Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Thursday ended a four-day visit to The Gambia with a call on countries in the West African sub-region to promote inter-state trade and economic activities to further advance regional integration
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – In preparation for this year's parliamentary and municipal elections, Mauritanian authorities Wednesday began a voter registration exercise across the country
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 392
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Here are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Paris, France (PANA) - The President of the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM), Samba Thiam, on Tuesday in Paris proposed that the country's opposition be brought together in a platform aimed at reforming the army, the educational system and abolishing slavery
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two opposition Members of Parliament in Mauritania have, in two oral questions to the Justice Minister, expressed deep concern about the general situation in the country's prisons, PANA learnt here Tuesday from an official source
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued Tuesday by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM):
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 388
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The ninth African Presidential Roundtable, organised by the African Presidential Archives and Research Centre (APARC), will hold on Wednesday and Thursday in Mauritius, with the participation of a dozen former heads of state who will discuss the energy agenda for Africa
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is in Gambia on a two-day state visit at the invitation of host President Yahya Jammeh, PANA reported
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has transfered 13 Islamist terrorists, known to be members of Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), to an unknown prison, official sources confirmed to PANA here Sunday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Monday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 383
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Sunday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 383
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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe will this week take over the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council, an official said here Sunday
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Two of the candidates who contested and lost the 16 April 2011 presidential election in Nigeria will not attend Sunday's inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities have tightened security in the capital city of Abuja ahead of Sunday's inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Sidi Ould Tah, and the Resident Coordinator of United Nations System (UNS) in Nouakchott, Mrs
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Friday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In a bizarre move, the Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria (WITZAN) announced it had deployed 500 witches to the capital city of Abuja, ahead of the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan 29 May
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Addis Abba, Ethiopia (PANA) - The various Regional Economic Communities (REC) in Africa have to work towards removing trade barriers to enhance the free flow of goods and people within their areas, as a way to boost their economies, provide jobs and expand markets
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government plans to restructure the audiovisual media sector (radio and television) under state control and open their ownership to other operators, PANA learnt Thursday from official sources
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Thursday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 383
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Thursday by the Mauritian commercial bank :
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Some 980,000 tourists are expected this year in Mauritius, against 934,000 in 2010, representing an increase of 4
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - To prevent the kind of incident that marred Nigeria's 50th independence anniversary last year, the authorities are to throw a security cordon around the Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of Sunday's investiture of President Goodluck Jonathan
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is increase its weekly flights to Mauritania from nine to 14 while Mauritania Airlines will provide two flights per week to Morocco, official sources said on Wednesday in Rabat
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers (CGTM) and the National Confederation of Workers of Mauritania (MNTC) have threatened to sue the government for its "recurring violation of national laws and international Labour legislation," a Union statement said here Wednesday
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Wednesday by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Paris, France (PANA) - A major exhibition was inaugurated Tuesday in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, as part of the Africa Week events organized to celebrate the establishment in May 1963 of the Organization of African Unity (OAU, now African Union)
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Worried that poverty rate in Mauritania still remains high (42 percent), despite the 50 years of public aids, organizers have put together a forum in support of channeling development aids through the private sector
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Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The special envoy of the Prime Minister of Australia, Neil Mules, on Monday expressed confidence in the growth of cooperation between Angola and his country in all sectors, with emphasis on political and commercial sectors
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama will attend the extra-ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week, according to an official statement issued in Accra on Tuesday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Tuesday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 380
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Thirteen Islamist prisoners, including eight who were sentenced to death for belonging to the Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), have been transferred from a prison in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, to an unknown destination, PANA reported Tuesday, quoting official sources
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to spend 1 billion naira for the 29 May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, who was elected to his own four-year tenure last month after serving out the term of late President Umaru Yar'Adua (US$1=150 naira)
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Monday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 386
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here Monday by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s National Union of Secondary Education (SNES) is embarking on a three-day general strike from Sunday, sources close to the union told PANA
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President Alassane Ouattara who was inaugurated Saturday in Yamoussoukro called for a new Côte d’Ivoire and a new citizenry, saying he is ready to take up the challenge to make this happen
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published here Sunday by the nation’s central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Euro 386
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Urging his compatriots to take a "deep" stock of events in Cote d'Ivoire, President Alassane Ouattara, Saturday in Yamoussoukro, called for the emergence of a "new Ivorian"
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