Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                  Buying       Selling

Australian Dollar     27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The balance of visible trade in Mauritius showed a deficit of 7,568 million rupees in August 2020, higher by 36 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press in Mauritania this week devoted most of their comments to the return from exile of opponents of the regime of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Four new imported cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Mauritius on Friday on passengers coming from India, bringing the total to 26 positive cases from six flights from a total of 1,860 persons who traveled to Mauritius since the opening of the island’s borders on October 3, 2020 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PA NA) - Mauritian Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy Friday said the island’s economy had suffered from the national lockdown which resulted in a contraction of 15 per cent of its GDP in March-May and 32 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to introduce soon a new visa scheme called Premium Visa for a period of one year, renewable, to encourage eligible foreigners to come for a long stay in the island, an official statement said here Saturday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                        Buying            Selling

1 Euro                             43 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                       Buying      Selling

Australian Dollar          27 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has approved a new peacekeeping roadmap, aiming to enhance unity between major actors involved in international peacekeeping operations, including the UN, troop contributing states and the conflict-affected nations Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Climate change has adverse impacts on people but d it affects women and men differently, Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister  Kavydass Ramano said on Thursday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                     Buying           Selling

1 Euro                         43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                        Buying        Selling

Australian Dollar           27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy would witness a significant downturn in 2020 in the wake of the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant difficulties confronting economic sectors amidst little visibility on the operating landscape, according to the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), the main bank on the island Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday launched the first phase of the Intercontinental Slavery Museum (ISM) project, which envisions to be a “Site of Conscience” devoted to deeper understanding of the history of Mauritians and the impact of slavery and the international slave trade on Mauritius Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                    Buying      Selling

1 Euro                        43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                          Buying          Selling

Australian Dollar             27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Reliable statistics have helped the Mauritian Government to follow the evolution of socioeconomic realities locally as well as internationally and to cater for the needs of citizens and businesses, Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy said on Tuesday at an event in Port Louis marking the World Statistics Day Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Human Right Watch (HRW), a rights non-governmental organisation, Monday called on the Mauritanian government to drop charges of blasphemy and breach of Islam against eight political activists, a statement issued here said Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                      Buying         Selling

1 Euro                          43 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian opposition figure, Mustapha Limaam Chaafi, returned to Nouakchott on Sunday from Dubai after 12 years in exile Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                        Buying           Selling

Australian Dollar           27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                     Buying      Selling

Australian Dollar        27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Thursday announced that they have detected eight new imported positive cases of Covid-19 on passengers that arrived from India and are presently quarantined Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius launched on Thursday a sensitisation campaign on two new regulations the Environment Protection Act 2002, in a bid to ban the use of plastic bags and to control single use plastic products Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                   Buying        Selling

Australian Dollar      27 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Wednesday approved the 2021 finance bill, setting the government budget at 70 billion Ouguiya or 1 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The offices of the Mauritanian Parliament Wednesday hosted the launching of a Mauritanian-Moroccan parliamentary friendship group, PANA reported here Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala has expressed concern over the African Union (AU) memorandum suggesting the application of sanctions against his country, in accordance with the organisation's provisions, in case Libya did not pay its arrears to this year's budget by the end of September 2020 Full text...

Moka, Mauritius (PANA) - International standards play a significant role in climate change, which is an issue that requires solutions that are coordinated at the international level in order to help countries move towards a low-carbon economy Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                       Buying         Selling

1 Euro                        43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                       Buying            Selling

Australian Dollar         27 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Tuesday announced that six new imported cases of Covid-19 have been detected on passengers travelling from abroad, bringing the total number of active cases in the island to 35, all admitted for treatment at a local hospital Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                     Buying          Selling

1 Euro                         43 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The South African Police Service (SAPS) last Wednesday seized one kilogram of heroin worth Rs 15 million (Rs 39,00 = 1 US $) in a courier station, the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) said in a communique issued on Monday in the Mauritian capital Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Only 369 tourists visited Mauritius in September 2020 as compared to 100,837 in the same month last year, representing a decline of 99 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                    Buying            Selling

1 Euro                        43 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                   Buying         Selling

1 Euro                        43 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday announced three new imported cases of Covid-19, bringing the number of active cases in the island to 30 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                       Buying            Selling

1 Euro                           43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                       Buying          Selling

Australian Dollar          27 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani called here Thursday for the suspension of debt servicing for G5 Sahel countries Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                       Buying         Selling

1 Euro                           43 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:

Currency                    Buying         Selling

Australian Dollar      27 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -  The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, Wednesday received France’s special envoy for the Sahel, Frederic Bontemps, Secretary-General of the Coalition for Sahel, the state-run news agency reported here Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:

Currency                   Buying         Selling

1 Euro                       43 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has warned countries in Africa to guard against misuse by foreign multinationals hunting for profits and immediately implement a digital strategy, which aims to narrow the gap caused by the lack of universal access to the internet, a tool for trade Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Interior minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, Tuesday announced the signing of an agreement protocol with the US company, Key to Intelligence, on financial integrity and the fight against terrorism funding Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Gold company, TASIAST Mauritania Limited (TML SA), a subsidiary of Canada's Kinross which operates a site in northern Mauritania, paid the Mauritanian government US$79 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities on Tuesday recorded 8 new imported cases, that include a passenger from France, six from India and one from Nigeria, PANA learnt from official sources in the Mauritian capital Full text...

Bell Village, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Tuesday launched the “Zero Accident” campaign that forms part of a Road Safety Charter, inviting all Mauritians to participate in the national effort to reduce the number and severity of road accidents by 50% by 2025 Full text...