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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian police have arrested several people in Nouakchott for attending a "gay wedding" or participating in the celebration of the birthday of a member of the gay community

©- - 24 january 2020 - 07:37:33 - thread African Union (94 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Organising Committee of Miss World Contest, accompanied by Miss World 2019, Ms Toni-Ann Singh, is presently in Mauritius to discuss the possibility of organising the Miss World Contest 2020 in the island-nation

©- - 23 january 2020 - 11:48:41 - thread African Union (251 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 23 january 2020 - 10:13:53 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 23 january 2020 - 08:51:04 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)- A Mauritanian blogger, Mohamed Ali ould Abdel Aziz, who is close to former head of state Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, was arrested on  Monday and taken into custody at the offices of the State Security Directorate (DSE), PANA has learned from informed sources

©- - 22 january 2020 - 13:56:17 - thread African Union (93 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA)  - Mauritians woke up on Wednesday under heavy rains, and under a special warning from the Meteorological Services cautioning the population, PANA  reported from here

 

According to the Met Services, atmospheric conditions in the island remain conducive for the formation of active clouds in the region

©- - 22 january 2020 - 13:35:33 - thread African Union (236 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 22 january 2020 - 10:14:13 - thread African Union (135 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Abdel Aziz ould Dahi, head of the Central Bank of Mauritania, has been appointed Minister of Economy and Industry, according to a decree issued on Tuesday in Nouakchott by the Presidency

©- - 22 january 2020 - 09:36:15 - thread African Union (70 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 22 january 2020 - 08:19:21 - thread African Union (126 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Mauritanian anti-slavery activist has presented a scathing report on the human rights situation in the country at a meeting of the Human Rights Committee of the International Union of Parliamentarians (HRC/IPU) in Geneva

©- - 22 january 2020 - 08:16:43 - thread African Union (282 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Tuesday presided at the opening ceremony of an international conference held under the theme “Role of Islam in Africa: tolerance and moderation, remedy to extremism and other killing”, an official sources told PANA here

©- - 21 january 2020 - 22:41:25 - thread African Union (220 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Egypt has been praised for its leadership of the African Union (AU) organs in 2019 at the opening of the 39th session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), comprising ambassadors from the organisation's member states

©- - 21 january 2020 - 19:42:23 - thread African Union (385 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Meteorological Services of Mauritius on Tuesday issued a warning indicating  that clouds associated with an instability zone,  between Mauritius and Madagascar, are influencing the weather in the island, PANA reported from here

©- - 21 january 2020 - 13:30:42 - thread African Union (238 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 21 january 2020 - 11:04:10 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 21 january 2020 - 09:02:17 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Mauritanian government and British Petroleum (BP) Monday signed a partnership agreement on the “production of proper energies and their integration in the production of liquid natural gas, to reduce the emission of CO2 resulting from exploitation”, the state-run Mauritanian news agency (AMI) reported here

©- - 20 january 2020 - 23:34:28 - thread African Union (221 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Two matches were were played on Sunday on resumption of the Super League of Mauritius, PANA noted on the spot

©- - 20 january 2020 - 13:41:35 - thread African Union (134 words)


 

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) –A total of 110 newly-recruited doctors will on Tuesday join the public health service in the five regional hospitals of Mauritius following a one-day orientation course that took place Monday at Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre in Bell Village, Port Louis

©- - 20 january 2020 - 12:44:24 - thread African Union (344 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 20 january 2020 - 08:43:36 - thread African Union (124 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - The 12th edition of the rally - Africa Eco Race - which left Monaco on 5 January and arrived in Africa through the Moroccan city of Tanger two days later, enters Senegal on Saturday

©- - 17 january 2020 - 23:34:24 - thread African Union (359 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 17 january 2020 - 08:55:30 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is key to control and prevent the outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and chikungunya, in particular during the currently current cyclonic and rainy season

©- - 17 january 2020 - 06:00:55 - thread African Union (309 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 16 january 2020 - 10:50:31 - thread African Union (137 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Seven traffickers were arrested and 65 trophies of protected species seized as part of the fight against wildlife crime in the second half of 2019 in Benin, PANA learned this Wednesday from official sources in Cotonou

©- - 15 january 2020 - 17:27:03 - thread African Union (360 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The change of power in Mauritania, following the 22 June 2019 presidential election and the inauguration of Mohamed ould Cheilkh Ghazouani on 1 August, must be used to stop certain practices and improve protection of  human rights, a report of the global NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), seen by PANA  on Wednesday, said

©- - 15 january 2020 - 12:54:29 - thread African Union (343 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 15 january 2020 - 11:51:08 - thread African Union (137 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), an advisory institution, sees the expulsion of Jean Marc Pelenc, president of the branch of the Resurgence Initiative of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), on Friday, while holding a valid visa, as "an isolated act"

©- - 14 january 2020 - 17:27:25 - thread African Union (142 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Government of Mauritius, via the Ministry of Land Transport and Light Rail, on Monday launched the Passenger Information System (PIS) aimed at providing citizens with reliable information about specific bus routes and bus schedules along the corridor Curepipe-Floreal to Port Louis, the Government Information Service (GIS) has said

©- - 14 january 2020 - 10:47:50 - thread African Union (435 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 14 january 2020 - 08:30:04 - thread African Union (124 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  - Guinea Bissau President Umaro Cissoko Embalo Monday pledged his commitment to a borderless bloc of Senegal, Bissau and Banjul, saying it would be ‘a no laissez-passer zone’

©- - 13 january 2020 - 21:18:52 - thread African Union (248 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting, Monday and Tuesday, a Mauritanian-Moroccan meeting on regionalization, under the theme "Governance of regions in Mauritania and Morocco"

©- - 13 january 2020 - 19:38:47 - thread African Union (255 words)


Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The 7th seminar of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council opens on Monday in Libreville, the Gabonese capital, in collaboration with the three African representatives at the UN Security Council - South Africa, Niger and Tunisia

©- - 13 january 2020 - 12:03:45 - thread African Union (91 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 13 january 2020 - 08:33:17 - thread African Union (124 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition leaders, led by prominent social justice activist-turned politician, Jawar Mohamed, whose kerro movement’s campaign against bad governance ushered reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed into power, will lead pre-campaign meetings on Saturday in key opposition strongholds ahead of elections set for May 2020

©- - 11 january 2020 - 14:57:34 - thread African Union (427 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank

©- - 11 january 2020 - 11:59:09 - thread African Union (129 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius State Trading Corporation (STC) late Friday announced that the prices of petrol and diesel remain unchanged - at Rs 44,00 and Rs 35,00 per liter respectively, (Rs 35,00 = 1US$)'

A communiqué issued after a meeting of the Petroleum Pricing Committee (PPC), said it  took note of the evolution of world prices of Mogas and Gas Oil and the status of the Price Stabilisation Account (PSA) which had a positive balance of Rs 245

©- - 11 january 2020 - 07:34:40 - thread African Union (125 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed Friday received an invitation to participate in a summit of heads of state and government of ten African member-countries of the high level committee of the African Union on Libya scheduled for 25 January in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, to unify the “African position on the Libyan crisis”, official sources said here

©- - 10 january 2020 - 23:14:41 - thread African Union (486 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad, Jean-Claude Gakosso, whose country chairs the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya on Friday discussed "regional and international efforts to find solutions to the Libyan crisis"

©- - 10 january 2020 - 19:24:32 - thread African Union (373 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Thursday adopted a consumer protection bill at its weekly meeting

©- - 10 january 2020 - 18:19:32 - thread African Union (122 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja extolled the “historic” relationship between Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, saying that it needs to be strengthened for the mutual benefit of the two countries

©- - 10 january 2020 - 18:01:11 - thread African Union (193 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has examined and adopted a bill aimed at clarifying the criteria for the entry into the law profession

©- - 10 january 2020 - 16:47:15 - thread African Union (141 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started  commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis route

©- - 10 january 2020 - 15:58:38 - thread African Union (175 words)