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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Prime minister, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagdaf, has ruled out any idea of prisoner swap with the notorious Al-Qaida ter r orist group Addressing a news conference here Thursday, Lagdaf said there would be no negoti ations or bargaining which would result in the exchange of terrorists detained i n Nouakchott for the release of Western hostages held by the group
©- - 05 march 2010 - 18:23:00 - thread African Union (149 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's constitutional court has rejected s ome provisions of a law aimed at strengthening measures against terrorism in Mau r itania, official sources told PANA Friday
©- - 05 march 2010 - 17:36:00 - thread African Union (192 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The power shortage in Nouakchott, political capi tal of Mauritania, will be sorted out over the next months, Prime Minister Moula y e Ould Mohamed Lagdaf, said here on Thursday
©- - 05 march 2010 - 16:01:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A Mauritian NGO, Lalit, has called for the outlaw ing of the death penalty in the Indian Ocean Island, PANA reported from here Fri d ay
©- - 05 march 2010 - 15:49:00 - thread African Union (281 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has granted Mauritius 90 million euros to enable the African country to finance three projects, according to agreements signed here on Thursday
©- - 05 march 2010 - 11:39:00 - thread African Union (213 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- France and Mauritania Thursday signed a funding agreement amounting to 17
©- - 04 march 2010 - 17:07:00 - thread African Union (287 words)


Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Jean Ping has stressed the readiness of the AU to continue to assist the Comorian parties to achieve the necessary consensus on the institutional issues facing the archipelago, in strict compliance with legality and the principles that underpin the reconcil iation process in the Comoros
©- - 04 march 2010 - 09:16:00 - thread African Union (401 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Eleven political parties in Mauritania, including the Union of the Republic (UPR), which is the major party backing President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Wednesday announced the setting up of a ne w umbrella group, the Coalition of Government Parties (CPM)
©- - 03 march 2010 - 21:20:00 - thread African Union (162 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The deputy spokesperson for the French foreign ministry, Mrs Christine Fages, on Wednesday hailed the â?great professionalismâ? of the M auritanian army, which recently arrested a gang of drug and arms traffickers at i ts border with Algeria and Mali
©- - 03 march 2010 - 20:22:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the British pound appreciated slight ly against the Mauritian rupee, according to the latest exchange rates issued We d nesday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 03 march 2010 - 15:06:00 - thread African Union (142 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian National Industrial and Mining C ompany (SNIM), the country's largest mining company, will receive a loan of 125 m illion euros over 30 years from the European Investment Bank (EIB), an official s ource told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 02 march 2010 - 17:59:00 - thread African Union (223 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The euro and the British pound depreciated slight ly against the Mauritian rupee, according to the latest exchange rates issued Tu e sday morning by the Mauritius Commercial Bank
©- - 02 march 2010 - 17:15:00 - thread African Union (143 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Council of Research of Mauritius is currently working on two major projects: the production of electricity from geothermal sources and the exploitation of se aweeds for commercial purposes
©- - 02 march 2010 - 13:11:00 - thread African Union (257 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will sign the Djibouti Code of Conduct with a view to combating piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Western I n dian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 01 march 2010 - 16:58:00 - thread African Union (269 words)


Phoenix- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam has ch arged the international community to react to the wall Israel is building on the Palestinian lands in Gaza, calling it "the wall of shame"
©- - 27 february 2010 - 13:26:00 - thread African Union (168 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The special representative of the UN secretary general i n Guinea Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, here on Thursday charged political stakeholder s in the country to end their opportunistic alliances and personal interests that "undermine the economic and social development of the country"
©- - 26 february 2010 - 18:16:00 - thread African Union (275 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The special representative of the UN secretary general i n Guinea Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, here on Thursday charged political stakeholder s in the country to end their opportunistic alliances and personal interests that "undermine the economic and social development of the country"
©- - 26 february 2010 - 17:41:00 - thread African Union (275 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A hundred detainees, including about 15 foreigne rs, were granted presidential pardon by Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Maouloud, marking the birth of Prop h et Mohammed, official sources told PANA
©- - 26 february 2010 - 16:46:00 - thread African Union (101 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian head of State, Mohamed Ould Abde l Aziz, Thursday began a three-day state visit to Libya
©- - 25 february 2010 - 13:10:00 - thread African Union (108 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ha s asked that the country's state to be accessible to all political parties, soci a l opinions and sensibilities
©- - 24 february 2010 - 21:41:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Port-Louis- Maurtius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, has declared his intention to reintroduce the death penalty in the island because o f the rising number of crimes and drug related offences
©- - 24 february 2010 - 21:18:00 - thread African Union (164 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The main economic stakeholders of the different sectors in Mauritania will meet with high-ranking officials of the European Inve s tment Bank (EIB) on 2 March in Nouakchott, the European diplomatic representativ e in Mauritania announced Wednesday
©- - 24 february 2010 - 17:24:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Wednesday in Port-Louis published the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 24 february 2010 - 09:49:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The World Bank and Mauritius on Tuesday signed a financing agreement for US$20 million for the development of manufacturing compa n ies and services of the island
©- - 23 february 2010 - 22:40:00 - thread African Union (302 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Thousands of Mauritanian public employees, thoug ht to be ghost workers after a workers' census, took to the streets in the capit a l, Nouakchott, to protest the non-payment of their salaries effective February, o fficial sources told PANA Tuesday
©- - 23 february 2010 - 16:10:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Tuesday in Port-Louis published the exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 23 february 2010 - 10:26:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The chairperson of the Football Federation of Guinea-Bis sau, Jose Medina Lobato, declared here on Monday that the country's national foo t ball team would do everything possible to qualify for the African Nations Cup fi n als in 2012
©- - 22 february 2010 - 18:38:00 - thread African Union (143 words)


Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The delegation of the Federal Executive Council to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with ailing President Umaru Yarâ?Adua is billed to leave f or Jeddah via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Monday night, Min i ster of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe confirmed
©- - 22 february 2010 - 17:16:00 - thread African Union (431 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here on Monday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 22 february 2010 - 12:09:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The trip to Saudi Arabia to check on ailing Nigerian Pre sident Umaru Yar'Adua by a ministerial delegation has been postponed after Saudi authorities denied landing clearance to the presidential jet to be used by the ministers, the local press reported Monday
©- - 22 february 2010 - 08:51:00 - thread African Union (294 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Alleged Mauritanian terrorist Oumar Ould Sid'Ahmed, also known as Sahraoui, has been extradited from Mali to Mauritania, according to local press reports here
©- - 22 february 2010 - 07:57:00 - thread African Union (109 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Libya on Friday signed several co operation agreements at the end of the meeting of their joint commission for cooperation i n Nouakchott, official sources told PANA
©- - 20 february 2010 - 15:56:00 - thread African Union (73 words)


Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- A project aimed at promoting the implementation of the inte rnational convention for the disabled was launched here Thursday, attended by Wi l liam Williams, the Australian Ambassador in Togo, PANA reported
©- - 19 february 2010 - 16:00:00 - thread African Union (187 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Friday
©- - 19 february 2010 - 12:16:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Officials of Mauritania's Democratic Opposition Coalition (COD), which brings together nine political parties, have denounced th e â?collapseâ? of the country's democratic gains and â?a drift to dictatorshipâ ? under the regime of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was elected on 18 J uly 2009
©- - 18 february 2010 - 21:54:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouamar Gaddafi, on Thursday received Syria's vice-president, Farouk Charaa, who is on a visit to Libya as part of a tour of North Africa
©- - 18 february 2010 - 21:07:00 - thread African Union (88 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Mauritius said Thursday that tourist arrivals would reach 915,000 in 2010, representing an increase of 5 per cent over the figure of 871,356 in 2009, PANA reported from he r e
©- - 18 february 2010 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (453 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Panel of Eminent African Personalities on Thursday e xpressed concern at the current political impasse in Kenya and the effect this c o uld have on the implementation of the National Accord
©- - 18 february 2010 - 14:07:00 - thread African Union (277 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The NGO "Keep It Safe Society (KISS)", a youth as sociation of the University of Mauritius, has called for the introduction of sex education in the school curriculum to hel p reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among the country's youth
©- - 18 february 2010 - 12:49:00 - thread African Union (196 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius Thursday in Port -Louis published the exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign currencies
©- - 18 february 2010 - 10:12:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The President's Office in Mauritius has set up of a commission of enquiry to investigate the former governor of the Bank of Mauri t ius, Rundheersing Bheenick
©- - 17 february 2010 - 21:33:00 - thread African Union (115 words)


Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC), the body of ministe rs in Nigeria, Wednesday constituted a six-man Committee to travel to Saudi Arab i a to visit President Umaru Musa Yarâ?Adua and his family
©- - 17 february 2010 - 19:29:00 - thread African Union (276 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian weather services announced on Wedne sday that a tropical cyclone, called "Gelane", is closing in and is currently ab o ut 780 kilometres away from the north-east part of the Island
©- - 17 february 2010 - 17:40:00 - thread African Union (102 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- In his pastoral lecture to mark the 2010 lenten p eriod in Mauritius, the Catholic Bishop of Port-Louis, Monsignor Maurice Piat, o n Tuesday expressed concern over the falling standard of education in that countr y
©- - 17 february 2010 - 13:24:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published by the The Commercial Bank o f Mauritius Wednesday in Port-Louis
©- - 17 february 2010 - 10:42:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The third edition of Research Week opened on Tues day at the Mauritius University aimed at transforming the country into a sustain a ble and innovative island
©- - 16 february 2010 - 21:47:00 - thread African Union (238 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A delegation of the African Human Rights Commission (CADHP) on Monday urged the Mauritanian authorities to take measures to de-congest prisons in the country
©- - 16 february 2010 - 21:07:00 - thread African Union (159 words)