Luanda, Angola (PANA) - ECOWAS will soon take on the responsibility to restructure and properly organize the national army of Guinea Bissau following the withdrawal of the Angolan officials from that job
©- - 17 may 2012 - 20:26:37 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Chairman of the African Union (AU) and President of Benin, Yayi Boni, will attend the G8 summit holding on Saturday at Camp David, US, according to a statement from the Beninese Foreign Affairs ministry
©- - 17 may 2012 - 14:56:35 - thread Union africaine (283 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Burkina Faso will become the first troop contributing nation to deploy to the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ECOMIB) when the first batch of its 170-member Formed Police Unit (FPU) lands in Bissau Thursday, PANA has learnt
©- - 17 may 2012 - 13:42:31 - thread Union africaine (315 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Wednesday by the nation’s central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 373
©- - 16 may 2012 - 14:04:05 - thread Union africaine (135 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 16 may 2012 - 11:30:59 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Ending a fact-finding mission to Mauritania, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), declared here Tuesday that the Mauritanian economy remained strong despite a ravaging drought that affected the country
©- - 15 may 2012 - 14:16:46 - thread Union africaine (315 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The troops to be deployed for the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ECOMIB) are ready, but they will not be deployed until the equipment they will use during the mission are in place, PANA has learnt
©- - 15 may 2012 - 13:12:25 - thread Union africaine (294 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) announced on Tuesday a net profit of about US$105 million for the first nine months of the 2011/2012 fiscal year
©- - 15 may 2012 - 11:02:11 - thread Union africaine (101 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 374
©- - 15 may 2012 - 11:00:35 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 15 may 2012 - 10:41:42 - thread Union africaine (126 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The current chairman of the African Union (AU), Benin's president Boni Yayi, on Monday reaffirmed the continental organization's support to countries being destabilised by conflicts
©- - 14 may 2012 - 21:21:58 - thread Union africaine (220 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - An international workshop, the second since 2010, on the fight against international terrorism, transnational crimes and international criminal justice in the East Africa region opens in Mauritius on Tuesday, PANA learnt from official sources in Port-Louis, the capital
©- - 14 may 2012 - 14:31:13 - thread Union africaine (194 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 378
©- - 14 may 2012 - 12:44:29 - thread Union africaine (139 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 14 may 2012 - 11:32:39 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Sunday: Currency Buying Selling (1)-Euro 378
©- - 13 may 2012 - 13:48:01 - thread Union africaine (134 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) -The African Union (AU) Adhoc Committee of Heads of State and Government would meet on Monday in Cotonou, Benin, to examine the election of the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and members of the AU Commission
©- - 11 may 2012 - 20:16:09 - thread Union africaine (374 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister of Justice Abidine Ould El Kheir Thursday announced the establishment of a 12-member Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
©- - 11 may 2012 - 13:53:22 - thread Union africaine (137 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 11 may 2012 - 10:00:57 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 28
©- - 10 may 2012 - 12:49:15 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian police on Tuesday arrested 16 students of the Nouakchott University following their roles after a recent students' strike, sources close to the students' union told PANA on Wednesday
©- - 09 may 2012 - 19:42:12 - thread Union africaine (113 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ougouiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 378
©- - 09 may 2012 - 13:30:58 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 28
©- - 09 may 2012 - 12:17:03 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A delegation from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has arrived in Brazzaville to seek the support of Congolese President Denis Sassou N’Guesso for the candidature of South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the post of African Union Commission Chairperson
©- - 08 may 2012 - 22:16:58 - thread Union africaine (153 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The Angolan Foreign Minister, Georges Chikoti, said on Monday in New York, US, that the determination of the legitimate Guinea Bissauan government to organise a sustained fight against drug trafficking may have triggered the coup d’Etat in that country
©- - 08 may 2012 - 18:49:42 - thread Union africaine (418 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Tuesday by the nation's central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 380
©- - 08 may 2012 - 11:22:48 - thread Union africaine (136 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 08 may 2012 - 11:18:48 - thread Union africaine (116 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 07 may 2012 - 13:51:03 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 07 may 2012 - 10:48:15 - thread Union africaine (126 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Sunday by the nation's central bank: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 06 may 2012 - 15:33:19 - thread Union africaine (137 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, former Mauritanian president in the transition military regime (2005-2007), has strongly condemned Thursday morning's clamp down on an opposition rally held in central Nouakchott
©- - 04 may 2012 - 21:54:31 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Friday by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 28
©- - 04 may 2012 - 12:31:35 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should focus on its development objectives instead of managing political crises, its chairman, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, has said
©- - 04 may 2012 - 10:36:39 - thread Union africaine (262 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern that despite the international community’s calls for the restoration of civilian rule in Guinea-Bissau, the military Junta there remains in power while the country’s security and socio-economic situation deteriorates
©- - 04 may 2012 - 10:23:11 - thread Union africaine (354 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has outlined a 12-month transitional programme that will culminate in the election of a President for Guinea-Bissau, where soldiers last month truncated a process to elect a replacement for President Bacai Sanha who died in January
©- - 04 may 2012 - 08:31:04 - thread Union africaine (428 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 384
©- - 02 may 2012 - 11:44:16 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has imposed diplomatic, economic and financial sanctions on Guinea Bissau after the 29 April meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, between the foreign ministers of the regional Contact Group and the country's political stakeholders failed to reach a consensual arrangement to return the country to constitutional rule within 12 months
©- - 01 may 2012 - 09:33:12 - thread Union africaine (408 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has welcomed the release of Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and Interim President Raimundo Pereira by the country's Military Command, which arrested and detained them after the 12 April coup in the country
©- - 30 april 2012 - 13:35:48 - thread Union africaine (438 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 384
©- - 30 april 2012 - 12:36:47 - thread Union africaine (124 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has condemned Sunday's terrorist attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kano, Nigeria, which targeted Christian worshippers
©- - 30 april 2012 - 12:09:04 - thread Union africaine (158 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Anti-slavery activist Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), was arrested Saturday evening by the Mauritanian police, PANA learnt here Sunday
©- - 29 april 2012 - 15:37:26 - thread Union africaine (97 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Sunday by the nation's central bank: Currency Buying Selling (1)-Euro 384
©- - 29 april 2012 - 13:34:32 - thread Union africaine (138 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The seven-member ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau is meeting in Banjul, capital of The Gambia, Sunday to discuss the next steps in the resolution of the current crisis in the country (Guinea-Bissau)
©- - 29 april 2012 - 10:08:38 - thread Union africaine (290 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan is expected on Thursday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, as West African leaders continue the search for a solution to the crisis in Guinea Bissau triggered by the 12 April coup that aborted an election process, the Senegalese Foreign Affairs minister, Mr Alioune Badara Cissé said on Friday
©- - 28 april 2012 - 13:22:37 - thread Union africaine (382 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and Interim President Raimundo Pereira, who were arrested and detained by the soldiers who seized power in the country 12 April, may have been freed, PANA learnt here on Friday evening
©- - 27 april 2012 - 20:46:09 - thread Union africaine (221 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian dollar 29
©- - 27 april 2012 - 11:51:06 - thread Union africaine (117 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders who met at an extra-ordinary summit in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Thursday ordered the immediate deployment of a contingent of the ECOWAS Standby Force to Guinea-Bissau, where soldiers seized power 12 April and have set up a so-called National Transitional Council
©- - 27 april 2012 - 01:09:06 - thread Union africaine (500 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 26 april 2012 - 12:27:18 - thread Union africaine (121 words)