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El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Fighting has been taking place in the past few days between Government of Sudan forces and rebel movements in the restive North and East Darfur region of western Sudan, with reports of multiple casualties, according to the international peacekeeping force in the region
©- - 22 may 2017 - 18:19:27 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (232 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - For Guinea-Bissau to maintain its currently positive economic trajectory, continued efforts will be needed to maintain and strengthen fiscal discipline and advance structural reforms, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team concluded on Friday at the end of discussions on the third review of the country's IMF-supported programme under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)
©- - 19 may 2017 - 18:28:37 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (456 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir of Sudan on Friday declined an invitation to attend an American–Muslim summit set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, saying his non participation was for a "special reason"
©- - 19 may 2017 - 14:24:19 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (215 words)


Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has signed two loan agreements with the Republics of Côte d’Ivoire and Niger totalling US$20 million, according to a statement issued by BADEA on Friday
©- - 19 may 2017 - 11:07:42 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (411 words)


Gweru, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Union Foundation (AUF), the institution charged with promoting domestic resource mobilisation for African development, has received a donation of 300 heads of cattle from President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, according to the media channel of the continental body
©- - 17 may 2017 - 13:49:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (613 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday left for Equatorial Guinea to attend a two-day Summit of Heads of State of the African Union Committee of Ten (C10) on the reforms of the United Nations (UN) Security Council
©- - 16 may 2017 - 17:54:51 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (147 words)


El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - A delegation of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) touring the restive Darfur region in western Sudan on Tuesday started its field mission with what it described as "fruitful meeting" with the Wali (administrator) of North Darfur State
©- - 16 may 2017 - 17:06:48 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (131 words)


London, UK (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has underlined the need to redouble international efforts in support of Somalia to allow the administration of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo, to overcome the many challenges facing the country
©- - 12 may 2017 - 10:27:27 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (290 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reassured the African Union the relations with Washington remain of strategic importance under President Donald Trump, in a move aimed at cooling fears the new administration was out to sideline African countries in its foreign policy
©- - 11 may 2017 - 19:46:00 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (391 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) has invited Sudan and South Sudan to an extraordinary meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, next weekend to resume discussions on pending issues and the implementation of the 2012 cooperation agreement between the two countries
©- - 08 may 2017 - 19:25:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (202 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, his AU reform advisory team and close to 40 African foreign ministers met Sunday in Kigali, Rwanda, to discuss the implementation of the AU reforms adopted in January 2017
©- - 08 may 2017 - 15:28:30 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (345 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Expressing deep concern over the increasing military clashes in South Sudan, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called on the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition and other armed movements in the country to immediately desist from fighting
©- - 30 april 2017 - 14:32:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (434 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 27 april 2017 - 13:55:10 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 26 april 2017 - 12:40:40 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (148 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 26 april 2017 - 10:59:05 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 25 april 2017 - 15:01:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (139 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 25 april 2017 - 12:00:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 21 april 2017 - 11:22:16 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (126 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 20 april 2017 - 14:04:45 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 20 april 2017 - 13:58:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (149 words)


New York, US (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Wednesday in New York signed a new landmark framework to strengthen partnership between the two organizations on peace and security pillars and better respond to the changing dimensions and evolving challenges of peace operations
©- - 20 april 2017 - 06:55:37 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (317 words)


Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Without peace in South Sudan, millions of people will go hungry and millions of women and girls could be raped as they try to go about their daily lives, including as they search for food, a senior United Nations official warned on Wednesday
©- - 19 april 2017 - 19:06:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (490 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday night told Parliament that his government has adopted a zero tolerance policy with regard to the relentless fight against drugs and drug trafficking which often give rise to corruption
©- - 19 april 2017 - 10:04:07 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (249 words)


Albion, Mauritius (PANA) - A five-day regional training workshop on Coastline Mapping using Satellite Imagery was launched on Tuesday at the Mauritius Oceanography Institute (MOI) in Albion, near Port-Louis
©- - 18 april 2017 - 09:07:12 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (360 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 17 april 2017 - 09:38:32 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (122 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 14 april 2017 - 12:19:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 13 april 2017 - 12:59:13 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 13 april 2017 - 11:57:25 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 12 april 2017 - 11:13:32 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 11 april 2017 - 10:51:02 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has stressed the importance of boosting the capabilities of Arab air defence forces to stand as a deterrent against what he described as “the enemies who plan to control Arab resources”
©- - 09 april 2017 - 19:40:11 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (174 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Diplomats and representatives of the international community on Friday gathered at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 23rd Commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide and paid tribute to the 800,000 lives lost during the 100 days of killing
©- - 07 april 2017 - 17:54:33 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (484 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 06 april 2017 - 13:06:06 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - High level technicians in food security and nutrition from seven Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions are meeting for three days in Mauritius to provide specific inputs to the Global Action Programme (GAP) on Food Security and Nutrition in SIDS
©- - 05 april 2017 - 17:19:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (293 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the immediate deployment of four of the newly-appointed Ambassadors to the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU)
©- - 31 march 2017 - 13:37:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (163 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 31 march 2017 - 13:30:36 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (138 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 31 march 2017 - 11:19:16 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Emphasising the importance of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in stabilising the country, protecting civilians and promoting observance of human rights, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has affirmed its desire for the renewal of MONUSCO’s mandate by the UN Security Council
©- - 31 march 2017 - 10:47:58 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (565 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The relationship between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia is a mutually beneficial one, which should grow stronger in the years to come, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said
©- - 30 march 2017 - 15:17:30 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (236 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Acute financial challenges continue to cripple efforts of the African Union to implement its Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy, though the AU Commission has developed operational guidelines for adoption of the policy at regional and national levels
©- - 29 march 2017 - 18:34:25 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (582 words)