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Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday in a hard-hitting new report

©- - 16 march 2023 - 07:35:34 - thread African Union (566 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Tuesday opened a 1,000-people Climate Refuge Centre at Quatre Soeurs, in the southern part of the island, with the objective to protect and safely evacuate local communities living along the south-eastern coastal stretch who are at risk in events of inundation from high tides, storm surges and tidal waves

©- - 15 march 2023 - 08:54:24 - thread African Union (411 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that diabetes mellitus was the leading cause of death in Mauritius in 2021, accounting for 20

©- - 13 march 2023 - 08:15:00 - thread African Union (251 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian authorities must heed the importance of decisive implementation of structural reforms, including improving governance, transparency, the business environment and financial inclusion, and mitigating the challenges posed by climate change

©- - 11 march 2023 - 08:56:16 - thread African Union (469 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Moves by a small number of governments to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis have led to increased consumption without explaining the potentially serious health dangers that users face from the drug, a UN narcotics wathdog said on Thursday

©- - 10 march 2023 - 05:22:54 - thread African Union (450 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, has discussed the role of the ministry in coordinating and supporting the efforts of the Presidential Council and the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on Libya for a successful national reconciliation project

©- - 07 march 2023 - 12:38:00 - thread African Union (171 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, said here Monday that the Scientific Forum, organized in Tripoli by the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (ECOSOCC), addresses the issue of community support to electoral tracks and institution building
©- - 06 march 2023 - 19:45:27 - thread African Union (602 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  The Mauritius Central Electricity Board (CEB) has launched several programmes aimed at different categories of consumers with a targeted capacity of around 300 megawatts of electricity

©- - 01 march 2023 - 09:14:43 - thread African Union (267 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will soon introduce a National Human Rights Action Plan 2023-2030 which will chart the way forward as a roadmap for the Republic of Mauritius to uphold human rights, an official source said here

©- - 28 february 2023 - 17:38:33 - thread African Union (218 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported 18 active cases of COVID-19 from 16-22 February out of which six were admitted to the hospital

©- - 25 february 2023 - 06:05:10 - thread African Union (58 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has agreed with a number of Libyan ministers and officials on the need to complete the stalled projects of the Artificial River Authority

©- - 22 february 2023 - 14:13:04 - thread African Union (567 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Comoros and new Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Azali Assoumani, said Monday he was ready to support the work of the African High Level Committee on Libya and the efforts of the Libyan Presidential Council to achieve peace and stability in Libya

©- - 20 february 2023 - 18:24:32 - thread African Union (431 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his support for an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa on Saturday, in remarks delivered to the African Union Summit, which is being held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa

©- - 18 february 2023 - 18:26:36 - thread African Union (657 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) meeting at the level of the Heads of State and Government on Friday strongly condemned the recent attacks against the UN Peacekeeping Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which resulted in casualties among the peacekeepers and civilians

©- - 18 february 2023 - 11:49:31 - thread African Union (597 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Climate-related natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe in Mauritania, exacerbating longstanding challenges like land and infrastructure degradation, water stress, and food insecurity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) observes in its weekend Country Focus

©- - 18 february 2023 - 10:06:58 - thread African Union (407 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the 36th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union(AU) to plead for their return to the pan-African institutions, the Agence Malienne de Presse (AMAP) reported on Friday

©- - 17 february 2023 - 17:15:40 - thread African Union (652 words)


Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Strengthening governance, investing in human capital with a focus on education, and improving the business climate are key pillars for Guinea-Bissau to break out of the fragility cycle towards sustainable and inclusive growth and make progress on gender equality

©- - 17 february 2023 - 08:24:00 - thread African Union (588 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday at the head of a high-level delegation to attend the 36th Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) scheduled for 18-19 February

©- - 16 february 2023 - 19:08:14 - thread African Union (147 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The tripartite mechanism, comprising the African Union, United Nations and the IGAD, have commended the on-going meetings in Juba, South Sudan, devoted to assessing the implementation of a peace deal signed between the Khartoum government and rebel movements two years ago

©- - 16 february 2023 - 15:26:09 - thread African Union (413 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch on Wednesday participated in the opening session of the 42nd session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, which started in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

©- - 15 february 2023 - 17:45:27 - thread African Union (215 words)


London, UK (PANA) – The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and the United States governments and the UK’s racial persecution, and continued blocking of their return home, are crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report and video released on Wednesday

©- - 15 february 2023 - 11:45:25 - thread African Union (1032 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Commission has announced sending a 90-man strong team led by former Kenyan President  Uhuru Kenyatta to monitor elections Nigeria set for later this month

©- - 14 february 2023 - 14:21:08 - thread African Union (261 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant General Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, on Monday held a meeting with the visiting head of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, on efforts to achieve national consensus and formation of institutions of the transitional period

©- - 14 february 2023 - 09:24:57 - thread African Union (255 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The chairperson of the African  Union Commission, Moussa Faki, arrived in Khartoum on Sunday as part of the African union efforts to support the Sudanese reach an agreement to end the current political impasse

©- - 12 february 2023 - 16:12:57 - thread African Union (245 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, met on Thursday in Bamako with the Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union (AU), Ms

©- - 10 february 2023 - 12:56:48 - thread African Union (308 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The number of tourists who arrived in Mauritius in January 2023 was 107,684, up from 40,028 in the same period a year earlier, Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday

©- - 09 february 2023 - 07:41:53 - thread African Union (143 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  On World Cancer Day celebrated 6 February, the Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that cancer was the leading cause of deaths worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 or nearly one in six deaths

©- - 07 february 2023 - 06:34:55 - thread African Union (272 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is presently implementing a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) project which forms part of the integrated vector management strategy to tackle mosquito-borne illnesses such as dengue and chikungunya

©- - 06 february 2023 - 10:18:05 - thread African Union (506 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has ended a visit to Mali to assess the roadmap for a return to constitutional rule saying "real progress" has been made

©- - 01 february 2023 - 18:20:02 - thread African Union (337 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius said on Wednesday that one death due COVID-19 was recorded from 19 to 25 January

©- - 01 february 2023 - 16:53:59 - thread African Union (60 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has from 1 January this year extended the paediatric age limit from 12 to 16 years, the Government Information Service (GIS) said on Wednesday

©- - 01 february 2023 - 16:23:29 - thread African Union (176 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal said Tuesday Mauritius would offer an attractive and favourable environment for carrying out clinical research on a large scale with high standards of public transparency and safety

©- - 31 january 2023 - 17:11:52 - thread African Union (219 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania is strategically placed to become an important supplier of natural gas, particularly as countries seek to diversify their gas suppliers to reduce reliance on Russian gas, Extractives inSight, a monthly bulletin from the Extractive Industries Transparency International (EITI} reported on Monday

©- - 31 january 2023 - 13:03:21 - thread African Union (495 words)


Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) – A new credit support programme under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aims to anchor macroeconomic stability in Guinea-Bissau, put the government's budget back on track and ensure medium-term debt sustainability

©- - 31 january 2023 - 11:02:59 - thread African Union (679 words)


Khartoum (Soudan) - The president of Sudan's Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the president of Chad's Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Déby, agreed on Sunday to work together for the establishment of peace in Libya and stability in the Central African Republic

©- - 30 january 2023 - 19:17:33 - thread African Union (361 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- In one of the rarest events of its type, representatives of the United Nations, the African Union and the East African Development Authority IGAD, Monday urged Sudanese stakeholders to close their ranks and reach an agreement ending their current widening rift

©- - 30 january 2023 - 17:28:21 - thread African Union (961 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has pledged his full support for the UN's efforts, highlighting the dangers of maintaining the status quo in Libya, which is experiencing a deadlock in its political process

©- - 29 january 2023 - 15:26:38 - thread African Union (454 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Monday attributed the death of a 65-year-old woman to COVID-19

©- - 24 january 2023 - 06:29:36 - thread African Union (60 words)


 

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Friday they did not record any death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country over the period 12 -18 January 2023

©- - 21 january 2023 - 07:45:50 - thread African Union (82 words)