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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Ministers of Islamic Affairs of the five Maghreb countries opened a two-day meeting in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, Monday to discuss the "role of moderate Sunni Islam in the spiritual and cultural immunisation of Maghreb societies", PANA reported
©- - 24 september 2012 - 12:43:54 - thread African Union (169 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has warned that the targeted assassination of Somali politicians, who represent the voice of the people, will not derail the country’s political progress
©- - 23 september 2012 - 14:20:18 - thread African Union (276 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s former president Kenneth Kaunda, who is grieving the passing away of his wife, Betty, has fallen ill and has been admitted to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, acting Secretary to the Cabinet, Roland Msiska, said on Saturday
©- - 22 september 2012 - 13:09:17 - thread African Union (199 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 21 september 2012 - 10:23:53 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – On the basis of an agreement signed Wednesday involving the ministry of Housing, the Department of Social Affairs, Infancy and Family and the Mauritanian Federation of the National Disabled People's Associations (FMANPH), the Mauritanian government has offered 200 plots of land to the disabled persons for housing purposes, PANA learnt Thursday from official sources
©- - 20 september 2012 - 17:53:31 - thread African Union (125 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian government is to organize a one-week campaign on energy efficiency from 24-30 September with the slogan: "More with less energy", an official source told PANA here on Thursday
©- - 20 september 2012 - 16:28:58 - thread African Union (188 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 393
©- - 20 september 2012 - 11:49:03 - thread African Union (122 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and members of the National Assembly have paid a moving tribute to Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as she heads for Addis Ababa to chair the African Union Commission (AUC) President Zuma saluted his former wife, saying her departure is a loss for the country but a gain for Africa
©- - 20 september 2012 - 09:29:03 - thread African Union (306 words)


Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The Cape Verdian Prime minister, José Maria Neves, has said his country is willing to facilitate dialogue between the various international stakeholders trying to break the deadlock in Guinea Bissau following the 12 April coup
©- - 19 september 2012 - 21:27:47 - thread African Union (197 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 393
©- - 19 september 2012 - 12:42:40 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has donated US$50,000 each to Madagascar and Comoros to assist all those affected by natural calamities that hit the two countries in 2012, PANA reported from here Wednesday
©- - 19 september 2012 - 12:10:01 - thread African Union (104 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 19 september 2012 - 10:55:10 - thread African Union (116 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and Congo on Tuesday signed a partnership agreement in Mauritius for the establishment of the Congolese agency for investment promotion
©- - 18 september 2012 - 22:28:09 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian and Senegalese leaders have expressed deep concern over the serious threat to peace and stability in the Sahel-Sahara sub-region, including Northern Mali, according to a joint statement issued here Monday at the end of a three-day visit by Senegalese President Macky Sall to Nouakchott
©- - 18 september 2012 - 16:53:05 - thread African Union (152 words)


Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) - The ninth Conference of the Southern Africa and Islands Hydrographic Commission (SAIHC) opened Tuesday at Flic en Flac, western Mauritius, with some 30 delegates participating
©- - 18 september 2012 - 14:34:55 - thread African Union (306 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Foreign Affairs and international trade Minister, Arvin Boolell, has said that Africa is today well recognised as the new economic frontier even when risks on the continent appear somewhat higher than elsewhere in the world
©- - 18 september 2012 - 14:10:06 - thread African Union (304 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 18 september 2012 - 13:08:09 - thread African Union (117 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 395
©- - 18 september 2012 - 13:01:52 - thread African Union (121 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria was due to begin, Tuesday, the airlifting of the first batch of 95,000 pilgrims that will perform this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia
©- - 18 september 2012 - 11:55:42 - thread African Union (243 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Senegalese president, Macky Sall, on Monday ended a two-day official visit in Mauritania during which the two countries held bilateral talks
©- - 17 september 2012 - 21:54:41 - thread African Union (109 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The 2012 edition of the Private Equity Conference on Africa, organised by the Mauritius Board of Investment (BOI), opened Monday in Balaclava, northern Mauritius, with participants from over 30 countries attending
©- - 17 september 2012 - 15:01:54 - thread African Union (385 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 17 september 2012 - 14:30:56 - thread African Union (125 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Monday by the nation’s central bank
©- - 17 september 2012 - 14:24:01 - thread African Union (133 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling (1) Euro-388
©- - 16 september 2012 - 14:13:56 - thread African Union (127 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian newspapers were this week awash with stories on the killing of Muslim preachers, including Mauritanians, by a unit of the regular Malian army
©- - 15 september 2012 - 20:03:28 - thread African Union (228 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Senegalese President, Macky Sall, is expected in Nouakchott on Sunday for a three-day official visit to Mauritania, official sources told PANA here
©- - 15 september 2012 - 18:30:15 - thread African Union (129 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians will no longer smoke in public places, including public transport, if the bill adopted Thursday by the Council of Ministers is passed by the National Assembly
©- - 14 september 2012 - 16:20:15 - thread African Union (218 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 14 september 2012 - 14:36:41 - thread African Union (116 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday reaffirmed his confidence in Nigeria’s ability to overcome its present challenges and emerge as a very strong, united, stable and economically-progressive nation
©- - 13 september 2012 - 16:07:41 - thread African Union (227 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 388
©- - 13 september 2012 - 14:02:33 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 13 september 2012 - 10:59:18 - thread African Union (116 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The bodies of the nine Mauritanian Muslim preachers killed by the Malian army Saturday night in Diabali, in the Ségou region, were flown home Wednesday on a special flight, PANA noted here
©- - 12 september 2012 - 15:25:51 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 386
©- - 12 september 2012 - 14:05:32 - thread African Union (123 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 12 september 2012 - 12:49:30 - thread African Union (116 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has suspended a tax of 30,000 ouguiyas (about 100 dollars) demanded from foreigners for residence permit
©- - 11 september 2012 - 21:11:44 - thread African Union (82 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Bank of Mauritius has granted an operating licence to BanyanTree Bank Ltd
©- - 11 september 2012 - 14:01:50 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 385
©- - 11 september 2012 - 12:13:17 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 11 september 2012 - 10:38:56 - thread African Union (115 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In its first public reaction to the trial of some of its members for alleged fraud that saw the collapse of the country's capital market, the Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has appealed to the Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) to speed up the trial of the suspects
©- - 11 september 2012 - 09:45:29 - thread African Union (156 words)


Flic-en-Flac (Mauritius) - A four-day regional workshop on waste management, which brings together representatives of governments, local communities, civil society and operators of cemeteries from 21 sub-Saharan African countries opened on Monday in Wolmar, Western Mauritius
©- - 10 september 2012 - 20:10:58 - thread African Union (321 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government has expressed regrets over the death of 16 Muslim preachers, 13 of them Mauritanians, who were killed by the Malian army on Saturday night at the security post of Diabali, about 400 kilometres from Bamako, the Malian capital
©- - 10 september 2012 - 15:15:56 - thread African Union (188 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In an effort to mend fences with Mauritania, the Malian government on Sunday sent its Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Tiemam Coulibaly, to Nouakchott a day after the Malian army killed 13 Mauritanian Muslim preachers, PANA learnt from reliable sources
©- - 10 september 2012 - 14:34:24 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are the latest foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published here Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 10 september 2012 - 14:04:22 - thread African Union (127 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Monday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 380
©- - 10 september 2012 - 11:41:19 - thread African Union (133 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has strongly condemned Saturday night's massacre by the Malian army of 16 Muslim preachers, 13 of them Mauritanians, and called for an independent investigation into the killings
©- - 10 september 2012 - 11:08:11 - thread African Union (179 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published in Nouakchott on Sunday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling (1) Euro 380
©- - 09 september 2012 - 12:18:33 - thread African Union (151 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian authorities want to boost tourism after several years of difficulties arising from insecurity in the country because of fears fueled by activities of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb-AQIM), according to a government statement released in Nouakchott on Friday
©- - 07 september 2012 - 20:52:57 - thread African Union (213 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has set up a National Committee for Migration Management (CNGM), which will be headed by Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdhaf, according to an official statement here Friday
©- - 07 september 2012 - 18:00:03 - thread African Union (156 words)