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to fight against corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing

©- - 10 august 2020 - 18:03:52 - thread African Union (186 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 10 august 2020 - 11:20:21 - thread African Union (139 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius(PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                   Buying        Selling

Australian Dollar     27

©- - 10 august 2020 - 09:30:41 - thread African Union (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 08 august 2020 - 11:12:17 - thread African Union (130 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth Friday signed an Environmental Emergency Declaration under the Environment Protection Act to contain oil leakage from a wrecked Panama-flagged vessel, MV Wakashio, PANA reported here

©- - 08 august 2020 - 08:28:29 - thread African Union (352 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Organisation for International Migration (OIM) and the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) Friday expressed great disappointment at the tragic death of 27 persons off the West African coast between Nouadhibou and Dakhla, a statement issued here said

©- - 07 august 2020 - 19:35:34 - thread African Union (280 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 07 august 2020 - 10:21:23 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 07 august 2020 - 08:52:50 - thread African Union (124 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two persons have been arrested in Pointe-Noire, Congo's main economic and industrial center, for illegal possession, movement and trade in panther skins and giant pangolin scales weighing seven kilograms, Congolese public radio reported here Thursday

©- - 06 august 2020 - 20:06:16 - thread African Union (219 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian President, Mohamed El Ghazouani, on Thursday named Mohamed ould Bilal as the New Prime Minister following the resignation of the former Prime Minister, Ismail Bedde ould Sheikh Sidya

©- - 06 august 2020 - 17:01:34 - thread African Union (128 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 06 august 2020 - 10:38:19 - thread African Union (137 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 06 august 2020 - 08:25:16 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani Wednesday sent his condolences to his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Aoun, following a series of explosions in Beirut Tuesday which claimed the lives of dozens and caused huge material damage

©- - 05 august 2020 - 19:24:00 - thread African Union (138 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 05 august 2020 - 12:26:33 - thread African Union (137 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For providing effective online press briefings for the World Health Organization (WHO), the African Union (AU) has placed APO Group at the centre of Africa's response to the pandemic

The African Union's Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is joining forces with the APO Group (www

©- - 04 august 2020 - 14:01:40 - thread African Union (654 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 04 august 2020 - 11:58:25 - thread African Union (138 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 04 august 2020 - 09:15:40 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The board of governors of the World Bank (WB) Monday approved a donation of 70 million dollars from the International Development Association (IDA) for Mauritania to help strengthen its response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

©- - 03 august 2020 - 23:51:29 - thread African Union (290 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Heavy rains that caused flooding left four people dead in the Assaba region of eastern Mauritania and caused the collapse of 22 houses in the Brakna region (located further west), according to the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Interior, obtained by PANA on Monday

©- - 03 august 2020 - 17:11:08 - thread African Union (73 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 03 august 2020 - 12:02:34 - thread African Union (139 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 03 august 2020 - 08:33:34 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The human rights organization, Human Right Watch (HRW), on Saturday urged the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Cheikh el Ghazouani, to initiate action towards repealing what it called "the repressive laws" which muzzle the freedom of expression and to take decisive action to advance women's rights

©- - 01 august 2020 - 15:21:26 - thread African Union (317 words)