Breaking news

  1. Home
  2. African Union
  3. Addis Ababa Jan. 2017


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that for the first time the national Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination campaign, will target not only girls but also boys aged 9 to 15 years old

©- - 16 january 2023 - 10:42:40 - thread African Union (389 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness said on Friday that it has, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and various stakeholders, developed a national action plan for 2023 to 2027 for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

©- - 14 january 2023 - 07:23:55 - thread African Union (149 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported that one death attributed to COVID-19 was recorded in the island from 5-11 January 2023

©- - 14 january 2023 - 05:49:52 - thread African Union (82 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) -  The Mauritius Government announced Friday that the Environment Protection (Control of Single Use Plastic Products) Regulations 2020 will be amended to extend by two years, that is, from 15 January 2023 up to 14 January 2025, the moratorium for the banning of  certain non-biodegradable single use products

©- - 13 january 2023 - 17:24:20 - thread African Union (205 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The preparatory forum of the National Reconciliation Conference concluded its work on Thursday evening in Tripoli, in the presence of the deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, and the United Nations Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily

©- - 12 january 2023 - 20:14:10 - thread African Union (405 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that COVID-19 claimed a new life on the island last Sunday, a 88-year-old man who was not vaccinated

©- - 03 january 2023 - 06:20:33 - thread African Union (64 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, arrived Friday in Brasilia, Brazil, to represent the president of the Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, at the inauguration Sunday, 1 January, 2023, of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, an official source told PANA

©- - 31 december 2022 - 13:34:19 - thread African Union (261 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that COVID-19 claimed a new victim on the island, a 73-year-old woman who was vaccinated against coronavirus, but  tested positive

©- - 30 december 2022 - 09:37:04 - thread African Union (68 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A three-member mission was inaugurated on Thursday under the auspices of the African Union (AU) to monitor, verify and enforce the 2 November Cessation of Hostilities agreement that ended a two-year bitter war between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front

©- - 30 december 2022 - 05:20:20 - thread African Union (693 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has told members of the diplomatic corps that his country and the United Kingdom (UK) have decided to start negotiations on the issue of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in view to securing, by early next year, an agreement on the basis of international law

©- - 25 december 2022 - 06:35:49 - thread African Union (322 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius, a governmental organization, on Friday released the figures regarding the unemployment rate in the island which stood at 7

©- - 24 december 2022 - 12:32:24 - thread African Union (188 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Thursday said that the balance of visible trade showed a deficit of Rs 13,959 million in October 2022, lower by 23

©- - 22 december 2022 - 07:53:47 - thread African Union (172 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Ridge to Reef (R2R) project that aims to promote forest restoration and the creation of new endemic forest cover has been launched with the planting of 500 endemic trees in  the Black River, a southern district of the island

©- - 21 december 2022 - 09:35:08 - thread African Union (275 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, has hailed the African Union (AU) for its support to efforts of the Presidential Council in the technical and consultative fields for national reconciliation in Libya

©- - 19 december 2022 - 14:33:45 - thread African Union (412 words)


 

 

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius recorded one death due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), 82 active cases out of which 38 were admitted to a hospital over the period 8 -14 December 2022, health authorities said on Saturday

©- - 17 december 2022 - 07:51:51 - thread African Union (170 words)


Pte aux Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – The Acting Mauritian Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Mr Louis Steven Obeegadoo, on Thursday said that the number of tourist arrivals from October 2021 to November 2022 to the island amounted to 1,027,455

©- - 16 december 2022 - 09:02:45 - thread African Union (320 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Member States renewed their commitments towards nutrition on the continent at a high-level event of the 2022 African Year of Nutrition, the AU Commission said on Thursday

©- - 15 december 2022 - 12:59:36 - thread African Union (354 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities reported on Monday that they have recorded three deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours

©- - 12 december 2022 - 09:16:03 - thread African Union (83 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Saturday met with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdelaziz, to discuss the political developments in Libya and the prospects for cooperation between the two countries

©- - 11 december 2022 - 14:42:12 - thread African Union (181 words)


Balaclava , Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth says Mauritius will develop an Environmental Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) framework to position the country as a sustainable international financial centre

©- - 10 december 2022 - 08:52:59 - thread African Union (508 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius reported Saturday one death attributed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 1-7 December 2022

©- - 10 december 2022 - 08:08:18 - thread African Union (66 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, announced Thursday that the government will soon set up a Financial Crime Commission in a bid to ensure greater coordination among law enforcement agencies and to reinforce public-private partnership in combating financial crimes

©- - 09 december 2022 - 08:21:50 - thread African Union (366 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Mauritius has jaild two Mauritians after finding them guilty of drug trafficking and importation, PANA reports on Wednesday from judicial sources in the capital

©- - 07 december 2022 - 08:05:06 - thread African Union (111 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday said it will institutionalise the National Health Observatory (NHO), which is an important tool for evidence-based policy making

©- - 06 december 2022 - 08:12:52 - thread African Union (366 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD, known as the trilateral mechanism operating to end the Sudanese political crisis, on Monday welcomed the agreement signed between the military establishment and a grouping of political parties and former rebel movements

©- - 05 december 2022 - 14:46:12 - thread African Union (313 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Friday opened its first  community sexual health clinic in a bid to provide a panoply of services to further support  individuals suffering from Human Immuno Deficiency  Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency  Syndrome (AIDS)

©- - 03 december 2022 - 06:29:41 - thread African Union (308 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Saturday reported three deaths attributed to COVID-19 over the period 24 to 30 November 2022

©- - 03 december 2022 - 05:37:24 - thread African Union (59 words)


Bagatelle, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, reiterated here Friday the government’s commitment to produce 60% of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources and to phase out the use of coal by 2030

©- - 02 december 2022 - 14:33:28 - thread African Union (359 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Far too often, Africa is viewed from outside “through a prism of problems” said UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday, speaking in the Ethiopian capital, home to the African Union (AU), where he has been taking part in the sixth UN-AU annual conference

©- - 02 december 2022 - 05:38:09 - thread African Union (632 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday reported that tourist arrivals during the first nine months of 2022 stand at 638,332 as compared to 9,460 for the same period last year

©- - 29 november 2022 - 13:14:52 - thread African Union (156 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United States will incorporate the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) into a new strategic partnership which it plans to reach with various African countries when President Joe Biden holds a Summit with continental leaders

©- - 29 november 2022 - 07:48:47 - thread African Union (717 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Central Water Authority (CWA) has introduced a plan to address its water supply problems, particularly in water-stressed regions of the island, during the dry season of 2022/2023

©- - 26 november 2022 - 08:01:29 - thread African Union (130 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will introduce shortly the HIV and AIDS (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly to broaden the scope of HIV testing nationwide and allow for a greater number of persons to know their HIV status, the Government Information Service (GIS) said here Friday

©- - 26 november 2022 - 07:55:34 - thread African Union (168 words)


\

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The announcement of a preparatory meeting 
between the Libyan Presidential Council and the African Union (AU), in advance of an inclusive conference for national reconciliation in Libya, has reopened the debate on the priority to be followed to achieve a settlement of the Libyan crisis

©- - 24 november 2022 - 18:39:26 - thread African Union (3006 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, has said that the implementation of the rule of law and the protection of human rights are fundamental pillars for any country to have peace, security and stability to achieve sustainable development

©- - 24 november 2022 - 06:33:29 - thread African Union (413 words)


Pte aux Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - A conference on cybercrime, following the Africa Cyber Surge Operation organised in Kigali in Rwanda from 18 July to 5 August 2022, opened in Mauritius on Tuesday with participants from 28 African countries

©- - 22 november 2022 - 16:38:24 - thread African Union (340 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - There has been around 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Mauritius, since the beginning of the year, down from 108 during the same period last year and before that, an average of 130

©- - 22 november 2022 - 07:40:00 - thread African Union (383 words)