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Metro Express train service kicks off in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis route Full text...
Mauritania: Abolitionist movement denounces arrest of its leader
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), an anti-slavery and human rights movement in Mauritania has denounced the arrest of the president on the 'IRA France' section, Jean Marc Pelenc, by police at Nouakchott International Airport on Thursday Full text...
Two Air Mauritius ramp attendants arrested attempting to remove drugs from airport
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two ramp attendants of Air Mauritius were arrested on Thursday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) while attempting to remove drugs from the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, at Plaisance in southern Mauritius Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Tunisian President meets with Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday received the Saudi Foreign Minister, Fayçal bin Farhan Al Saoud, accompanied by the Saudi Minister for African Affairs, Ahmed Bin Abdel Azziz Qattan Full text...
Mauritius builds modern hospital to provide quality services
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday started the construction of a modern 800-bed hospital at Constance, eastern part of the island, that will cost around Rs 6 billion, official sources said in the Mauritian capital Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania completes geological mapping in the east
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines Mohamed Ould Abdel Fetah on Wednesday announced the completion of the geological mapping of mining in the region of Aioun El Atrouss, about 800 km southeast of Nouakchott on the Mali border Full text...
Legal age to marry in Mauritius to be reviewed from 16 to 18 years
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian minister of Gender equality and Family Wellbeing, Mrs Kalpana Koonjoo-Shah, on Wednesday said that the legal age of marriage will be reviewed from 16 to 18 years Full text...
Mauritania: 5 children die in fire in Nouakchott
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Five children Wednesday died in a fire that broke out in Dar Naim, a commune in the northern suburb of Nouakchott, reliable sources told PANA here Full text...
Bissau president-elect meets Kenyatta on deepening diplomatic friendship
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Guinea Bissau president-elect Umaro Cissoko Embalo Wednesday held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, inviting him to attend his inauguration as his special guest of honour, the foreign ministry said here Full text...
Mauritius: Man provokes bomb alert by wanting to draw minister’s attention
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian police on Tuesday arrested a man who admitted being behind a phone call to the minister of blue economy, Sudheer Maudhoo, alerting him of a bomb placed in his residence in Lallmatie, in the east of the country, police sources said here Wednesday Full text...
Mauritanians commemorate 50th anniversary of a revolutionary’s death
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians on Tuesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of Mohamed Ould Soumeida, the inspirer of the ideas of the National Democratic Movement (MND) and the country's historical left-wing Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania: Members of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council take office
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESC) of Mauritania, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, and other members of the institution were inaugurated at a ceremony organized at the former International Conference Center of Nouakchott, attended by President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, members of the government and officials of the high institutions of the Republic, PANA learned on Tuesday from official sources Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritanian parliament approves US$87m loan for construction of fishing harbour
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian members of parliament at a plenary session here Monday approved a loan agreement of 586 million Yuan or 87 million US dollars to the government by the China Import-Export Bank for the construction of a fishing harbour here Full text...
South African couple arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African couple - Morné Burger, 33 years and Christal Angelique Bekker, 36 years, was intercepted on 25 December, 2019, at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport, southern Mauritius, suspected of carrying heroin in their stomachs, sources close to the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU) told PANA on Monday Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
AU warns of threats of interference in Libyan affairs
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern over the worsening situation in Libya, warning of the threats posed by foreign interference in Libyan affairs Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritanian opponent denounces exclusion
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Kane Hamidou Baba, leader of the Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE), failed candidate in the presidential election held on December 22, 2019, Thursday denounced "the exclusion from the institutions of the Republic” of citizens from the Negro-African community Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritian police officer kills man who assaulted his wife and children
Cascades, Mauritius (PANA) – A police officer shot a man in Cascades, southern Mauritius, who was assaulting his wife and two children with a sword early on Friday, police source told PANA Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
UN envoy commends successful conclusion of Guinea-Bissau presidential election
Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has underlined the Organization’s support for Guinea-Bissau following the conclusion of its presidential election, a UN statement said Full text...
Mauritania offers subvention to 375 private media outlets
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Public subvention to the private media in Mauritania will reach 255 sites, 111 newspapers, 11 radios and five television channels this year, the Management and Distribution Committee for Public Support to the Private Press has announced Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Mauritania applies financial sanctions against telephone operators
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Mauritania has applied financial penalties against three mobile operators, also internet providers, according to a note posted on the institution's official website Full text...
Mauritania: Development consultant Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara dies
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian development consultant Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara, also a sociologist, former president of the Mauritanian Association for Human Rights (AMDH) and former vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) ) died on Tuesday at the age of 75, PANA learnt from family sources Full text...
Mauritania: Limam Chaafi's lawyer calls for the prosecution of his client to be stopped
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Accusations made against Moustapha Limam Chaafi, a well-known Mauritanian politician in the Sahel, West Africa and the Maghreb, are purely of political nature, according to his defence counsel Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Cyclone warning lifted in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Weather Services on Tuesday morning lifted the cyclone warning that was issued two days ago during Tropical Cyclone Calvinia, which is currently moving away from the country Full text...
Mauritania: Election of a new president - highlight of 2019
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The political highlight of 2019 in Mauritania was the organization of a presidential election at the end of which Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, a retired general and former Minister of Defence, was elected in the first round Full text...
South African Airways suspends flights to Mauritius
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) on Monday announced that it has put measures in place to address the impact of flight cancellations to Mauritius Full text...
Class III cyclone warning is in effect in Mauritius.
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Meteorological Services of Mauritius warned on Monday that a Class III cyclone was in effect on the island Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritania: Election of a new president of the main majority party
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Delegates to the extraordinary congress of the Union for the Republic (UPR-majority) Saturday elected Sidi Mohamed ould Taleb Amar as the new president of the party at the end of the first day of the assizes, PANA learned from official sources here Sunday Full text...
Cyclone warning class 1 in force in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) Sunday issued a first cyclone bulletin announcing the passage of a tropical depression that centred at about 550 km to the north north-east of Mauritius in latitude 16 Full text...
Mauritania's main political party holds crucial congress
Nouakchott, Mauritania(PANA) - Mauritania's main party, the Union the Republic (UPR) is holding a two-day extraordinary congress on Saturday and Sunday in Nouakchott amidst a power struggle for its control between former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz and new president Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Ethiopian capital readies to host 33rd AU Summit
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Preparations for the upcoming 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), due to take place from 6-10 February 2020, are well underway in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, according to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Full text...
Tanzanian graphite developer gets approval for note listing on Mauritius stock exchange
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian-focused flake graphite developer Volt Resources Limited announced on Friday that Volt Graphite Tanzania (VGT) Plc’s application for the listing of Notes has been approved by the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) listing committee Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...