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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Executive Director of United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin, begins a two-day visit to Mauritania on Saturday during which he will meet President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and senior government officials
©- - 09 january 2014 - 21:02:38 - thread African Union (189 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Former Mauritian President Cassam Uteem will lead a team of international observers, working under the auspices of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), to the referendum on the Egyptian constitution scheduled for 14 and 15 January 2014
©- - 09 january 2014 - 20:22:42 - thread African Union (263 words)


Douala, Cameroun (PANA) - Cameroon will be represented at the upcoming Summit on the Central African Republic (CAR) in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, by Prime Minister Philémon Yang
©- - 09 january 2014 - 11:46:30 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius(PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 09 january 2014 - 09:33:43 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 25
©- - 08 january 2014 - 11:47:06 - thread African Union (110 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritania Television (TVM) will not telecast images from the African Nations football Championship (CHAN), holding in South Africa from 11 January to 1 February, 2014, PANA learnt from sports sources here
©- - 07 january 2014 - 17:46:07 - thread African Union (143 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Twenty-eight-year-old Mauritanian Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’Kheitir has been arrested for publishing blasphemous statements about Prophet Mohamed in national websites, and could get the death penalty if convicted, judicial sources told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 07 january 2014 - 12:17:59 - thread African Union (152 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian central bank Tuesday
©- - 07 january 2014 - 12:01:08 - thread African Union (131 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The the Mauritanian Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry on Monday launched a campaign to confiscate all materials made of non-degradable plastic in the markets of Nouakchott
©- - 06 january 2014 - 22:30:46 - thread African Union (148 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Opposition party, The Re-foundation Movement (MPR), has condemned Friday's violence perpetrated against members of NGOs and human rights activists in Wothie, 325 km south east of Nouakchott, a PANA correspondent reported from here
©- - 06 january 2014 - 16:56:36 - thread African Union (181 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) disclosed here Monday that it will hold legislative and municipal bye-elections on 18 January in three constituencies -- two in Adrar (north) and one in Gorgol (south)
©- - 06 january 2014 - 14:38:44 - thread African Union (183 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 06 january 2014 - 14:10:11 - thread African Union (112 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 410
©- - 06 january 2014 - 11:57:27 - thread African Union (122 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Monetary Policy Council of Mauritania's Central Bank has authorised the opening of a new Islamic bank in the country, official sources told PANA on Sunday
©- - 05 january 2014 - 16:30:19 - thread African Union (75 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Ouguiya appreciated against the Euro, US dollar and the CFA Franc and but was stable against the US Dollar, according to the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) on Sunday
©- - 05 january 2014 - 13:16:42 - thread African Union (151 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A member of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) in Mauritania, Hamdy Ould Lehbous, has denounced the “harassment and detention” of some rights activists from different associations in the country
©- - 04 january 2014 - 14:31:51 - thread African Union (157 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Justice Kheshoe Parsad Matadeen has been appointed Chief Justice of Mauritius, PANA reported Friday from the Mauritian capital
©- - 03 january 2014 - 13:20:09 - thread African Union (145 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) The police in Mauritania have arrested some citizens as well as a foreigner for alleged currency counterfeiting, the local media reported Friday
©- - 03 january 2014 - 12:31:50 - thread African Union (86 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee; Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 03 january 2014 - 09:45:29 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Meteorological Service has issued a cyclone warning class II for the island after the latest satellite imagery analysis showed a re-intensification of tropical cyclone Bejisa
©- - 01 january 2014 - 14:15:41 - thread African Union (161 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mining contributed significantly to the economy of Mauritania in 2013 with a record export of about 13 million tons of iron ore by the national mining company (SNIM), the most important state company
©- - 31 december 2013 - 21:05:39 - thread African Union (193 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council, emerging from its emergency meeting in Banjul, Gambia, has stressed that dialogue remains the only viable way through which the South Sudanese parties can resolve their political differences
©- - 31 december 2013 - 19:06:39 - thread African Union (352 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Bank of Mauritius has set up a dedicated unit, the Market Intelligence Cell (MI Cell), to fight financial crime, a PANA correspondent reported from the Mauritian capital
©- - 31 december 2013 - 15:08:39 - thread African Union (189 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Meteorological Service Tuesday issued a cyclone warning class I for the country, as tropical cyclone Bejisa approaches the island
©- - 31 december 2013 - 11:19:32 - thread African Union (89 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 411
©- - 31 december 2013 - 11:19:13 - thread African Union (121 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Rupee appreciated against the Euro, the Pound Sterling and the US Dollar, according to the latest exchange rates issued by the Mauritian commercial bank Tuesday
©- - 31 december 2013 - 08:49:30 - thread African Union (133 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee said the general political and security situation in the SADC region remains relatively stable despite security and humanitarian challenges in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the pending conclusion of the electoral process in Madagascar
©- - 30 december 2013 - 15:48:37 - thread African Union (247 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Mauritanian central bank Monday
©- - 30 december 2013 - 11:35:28 - thread African Union (132 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Sunday presided over the opening ceremony of the Diaspora Forum being held here
©- - 29 december 2013 - 17:28:28 - thread African Union (146 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian police have arrested 30 radical Islamists in the country in the last 48 hours, PANA learnt from judicial sources Sunday
©- - 29 december 2013 - 14:32:22 - thread African Union (97 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Ouguiya depreciated against the Euro, US dollar and the CFA Franc, according to the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) on Sunday
©- - 29 december 2013 - 14:16:59 - thread African Union (148 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has condemned the attacks perpetrated in Daghlalia, Egypt, according to a statement here Friday issued by the Mauritanian foreign affairs and cooperation ministry
©- - 27 december 2013 - 17:23:42 - thread African Union (101 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian authorities have introduced a system of biometric visa delivery service at the Nouakchott international airport
©- - 27 december 2013 - 14:26:14 - thread African Union (257 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Ministry of Sports will Saturday organize a telethon to raise funds for the participation of Mauritania’s national football team (the Mourabitounes) at the African Cup of Nations Championship for locally-based players (CHAN), the Mauritanian Football Federation announced here Friday
©- - 27 december 2013 - 14:18:00 - thread African Union (188 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - For the first time since the Mauritian independence in 1968, a woman has been elected the Mayor of Port Louis, the nation's capital, PANA reported Friday
©- - 27 december 2013 - 09:56:57 - thread African Union (130 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania's national football team, the Mourabitounes, will play two friendly matches against Rwanda and Uganda before the beginning of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) due to begin on 11 January next year in South Africa, sports sources told PANA in Nouakchott on Thursday
©- - 26 december 2013 - 21:11:54 - thread African Union (165 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Union of private media editors in Mauritania Thursday accused officials of its management committee of embezzling 4 per cent of an aid fund to the media for 2013
©- - 26 december 2013 - 14:55:01 - thread African Union (162 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by Mauritanian central bank Thursday
©- - 26 december 2013 - 11:44:58 - thread African Union (131 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian President Kailash Purryag has urged his compatriots to be ready for more sacrifices in 2014 because the economic situation will remain difficult
©- - 26 december 2013 - 09:59:35 - thread African Union (156 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Rupee appreciated against the Euro but depreciated against the Pound Sterling and remained stable against the US Dollar, according to the latest exchange rates issued by the Mauritian commercial bank Thursday
©- - 26 december 2013 - 09:44:52 - thread African Union (139 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) group on Wednesday renewed their call to the warring parties in South Sudan to observe an immediate cessation of hostilities
©- - 25 december 2013 - 19:42:48 - thread African Union (375 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – An African Union (AU) observer mission to the Mauritanian municipal and legislative polls, led by former Algerian Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, has recommended that the Mauritanian government should create an environment which will allow more women participate in the country's political process
©- - 24 december 2013 - 17:27:48 - thread African Union (143 words)