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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has appointed Ghanaian diplomat, Dr Full text...
Mauritius breaks Guinness World Record of the World Largest Human Image of a Waving Flag
Belle-Vue – (PANA) – Mauritius has broken the Guinness World Record of the World Largest Human Image of a Waving Flag at the Anjalay Stadium, Belle Vue Harel, northern Mauritius Full text...
IMF approves US$ 86.9 million Extended Fund Facility for Mauritania
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded the Article IV consultation with Mauritania, approving 42-month arrangements of US$ 86 Full text...
COVID-19: Mauritius records one death
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Monday attributed the death of a 65-year-old woman to COVID-19 Full text...
No death attributed to Covid-19 in Mauritius
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 Full text...
Mauritius launches 3rd Country Cooperation Strategy 2023/2026 to achieve universal health coverage
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius launched on Wednesday its Country Cooperation Strategy 2023-2026 prepared by the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the WHO for the period 2023-2026 Full text...
Mauritius recorded trade deficit in November 2022
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that the country's balance trade showed a deficit of 17,600 million rupees in November 2022, higher by 26 Full text...
Nigeria: Buhari departs for Nouakchott, Mauritania Tuesday for African Conference for Peace award
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Tuesday where he is billed to receive the "African Award for Strengthening Peace" Full text...
Mauritius to extend HPV vaccination to boys aged 9 to 15 years old
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that for the first time the national Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination campaign, will target not only girls but also boys aged 9 to 15 years old Full text...
Mauritius to launch national action plan for prevention, control of STIs
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness said on Friday that it has, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and various stakeholders, developed a national action plan for 2023 to 2027 for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Full text...
COVID-19: Mauritius reports one death in a week
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported that one death attributed to COVID-19 was recorded in the island from 5-11 January 2023 Full text...
Mauritius extends by two years the banning of certain non-biodegradable plastic single use products
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) - The Mauritius Government announced Friday that the Environment Protection (Control of Single Use Plastic Products) Regulations 2020 will be amended to extend by two years, that is, from 15 January 2023 up to 14 January 2025, the moratorium for the banning of certain non-biodegradable single use products Full text...
Preparatory Forum for National Reconciliation Conference in Libya ends
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The preparatory forum of the National Reconciliation Conference concluded its work on Thursday evening in Tripoli, in the presence of the deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, and the United Nations Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily Full text...
Senegal president confident 2023 will mark end of Libyan crisis through peace, elections
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Senegalese president and current chairman of the African Union (AU), Macky Sall, has expressed confidence that Libya will achieve peace during 2023, by holding elections Full text...
Coronavirus: COVID-19 claims one more life in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that COVID-19 claimed a new life on the island last Sunday, a 88-year-old man who was not vaccinated Full text...
Malian Prime Minister in Brazil for inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, arrived Friday in Brasilia, Brazil, to represent the president of the Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, at the inauguration Sunday, 1 January, 2023, of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, an official source told PANA Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports one death
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that COVID-19 claimed a new victim on the island, a 73-year-old woman who was vaccinated against coronavirus, but tested positive Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Team to monitor peace agreement inaugurated
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A three-member mission was inaugurated on Thursday under the auspices of the African Union (AU) to monitor, verify and enforce the 2 November Cessation of Hostilities agreement that ended a two-year bitter war between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front Full text...
South Africa's Perlemoen restaurant wins top global award
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Western Cape restaurant has won a top global award at a Paris ceremony Full text...
Mauritius to ensure continued operations of military base in Diego Garcia
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has told members of the diplomatic corps that his country and the United Kingdom (UK) have decided to start negotiations on the issue of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in view to securing, by early next year, an agreement on the basis of international law Full text...
Unemployment rate on the rise in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius, a governmental organization, on Friday released the figures regarding the unemployment rate in the island which stood at 7 Full text...
Mauritius records trade deficit in October
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Thursday said that the balance of visible trade showed a deficit of Rs 13,959 million in October 2022, lower by 23 Full text...
Mauritius to plant 500 trees to increase native and endemic tree cover in 'Ridge to Reef' project:
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Ridge to Reef (R2R) project that aims to promote forest restoration and the creation of new endemic forest cover has been launched with the planting of 500 endemic trees in the Black River, a southern district of the island Full text...
Mauritius launches 'Zero Interest Medical Loan' scheme for patients in private clinics
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has has launched a “Zero Interest Medical Loan" scheme, which is a tripartite collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Wellness, 18 private clinics, and two banks - SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd and MauBank Ltd Full text...
Deputy Chairman of Libyan Presidential Council welcomes AU support for reconciliation efforts in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, has hailed the African Union (AU) for its support to efforts of the Presidential Council in the technical and consultative fields for national reconciliation in Libya Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reords one death
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius recorded one death due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), 82 active cases out of which 38 were admitted to a hospital over the period 8 -14 December 2022, health authorities said on Saturday Full text...
Mauritius to reach targeted one million tourist arrivals in 2022
Pte aux Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – The Acting Mauritian Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Mr Louis Steven Obeegadoo, on Thursday said that the number of tourist arrivals from October 2021 to November 2022 to the island amounted to 1,027,455 Full text...
African countries renew commitment to improved nutrition
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Member States renewed their commitments towards nutrition on the continent at a high-level event of the 2022 African Year of Nutrition, the AU Commission said on Thursday Full text...
Mauritius to introduce Road Safety Education in primary school curriculum from 2023
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will from 2023 introduce Road Safety Education as a compulsory subject in the education curriculum at the level of public primary schools from Grade 1 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records three new deaths
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities reported on Monday that they have recorded three deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours Full text...
Political developments in Libya discssed in Saudi Arabia meeting
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Saturday met with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdelaziz, to discuss the political developments in Libya and the prospects for cooperation between the two countries Full text...
Mauritanian terrorist charged with death of American, providing material support to Al-Qaeda
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, aka Ibrahim Idress, aka Ibrahim Dix, 44, of Mauritania, was arraigned on Saturday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York on a six-count indictment Full text...
Mauritius to implement National Action Plan to combat Trafficking in Persons 2022-2026
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will implement the National Action Plan to combat Trafficking in Persons 2022-2026, which has been drafted by a consultant with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration Full text...
Mauritius to position itself as sustainable international financial centre
Balaclava , Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth says Mauritius will develop an Environmental Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) framework to position the country as a sustainable international financial centre Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports one death
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius reported Saturday one death attributed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 1-7 December 2022 Full text...
Libyan Presidential Council chairman hails Sino-Arab summit as opportunity to strengthen stability
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, said here Friday the Arab-Chinese Summit opens prospects for a better future of cooperation and partnership between the People's Republic of China and the Arab world Full text...
Mauritius to set up Financial Crime Commission
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, announced Thursday that the government will soon set up a Financial Crime Commission in a bid to ensure greater coordination among law enforcement agencies and to reinforce public-private partnership in combating financial crimes Full text...
African leaders outline ambitious targets in pursuit of continental industrialisation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A recent Summit of African leaders to explore a new roadmap to continental industrialization plan called for a 10-point plan aiming to improve trade, air transport and manufacturing Full text...
Two Mauritians jailed for drug trafficking
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Mauritius has jaild two Mauritians after finding them guilty of drug trafficking and importation, PANA reports on Wednesday from judicial sources in the capital Full text...
Mauritius to institutionalise National Health Observatory
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday said it will institutionalise the National Health Observatory (NHO), which is an important tool for evidence-based policy making Full text...
UN, AU and IGAD welcome Sudanese political framework agreement
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD, known as the trilateral mechanism operating to end the Sudanese political crisis, on Monday welcomed the agreement signed between the military establishment and a grouping of political parties and former rebel movements Full text...
Mauritius opens first Community Sexual Health Centre
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Friday opened its first community sexual health clinic in a bid to provide a panoply of services to further support individuals suffering from Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports three deaths in one week
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Saturday reported three deaths attributed to COVID-19 over the period 24 to 30 November 2022 Full text...
Mauritius to phase out use of coal by 2030
Bagatelle, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, reiterated here Friday the government’s commitment to produce 60% of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources and to phase out the use of coal by 2030 Full text...
In Africa, UN chief sees continent full of ‘hope and potential’
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Far too often, Africa is viewed from outside “through a prism of problems” said UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday, speaking in the Ethiopian capital, home to the African Union (AU), where he has been taking part in the sixth UN-AU annual conference Full text...
Tourist arrivals on the rise in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday reported that tourist arrivals during the first nine months of 2022 stand at 638,332 as compared to 9,460 for the same period last year Full text...
'Mauritius is the preferred hub for investment into Africa' - President
Pte aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President, Prithvirajsing Roopun, on Monday presented the country as the preferred hub for investment into Africa, with 4 Full text...
US-Africa Summit: US to incorporate AGOA into new strategic partnership
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United States will incorporate the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) into a new strategic partnership which it plans to reach with various African countries when President Joe Biden holds a Summit with continental leaders Full text...
Libyan deputy chairman reaffirms need for private sector involvement in Africa's economic development
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, has said that Africa needs more work and coordination and the involvement of the private sector in the process of global transformation for its economic development Full text...