Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Heads of State and Government of member countries of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) will appoint a sixth member of the Panel of Eminent Persons of this specialised organ of the African Union at the 14th summit of their forum 29 January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it was officially announced Friday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Senate will elect one-third of its members in April, official sources told PANA on Thursday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian football clubs are back in African competitions this weekend after three years of absence, sports sources told PANA on Thursday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled plans for a single standardized SIM card for all African mobile phone operators in an effort to save millions of subscribers the extra cost and register the dot African domain name, senior officials said here Thursday
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Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A military judicial delegation from Guinea Bissau, led by the chief justice of the Military High Court, Eduardo Costa Sanhá, is in Luanda, to discuss the reinforcement of co-operation with the Angolan government
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Executive Council of the African Union (AU), comprising the continent's foreign ministers, will, as usual, at the 16th summit, review the conclusions of ministerial meetings and other conferences held since the last summit of July 2010
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The freedom struggle in pre-independence Africa was fuelled by common values of the people under colonial domination to underpin Pan-Africanism that reaffirmed human dignity, irrespective of colour or creed
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Foreign Ministers from Australia, Denmark, India, Japan and Austria Thursday made fresh pledges of aid and diplomatic support for Africa, as the Executive Council meeting of the African Union (AU) kicked off here
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left Nouakchott Thursday morning for Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to attend the 16th ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), due to start Sunday at the headquarters of the continental organisation
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré will leave Bamako Saturday morning for Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, to take part in the the 16th ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU)
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Despite the fairly optimistic scenario of the African economy at present, there remains serious downside risks that can undermine stability as recent events in some countries show, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Executive Secretary Abdoulaye Janneh warned here Thursday
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian airline, Air Mauritius, on Wednesday announced that it will operate a direct Mauritius-Shanghai route from July this year
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) said Wednesday it had no immediate plans to directly intervene in the gale of protests sweeping across North Africa, especially Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the African Union (AU) will hold high-level talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to review efforts to achieve peace, security and reconciliation in strife-torn Somalia, which has suffered two decades of conflict and humanitarian challenges
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The president of the Federation of United Workers (FTU) of Mauritius, Atma Shanto, Wednesday denounced what he termed as ''slave'' working conditions in the country's tourism sector
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African foreign ministers constituting the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) will start a two-day session here Thursday to discuss what their countries consider to be common values that they could share in enhancing continental integration
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Here are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued here Wednesday by the Mauritian central bank
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Phoenix, Mauritius (PANA) - Some Hindu socio-cultural associations Tuesday protested in front of their temple against the opening of a McDonald restaurant in Phoënix, in the centre of the island, PANA reported from here
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Sidi Ould Tah, and the Ambassador of Germany in Nouakchott, Dietmar Blass, Monday signed a financial agreement to provide the African country with 17 million euros, a communique of the German diplomatic office, transmitted to PANA here Tuesday, announced
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Restating his commitment to unity in the African continent, the new Guiniean President, Alpha Condé, Tuesday said he was willing to work with the Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, until the African Unity project was completed
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa’s leading gender activists said here Monday that the African Union Summit on “shared values” was weak on gender issues because no particular emphasis had been put on the protection of women in conflict and the need to create an improved environment for education
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding they say will significantly contribute to reducing malnutrition in Africa
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Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, who is the current chairman of the African Union (AU), Tuesday left for the troubled West African state of Cote d'Ivoire to add his weight to the on-going mediation efforts in the crisis
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - French President Nicholas Sarkozy will be the guest of honour at the 16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), scheduled to be held here 30-31 January 2011, the AU Commission announced Tuesday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African heads of state and government are expected to adopt a US$256 million budget of expenditure for the African Union (AU) during 2011, it was officially disclosed here Tuesday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as published by the country's apex bank
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nigeria’s bid to secure an international approval for the use of “legitimate force” to oust President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire from power dominated debate on the sidelines of an African Union (AU) meeting underway here for the second day running
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has made no headway in agreeing on alternative sources of funding to beef up assessed annual contributions from member states, according to the Secretary of the AU Commission, Jean Mfasoni
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as released here by the Mauritian commercial bank
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – King Abdallah Ben Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia arrived in Morocco on Saturday where he is convalescing after surgery late November last year in New York, USA, according to official sources
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Libyan delegation, led by the Executive Secretary of the General Forum of Arab and African companies, Rava Ali Al Madani, arrived here Sunday to finalize several investment projects in Mauritania, PANA learnt Monday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued here by the nation’s central bank
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) faces the critical challenge of funding its projects and programmes, unless member states agree alternative sources of funding for the continental body at this week's ordinary summit here
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Newspapers in Mauritania this week dwelt on the social explosion in North Africa, which reached its peak with the fall of the Tunisian President, Zine Abidine Ben Ali, after 23 years in office
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health has set up an emergency committee to prevent the spread of chikungunya disease in the county after the first case was detected on the island late this week, official sources told PANA on Saturday
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Institute for the Protection of Mauritian Consumers (IPC) on Saturday set up a “Road Watch” aimed at controling the island’s roads where about 150 people die every year through road crashes
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Friday rejected the possibility of a Tunisia-type popular revolt in his country
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) should make unconstitutional power seizure by the armed forces and civilian leaders manipulating constitutions to remain in power an international crime when the leaders meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next week, international think-tanks have proposed
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Guinea's former President, General Sékouba Konaté, is expected in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday to take over his new post as African Union's top military official, from where he is to oversee the creation of an African Standby Force (ASF), PANA reported Friday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea will assume the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) when his country hosts next week's gathering of African leaders to discuss leadership, graft and the rule of law
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee,as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank
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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named Gana Fofang of Cameroon as the new deputy UN envoy to Guinea Bissau
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