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Candos, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Ministry on Thursday launched activities marking the World Blood Donor Day 2015 at the Victoria Hospital in Candos, in the centre of the island, highlighting stories from people whose lives have been saved through blood donation as a way of motivating regular blood donors to give blood and people in good health who have never given blood to begin doing so
©- - 11 june 2015 - 14:05:38 - thread African Union (369 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 11 june 2015 - 11:05:44 - thread African Union (110 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A major manhunt is underway for a group of men posing as policemen who robbed a Nigerian delegate shortly after he had arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday night to attend the 25th African Union (AU) summit in the city
©- - 11 june 2015 - 10:32:10 - thread African Union (149 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and China have signed a bilateral service agreement that expands the connections between both nations and also benefits the African continent, according to the office of the Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister
©- - 11 june 2015 - 09:45:24 - thread African Union (137 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Xavier-Luc Duval was Wednesday elected chairman of the Vanilla Islands Association that groups Mauritius, Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mayotte, La Réunion and Seychelles, PANA reported from here
©- - 11 june 2015 - 08:00:57 - thread African Union (172 words)


Sandton, South Africa (PANA) - Foreign ministers attending the 25th session of the African Union (AU) Assembly agreed Wednesday to formally support implementation of the AU flagship plan to rapidly industrialise Africa, saying national action plans were needed to urgently support Agenda 2063
©- - 10 june 2015 - 15:57:51 - thread African Union (495 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry has invited members of the public to express themselves on the Human Tissue (Removal, Preservation and Transplant) Act 2006 in the margin of the implementation of the legislation that was approved by the National Assembly on 25 April 2006
©- - 10 june 2015 - 13:17:00 - thread African Union (369 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is rated as the best performing economy in Africa by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa Global competitiveness Report 2015, entitled: “Transforming Africa’s Economies”, a PANA correspondent learnt from official sources here
©- - 10 june 2015 - 13:07:16 - thread African Union (318 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 10 june 2015 - 09:41:47 - thread African Union (112 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 25
©- - 09 june 2015 - 08:35:34 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and Ghana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the setting up of a Technology Park in Accra, Ghana's capital, a PANA correspondent learnt Monday from official sources here
©- - 08 june 2015 - 14:25:48 - thread African Union (296 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 32-old Malagasy, Walerice Lehilahitsara, has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty of drug trafficking by a court in the Mauritian capital, Port Louis, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 08 june 2015 - 09:37:23 - thread African Union (87 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 
Australian Dollar 25
©- - 08 june 2015 - 07:52:12 - thread African Union (109 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has “warmly congratulated” Ameenah Gurib-Fakim on her appointment as the new President of the Republic of Mauritius, according to a statement issued Friday by the Commission in Addis Ababa
©- - 05 june 2015 - 20:07:08 - thread African Union (175 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as published here Friday by the nation’s central bank : Currency Buying Selling 1-euro 365
©- - 05 june 2015 - 16:00:20 - thread African Union (141 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Though Mauritius has no drought problem, it faces a huge challenge as too much water is being wasted in the country, according to Energy and Public Utilities Minister Ivan Collendavalloo
©- - 05 june 2015 - 10:01:01 - thread African Union (259 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Following several years of growing export demand and high commodity prices, Mauritania now faces a more difficult external environment, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission that has just concluded a nine-day visit to the north-west African country
©- - 05 june 2015 - 08:02:40 - thread African Union (413 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Parliament Thursday unanimously approved globally-acclaimed scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the Island nation's President, making her the first woman to hold the position
©- - 04 june 2015 - 09:46:34 - thread African Union (380 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 04 june 2015 - 09:29:39 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 03 june 2015 - 09:32:05 - thread African Union (112 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has appointed former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konaré as the AU High Representative for South Sudan, the Commission announced here Tuesday
©- - 02 june 2015 - 19:54:04 - thread African Union (358 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Business and Cooperatives Minister Sunil Bholah has urged cooperative societies to focus on the export of products which will help the island realize its "second economic miracle", as promised by the present government
©- - 02 june 2015 - 18:27:54 - thread African Union (146 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, on a visit to Réunion, announced Tuesday his intention to suppress totally customs duty on imports from the French island, located about 200km southwest of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, according to official sources
©- - 02 june 2015 - 17:49:13 - thread African Union (266 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 02 june 2015 - 09:05:23 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - For the first time in the history of Mauritius, a woman will be inaugurated Friday as the nation's new president, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 01 june 2015 - 14:21:46 - thread African Union (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo is leading a high-level Mauritian delegation to La Réunion, Monday, with the aim of deepening economic ties between the two neighboring islands, PANA learnt from official sources here
©- - 01 june 2015 - 12:58:35 - thread African Union (238 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 26
©- - 01 june 2015 - 08:36:38 - thread African Union (109 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Bank of China is to set up a branch in Mauritius in a bid to boost trade between the two countries, Mauritian Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo has said
©- - 01 june 2015 - 08:03:33 - thread African Union (131 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Burundi’s general elections, scheduled for June 2015, should be postponed for at least a month and half while all parties in the ongoing conflict should cease acts of violence, according to a resolution agreed here Sunday by an emergency regional summit
©- - 31 may 2015 - 17:20:32 - thread African Union (357 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President Kailash Purryag resigned on Friday night, five months after the fall of the Labour government that nominated him to the post three years back, PANA learnt from official sources on Saturday
©- - 30 may 2015 - 15:44:09 - thread African Union (107 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Freshly sworn-in Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to tackle corruption, unemployment and insecurity, especially Boko Haram, ensure the rule of law, rescue the Chibok girls alive, provide stable electricity supply and revive the economy
©- - 29 may 2015 - 13:05:40 - thread African Union (619 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Sheikh Tameem, the Emir of Qatar, will be among dozens of heads of state and parliament speakers attending the inauguration of President Omar al Bashir in Khartoum on 2 June 2015 following his re-election in April, the semi-official Sudan Media Centre reported Thursday
©- - 28 may 2015 - 18:17:44 - thread African Union (129 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – An emergency summit of East African leaders on the situation in Burundi will take place Sunday in Dar es Salaam, it was officially announced here Thursday
©- - 28 may 2015 - 16:25:49 - thread African Union (190 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Per capita tobacco consumption in Mauritius declined from 1,046 in 2009 to 776 cigarettes in 2013, or a reduction of 30%, and more in 2014, according to the Mauritian Health Ministry
©- - 27 may 2015 - 18:46:53 - thread African Union (266 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Delegates from 10 African countries are due to meet here from 29-31 May 2015 to share experiences and discuss strategies for attaining 100% voluntary blood donation for meeting their national transfusion needs, Subhanand Seegoolam, president of the Blood Donors Association (BDA) of Mauritius said Wednesday He said delegates from South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Seychelles, South Sudan, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Chad, Mauritius and Rodrigues will also suggest measures on how to motivate people to donate blood and ensure its security as well
©- - 27 may 2015 - 18:25:14 - thread African Union (313 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s elections managerial board should put in place measures and procedures to enhance public trust in the electoral process, according to an African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) that was deployed to the 24 May 2015 parliamentary elections in the East African country
©- - 27 may 2015 - 09:44:22 - thread African Union (528 words)