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Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Austra lia, Ms Quentin Bryce, arrived in Mauritius Monday afternoon for a four-day offi c ial visit to the island, PANA reported
©- - 16 march 2009 - 13:22:00 - thread Union africaine (85 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates of the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published Monday by the Comme r cial Bank of Mauritius: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 21
©- - 16 march 2009 - 10:09:00 - thread Union africaine (118 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- South African team Mamelodi Sundowns easily defe ated Mauritius team Association Sportive de Vacaos-Phoenix (ASVP) 3-0 on Sunday i n the first leg, second round match of the CAF champions league
©- - 16 march 2009 - 09:11:00 - thread Union africaine (68 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Abdallahi Ould Tfagha Moctar and Mohamed Lemine Ould Mou stapha, reporters with the Sahara Media, a Nouakchott-based independent newswire service, were arrested by personnel of Mauritania National Security for allegedl y filming the entrance to the Nouakchott civil prison, the sub-regional press fre e dom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) said in a statement receiv e d here by PANA Sunday
©- - 15 march 2009 - 20:00:00 - thread Union africaine (188 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's opposition Social Renovation Part y(PRS), Thursday reaffirmed its disagreement with what it considers a “quick nom i nation” of the current interim head of state, Raimundo Pereira, that took place 2 4 hours after the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira
©- - 14 march 2009 - 18:45:00 - thread Union africaine (652 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations and African Union (AU) have launched a joint initiative to support an African plan to fight the traffic in illicit drug s and related criminal activity on the continent over the next five years
©- - 14 march 2009 - 17:51:00 - thread Union africaine (388 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has approved the esta blishment of a new national airline called Mauritanian Airlines International (M A I), according to a press release issued on Thursday night
©- - 13 march 2009 - 23:08:00 - thread Union africaine (142 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritus here on Friday published the exchange rates of some foreign currencies against the local rupee
©- - 13 march 2009 - 14:31:00 - thread Union africaine (115 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) and the Community of the S ahelian Saharan States(CENSAD) will carry out an inquiry into the recent assassi n ations of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and General Batista Tagm Na Wai, AU Cha i rman and Libyan leader Muammar Khadafi, said here Friday
©- - 13 march 2009 - 11:57:00 - thread Union africaine (193 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African Union’s top security organ, the Peace and Security Council (PSC), has asked for a speedy conclusion of a sanctions list targeting groups and individuals troubling the Somali government, so the sanctions can be enforced
©- - 13 march 2009 - 10:19:00 - thread Union africaine (302 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of political parties opposed to the 6 August coup in Maurita n ia, strongly denounced the comments by Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, who is m e diating in the Mauritanian crisis, on democracy and elections
©- - 12 march 2009 - 16:38:00 - thread Union africaine (268 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The vice president of the Union of Democratic Fo rces (RFD), the main opposition party in Mauritania, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Lematt , has rejected the electoral calendar proposed by military authorities, in power s ince the 6 August coup
©- - 12 march 2009 - 15:55:00 - thread Union africaine (131 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and Mauritian lea der General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz laid the foundation stone of the five-star ho t el “Al-Fateh” on Wednesday in Nouakchott
©- - 12 march 2009 - 10:09:00 - thread Union africaine (128 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader and incumbent chairm an of the African Union (AU) Mouamar Khadafi on Wednesday urged the Mauritanian p eople to work together to find a way out of crisis in a bid to preserve the stab i lity and the tranquillity
©- - 12 march 2009 - 00:13:00 - thread Union africaine (289 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Acting President of Guinea Bissau Raimundo Pereira, on Tuesday described, the assassinations of the President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira and the Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Batista Tagmé N a Waié, as “sheer affront to the institutions of the Republic”
©- - 11 march 2009 - 23:40:00 - thread Union africaine (343 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – The Libyan leader -Mouammar Kadhafi on Tuesday af firmed the universality of Islam and said the Bible had been falsified with vers e s referring to Prophet Ahmad removed
©- - 11 march 2009 - 23:13:00 - thread Union africaine (677 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- – The Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi on Tuesday th rew his weight behind the Islamic calendar and urged all Islamic Umma to adopt i t
©- - 11 march 2009 - 23:12:00 - thread Union africaine (213 words)


Pailles- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and visitin g Botswana President Seretse Ian Khama, at a banquet at the Swami Vivekananda Co n vention Centre at Pailles, near Port-Louis, have condemned any attempt to overth r ow the democratically-elected government in Madagascar
©- - 11 march 2009 - 17:58:00 - thread Union africaine (372 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Libyan leader and chairman of the African Un ion (AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, Tuesday evening led the dusk prayer at the Olympic S t adium in Nouakchott before thousands of Mauritanians and several other guests fr o m the African continent While in the Mauritanian capital, Kadhafi would, among other activities, interce de between the protagonists of the Mauritanian crisis
©- - 11 march 2009 - 16:08:00 - thread Union africaine (157 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- The President of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama , arrived in Mauritius on Wednesday afternoon on a two-day official visit as the c hief guest of the government at its celebration of Mauritius 41st Independence a n niversary
©- - 11 march 2009 - 13:01:00 - thread Union africaine (165 words)


Phoenix- Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Muslims on T-uesday celebrated Maouloud, th e birthday of Prophet Mohamed, with a religious gathering at Phoenix in the cent e r of the island
©- - 10 march 2009 - 22:58:00 - thread Union africaine (99 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Angola on Monday reiterated its readiness to help Guinea-Bissau restore constitutional order after the double assassination, at t h e beginning of this month, of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and of the chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Batista Tagmé Na Wai
©- - 10 march 2009 - 19:10:00 - thread Union africaine (219 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Angola on Monday reiterated its readiness to help Guinea-Bissau restore constitutional order after the double assassination, at t h e beginning of this month, of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and of the chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Batista Tagmé Na Wai
©- - 10 march 2009 - 19:06:00 - thread Union africaine (221 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea Bissau, assassinated 2 March in his Bissau residence, was buried Tuesday at the municipa l cemetery in the Bissau Guinean capital, PANA reports from here
©- - 10 march 2009 - 18:17:00 - thread Union africaine (320 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, in his capacity as the Chair of the African Union (AU), held talks on Monday with General Mohame d Ould Abdelaziz, president of the High State Council (HCE) in Mauritania, the ju n ta that seized power in Nouakchott on 6 August 2008
©- - 10 march 2009 - 17:14:00 - thread Union africaine (232 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two Mauritanian journalists, Moulay Najim Ould M oulay Zeine and Ezza Mint Moulay Zeine, will appear in court here on 18 March ov e r what prosecutors called “infringement of morality” and “breach of rules on pub l ication”
©- - 10 march 2009 - 15:20:00 - thread Union africaine (127 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- There are more women than men in Mauritius, accor ding to figures released Monday by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)
©- - 10 march 2009 - 14:47:00 - thread Union africaine (216 words)


Port-Louis- Maurice (PANA) -- Mauritius has announced plans to launch a campaign, tagged 'Mauritius, sustainable island', this week to help raise awareness among the population on environmental issues
©- - 10 march 2009 - 09:51:00 - thread Union africaine (171 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Senegalese Head of State Abdoulaye Wade is th e only foreign president to have so far confirmed that he will attend the funera l of the late Guinea Bissau President “Nino” Vieira scheduled for Tuesday morning , the national commission in charge the funeral told PANA on Monday
©- - 10 march 2009 - 07:31:00 - thread Union africaine (443 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Libyan leader and current Chairman of the Af rican Union (AU), Muammar Kadhafi arrived in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott , on Monday during which he will continue with his efforts to find a solution the Mauritanian political crisis triggered by a coup last year
©- - 09 march 2009 - 23:40:00 - thread Union africaine (254 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy in Mauritania (FNDD), an alliance opposed to the 6 August, 2008 coup, on Monday said it was open to dialogue in a bid to find a solution to the political crisis faced by the country
©- - 09 march 2009 - 22:09:00 - thread Union africaine (232 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Many foreign delegations are still being expected in Bissau for the funeral of President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, scheduled f o r Tuesday, members of the the organising committee of the ceremony told PANA Mon d ay
©- - 09 march 2009 - 18:58:00 - thread Union africaine (359 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The INS Nirdesshak, an Indian Scientific ship, is expected to dock in Mauritius on Tuesday to carry out a hydrographic study arou n d the Island and create a nautical passage for ships to this part of the Indian O cean, Mauritius official sources told PANA here
©- - 09 march 2009 - 15:47:00 - thread Union africaine (164 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) -- Titleholder Curepipe Starlight reclaimed the top s pot in the Mauritian national premier football league at the weekend, after its 3 -0 drubbing of USBBRH in a round 16 match
©- - 09 march 2009 - 12:58:00 - thread Union africaine (140 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – Hundreds of Tamil--born Mauritians on Friday eveni ng demonstrated in Port-Louis to condemn the daily attacks by the Sri Lanka army against the Tamil population in southern Sri Lanka
©- - 07 march 2009 - 19:39:00 - thread Union africaine (120 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The state funeral for the Guinea Bissau army chief of staff, General Batista Tagme Na Wai, initially planned for Saturday in Bissau has been postponed to Sunday at the request of his family
©- - 07 march 2009 - 17:10:00 - thread Union africaine (170 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The Guinea Bissau authorities will shortly appoin t a new chief of staff, to replace General Batista Tagme Na Wai, killed Sunday i n an explosion that rocked the headquarters of the army here
©- - 06 march 2009 - 17:54:00 - thread Union africaine (220 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The US government has called for the holding of the pres idential election in Guinea Bissau within two months as stipulated in their cons t itution
©- - 06 march 2009 - 15:17:00 - thread Union africaine (187 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama is expected in Mauritius on 11 March as the Chief Guest at the 41st independence an niversary and the 17th Republic Day of the island, official sources said here
©- - 06 march 2009 - 12:59:00 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Friday issued the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some foreign curren cies
©- - 06 march 2009 - 08:28:00 - thread Union africaine (119 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Mauritanian NGO, Resistance Initiative of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), on Thursday hailed the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
©- - 06 march 2009 - 08:18:00 - thread Union africaine (112 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junio r said on Thursday that his government would pursue dialogue with the military a n d “display a conciliatory overture” to restore peace and stability in the countr y in the wake of the assassinations of the armed forces chief of staff General Ba t ista Tagm Na Wai and President Bernardo Joao Vieira
©- - 06 march 2009 - 07:44:00 - thread Union africaine (286 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Gambian government has condemned "in the strongest p ossible terms" the double assassination of Guinea Bassau President Joao Bernardo 'Nino' Vieira and the army Chief of Sta ff, Gen
©- - 05 march 2009 - 15:26:00 - thread Union africaine (109 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The remains of Guinea Bissau's slain President Jo ao Bernardo 'Nino' Vieira will laid to rest next Tuesday in Bissau, an official s ource told PANA here on Thursday
©- - 05 march 2009 - 14:39:00 - thread Union africaine (103 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior has called for international financial support for his country to enable it overcome the difficult times the country is experiencing
©- - 05 march 2009 - 13:38:00 - thread Union africaine (318 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius trade deficit in 2008 was 25% higher th an in 2007, with total imports reaching US$4
©- - 05 march 2009 - 09:45:00 - thread Union africaine (562 words)


Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana on Wednesday condemned the assassinations of Preside nt Joao Bernado Nino Vieira and General Tagme na Waie, Chief of Defence Staff of Guinea Bissau and pledged to work with sub-regional, regional and international b odies to help the troubled West Africa state overcome its difficult moments
©- - 04 march 2009 - 22:47:00 - thread Union africaine (258 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Aff airs, Joao Cravinho, Tuesday denied that Isabel Vieira, widow of the slain Guine a Bissau President, had asked for political asylum in Portugal
©- - 04 march 2009 - 16:56:00 - thread Union africaine (198 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Deposed Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, will leave his home village, Lemden, Thursday for the Maurita n ian capital, Nouakchott, from where he is expected to travel Friday to Tripoli, L ibya's capital, authoritative sources in Nouakchott told PANA
©- - 04 march 2009 - 16:40:00 - thread Union africaine (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius(PANA) --­ The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Wednesday issued the latest exchange rates for the local rupee against some main foreign currencies
©- - 04 march 2009 - 14:53:00 - thread Union africaine (119 words)