Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Thursday launched a policy and action plan on sexual and reproductive health that would provide the necessary guidance to improve the sexual and reproductive health service delivery system in the island Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Madagascar has made available to Mauritius some 80 hectares of land in Moramanga to set up a textile centre Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told Parliament on Wednesday that any act of misdemeanor on the part of police officers will be promptly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that the island received a total of 230,863 tourists from Europe from January to May 2022 as opposed to only 1,172 during the same period in 2021 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Saturday that three deaths were caused by COVID-19 over the period 2 to 8 June, 2022, in the island Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Saturday announced that regulations have been made under the Quarantine Act to include Monkeypox as a notifiable disease in Mauritius, the Government Information Service (GIS) said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated the island's sugar production at 250,000 tonnes, with harvest scheduled to begin next Monday Full text...

Le Morne, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Wednesday launched an 18-month coral farming and fish farming assistance project by training and building the capacity of coastal communities in coral farming and reef rehabilitation techniques Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Society for Animal Welfare (MSAW) on Wednesday launched a free mass sterilisation campaign in a bid to curb the growth of the dog population “in a more humane, efficient and cost-effective manner”, the Government information Service (GIS) reported Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Mauritania have expressed recognition of the important steps recently taken to strengthen governance and accountability in the West African country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Coal, with a share of 33%, in Mauritius remained the total primary energy requirement in 2021 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will introduce a Green Transformation Package to increase the share of electricity supply from local renewable sources Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius recorded three suspected cases of Monkeypox on 1 June 2022, the Government Information Services (GIS) said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday signed the Country Programme Framework in Port-Louis which sets out government's priority areas to guide the UN food agency's partnership and support for 2022 to 2025 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Police Force (MPF) announced on Wednesday that it has recruited 100 women police constables which is a significant step in promoting gender equality in the organisation Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will soon introduce new regulations to impose restrictions on use, sale, importation, manufacturing and distribution of tobacco products, as well as the prohibition for new vendors to operate within a radius of 200 metres around educational, sports and leisure facilities Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Tuesday said nine new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected in the last 24 hours on the island, bringing the number of positive cases to 38,060 since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Passenger arrivals in Mauritius jumped from 7,956 to 207,391 in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, the state statistical office reported on Tuesday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, Friday pleaded for more coordination and efforts for cooperation with Chad on security, surveillance of common borders, the fight against terrorism and organized crime Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Friday said the forecast for total exports of Mauritian products for 2022 would be around Rs 100 billion or 22 Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council and Second Vice-Chairman of the African Union (AU), Mohamed Al-Manfi, said Friday that the humanitarian crisis caused by displacements and illegal migration required the provision of sustainable solutions Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Friday that they detected eight new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive cases to 38,020 since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, arrived on Thursday evening in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the two extraordinary summits of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the last 24 hours bringing to 38,012 the number of infections since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya is proud of its membership of Africa and its support for the process of development and complementarity between countries of the continent, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said on the occasion of the celebration of Africa Day on 25 May Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that the balance of trade deficit showed a high deficit of Rs 16 Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - On Africa Day, the world celebrates the diverse and dynamic continent’s “enormous promise and potential”, the UN chief said in an upbeat message to mark the day on Wednesday Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African Union (AU) member countries should use their upcoming summit to commit to addressing human rights issues underlying armed conflict and political upheaval on the continent, a human rights advocate said on Tuesday Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Mauritanian minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, in charge of relations with the Parliament, Khattar O Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Friday launched a five-year National Action Plan for Oral Health (2022-2027), with the objective of reducing the incidence and prevalence of oral diseases and, thereby, improving the overall oral health status of the population, the Government Information Service (GIS) said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness is to promulgate a law on restrictions on tobacco products, following its approval on Friday by the Cabinet, the Government Information Service (GIS) said Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The rate of unemployment in Mauritius decreased by 33,500 from 9 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The pump prices of petrol and diesel are up by 10% on Thursday in Mauritius, selling for 74 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security will embark on a sustainable project for the control of the dog population in the country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness will conduct the fourth Mauritius Nutrition Survey this year Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Friday announced that they detected six new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 37,843 since March 2021, the time of the third wave Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) last Friday arrested two Ugandan passengers carrying drugs in their stomachs, at the SSR International airport, southern Mauritius Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Mrs Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan  (PANA) - A much awaited process to end the Sudanese political stalemate finally kicked off in Khartoum on Thursday, following eight months of malfunctioning government Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has stressed the need for elections for a new Pan-African Parliament (PAP) bureau before the next Executive Council session in July Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The number of foreign tourists arriving in Mauritius has increased from 2,830 in January-April 2021 to 243,086 in the same period this year, the state statistics office, Statistics Mauritius, said on Wednesday Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Mauritius is gradually recovering from the  COVID-19 pandemic but while most sectors have returned to pre-pandemic levels of economic activity and the tourism sector is gradually recovering, inflation has picked up substantially Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) -The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) has intercepted a Cameroonian passenger at the SSR International airport  with materials to print fake currency notes Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Quality of Life reported Friday two deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19) between 28 April and 4 May 2022 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The number of students enrolled on tertiary-level programmes in Mauritius,was down by 2 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Mauritius Prisons Service (MPS) have agreed to develop a framework of cooperation and sustainable system for the production of propagating materials of fruit plants at the Prison Service Full text...

Ferney, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday launched the first-ever African accelerator focusing on Regenerative Food and Agri-Tech for regional and international start-ups targeting the African market Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Embaló on Thursday held talks with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two passengers, believed to be Nigerians, aged 38 and 46 years, were intercepted last Friday at the Plaisance international airport, southern Mauritius, with 119 pellets of heroin in their stomach, the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) said in a communique on Thursday Full text...