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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian rupee, as published here Sunday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 389
©- - 13 november 2011 - 10:51:58 - thread African Union (127 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – An NGO, the Diabetes Parent Support Group (DPSP), on Thursday launched a diabetes screening campaign among children and adolescents in Mauritius
©- - 10 november 2011 - 21:12:29 - thread African Union (164 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A team of five surgeons from the Hospital Mères et Enfants in Nouakchott, during the week, successfully carried out 26 surgeries on babies, ridding them of malformed mouth, medically known as "cleft lip and palate", PANA learnt here Thursday from medical sources
©- - 10 november 2011 - 18:59:21 - thread African Union (264 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currencies Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 10 november 2011 - 10:17:34 - thread African Union (117 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - France has granted Mauritania 1 million euros to improve economic and financial governance and strengthen the rule of law in the country, according to an agreement signed between the two countries in Nouakchott Tuesday
©- - 09 november 2011 - 12:42:42 - thread African Union (92 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 396
©- - 09 november 2011 - 12:19:44 - thread African Union (115 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 28
©- - 08 november 2011 - 12:11:15 - thread African Union (122 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has condemned Friday night's terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria that left over a hundred dead and dozens injured
©- - 07 november 2011 - 12:18:26 - thread African Union (169 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has pardoned 206 prisoners, including 191 foreigners and 15 Mauritanians
©- - 06 november 2011 - 14:32:27 - thread African Union (70 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians celebrated the Eid-El-Kabir festival on Sunday against a background of a fall in the price of rams, an essential element of the celebration
©- - 06 november 2011 - 13:09:01 - thread African Union (161 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Union (AU) will, from 5 to 12 November, send a multi-disciplinary mission in Cote d'Ivoire to assess the country’s needs in the area of post-conflict reconstruction and development and identify what contribution the AU and its member states can make, a communique made available to PANA by the organization said
©- - 05 november 2011 - 10:57:39 - thread African Union (344 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Thursday granted Mauritania a loan of US$ 8
©- - 04 november 2011 - 15:38:57 - thread African Union (334 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nineteen Nigerian pilgrims to this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia have so far died, the private Guardian reported Friday, quoting Nigeria's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ibraheem Minci
©- - 04 november 2011 - 10:17:47 - thread African Union (144 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, was due in Saudi Arabia Thursday, where he will perform the pilgrimage to Mecca, PANA learnt here from official sources
©- - 03 november 2011 - 16:11:37 - thread African Union (68 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM): Currencies Buying Selling Euro 395
©- - 03 november 2011 - 12:16:32 - thread African Union (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as released Wednesday by the Central Bank of Mauritania
©- - 02 november 2011 - 13:31:28 - thread African Union (137 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Agriculture ministers from member countries of the Inter-State Committee on the Fight against Drought in Sahel (CILSS) will meet Wednesday and Thursday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, for their 47th ordinary session, official sources told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 01 november 2011 - 13:56:19 - thread African Union (180 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 399
©- - 01 november 2011 - 12:00:41 - thread African Union (115 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 403
©- - 31 october 2011 - 12:26:19 - thread African Union (117 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currencies Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 31 october 2011 - 12:25:47 - thread African Union (116 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - Commonwealth leaders Sunday ended their summit in Perth, Australia, agreeing to a new set of reforms and new commitments on food security, child vaccinations and climate change
©- - 30 october 2011 - 10:19:54 - thread African Union (925 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - Leaders of five Commonwealth nations – Australia, Canada, Britain, Nigeria and Pakistan – have added their weight to push for the eradication of polio, pledging millions of dollars in new funds to bring an end to the crippling and potentially fatal disease
©- - 29 october 2011 - 09:27:36 - thread African Union (460 words)


Abuja, Lagos (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday in Perth, Western Australia, urged Commonwealth leaders to build on the organisation’s established values and principles to achieve economic and social progress for their citizens
©- - 28 october 2011 - 15:44:57 - thread African Union (367 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - Queen Elizabeth II Friday morning officially opened the 21st meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM 2011) in Perth, Australia, charging the leaders to help bring “new vibrancy to the Commonwealth” through the pursuit of reforms The Queen said that the world today was “facing insecurity and uncertainty in finance, food security, climate change and trade and development”, adding: “This Commonwealth meeting is for its part a perfect opportunity to address these issues and find responses to today's crisis and challenges
©- - 28 october 2011 - 06:44:02 - thread African Union (437 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Perth, Western Australia, expressed Nigeria’s support to calls for the urgent establishment of an Africa Infrastructure Fund, a press release from the Presidency, made available to PANA here, said
©- - 27 october 2011 - 18:58:49 - thread African Union (420 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan and Australian Prime Minister Julie Gillard Thursday issued a joint statement announcing the establishment of the Australia-Nigeria Trade and Investment Council
©- - 27 october 2011 - 12:22:14 - thread African Union (206 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - The three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) kicks off on Friday in Perth, Australia, with the issues of food security, climate change, establishment of an independent Commission to monitor human rights and reforms taking the front burner
©- - 27 october 2011 - 12:11:10 - thread African Union (545 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Central Bank of Mauritania issued the following exchange rates for the country's currency, Ouguiya, Thursday: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 396
©- - 27 october 2011 - 11:22:40 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian rupee depreciated against the euro and the pound sterling but gained over the US dollar, according to Thursday's exchange rates released here
©- - 27 october 2011 - 09:20:51 - thread African Union (133 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday renewed its commitment to work with the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) towards achieving national reconciliation and an all-inclusive transition “leading to new democratic dispensations" in the country
©- - 26 october 2011 - 19:15:21 - thread African Union (341 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday in Perth, Australia, solicited the strengthening of trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Australia
©- - 26 october 2011 - 12:49:14 - thread African Union (248 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - A meeting of the Heads of Government of Commonwealth nations and business leaders will Thursday come up with the modalities for setting up the African Infrastructure Fund
©- - 26 october 2011 - 12:41:14 - thread African Union (154 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 397
©- - 26 october 2011 - 12:33:40 - thread African Union (124 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday x-rayed the outlook for Africa and said with the positive trend of improved political governance and stability in the continent, the accelerated diversification of its economies and the growth of the middle class, “Africa has turned the bend
©- - 26 october 2011 - 12:23:18 - thread African Union (617 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2011 is expected to peak at around 4
©- - 25 october 2011 - 15:01:23 - thread African Union (190 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Despite a continuing rise in the cost of oil, the Mauritanian government said it had managed to keep inflation rate at a tolerable level of six per cent in the past few months, the Governor of Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM), Sid'Ahmed Ould Raiss, told a press conference here
©- - 25 october 2011 - 13:45:38 - thread African Union (147 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - The Nigerian government Tuesday said it would soon constitute a committee of eminent Nigerians of integrity that would monitor and advise it on the use of the savings that would accrue to the nation from the planned removal of fuel subsidy
©- - 25 october 2011 - 13:07:35 - thread African Union (359 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the central bank of Mauritania Tuesday: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 404
©- - 25 october 2011 - 12:47:21 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's forex exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued here: Currencies Buying Selling Austarlian dollar 29
©- - 25 october 2011 - 12:11:43 - thread African Union (120 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The 182-member sates of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on Monday in Vienna, Austria, approved a plan to boost the organization’s on-site inspection capabilities
©- - 24 october 2011 - 18:03:55 - thread African Union (345 words)


Perth, Australia (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived Perth, Australia, Monday to participate in the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which this year has as its theme: "Building National Resilience, Building Global Resilience"
©- - 24 october 2011 - 17:06:18 - thread African Union (694 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 398
©- - 24 october 2011 - 12:46:20 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued here: Currencies Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 24 october 2011 - 09:27:21 - thread African Union (118 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Teyib Ould Sidi Ali, a top terrorist affiliated to the Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was found dead Thursday evening in the Wagadou forest along the Mauritania-Mali border, PANA learnt Saturday from military sources
©- - 23 october 2011 - 13:25:47 - thread African Union (133 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Sunday by the nation's central bank
©- - 23 october 2011 - 12:29:31 - thread African Union (127 words)