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Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA)   -  The governor of the Bank of Mauriius,Yandraduth Googoolye, Friday told banks and financial institutions that “extreme weather events, natural disasters, and failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation were among the top five threats most likely to occur in the next 10 years”

©- - 30 november 2019 - 09:16:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (448 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union (EU) and Cooperation has urged Spaniards not to visit the Saharawi camps in Tindouf (South Algeria) due to "growing instability in northern Mali and the entire Sahel region", according to a document made available to PANA on Friday

©- - 29 november 2019 - 20:01:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (134 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Equatorial Guinea said that Nigeria is considering the viability of extending its natural gas pipeline to North Africa

©- - 29 november 2019 - 17:43:57 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (580 words)


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

©- - 29 november 2019 - 11:08:32 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (137 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 29 november 2019 - 08:22:51 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)   -   Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Thursday called for consultation between all political forces and the establishment soon of a general delegation in charge of the fight against poverty and precariousness

©- - 28 november 2019 - 23:51:17 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (271 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was noticeably absent from celebrations marking the country's 59th anniversary of independence held Thursday (November 28th) in the city of Akjoujt, 250 kilometers north of Nouakchott

©- - 28 november 2019 - 21:31:27 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (189 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius indicated on Thursday that based on trends and information from various sources, the forecast of total exports for 2019 will be around Rs 82,500 million while total imports for 2019 are forecast at around Rs 206,600 million

©- - 28 november 2019 - 14:36:46 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (498 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 28 november 2019 - 08:30:21 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Political parties and and many personalities and opinion leaders, including former ministers, ambassadors and deputies, as well as businessmen, have pledged their support for programmes introduced by Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, in what seems to signal a battle against his predecessor, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

©- - 27 november 2019 - 17:17:33 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (245 words)


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

©- - 27 november 2019 - 10:50:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (137 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 27 november 2019 - 08:49:37 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Muairitius Acting President, Barlene Vyapoory, also Vice-President of the Republic, resigned from his post on Tuesday afternoon, as agreed a few days ago between him and the Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, PANA learned from official sources in the Mauritian capital

©- - 26 november 2019 - 18:36:27 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (136 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The criminal division responsible for the repression of crimes related to human trafficking has sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison, an individual named Itewel Oumrou Eida, for slavery on a citizen Mabrouka Mohamed and family members

©- - 26 november 2019 - 18:21:23 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (146 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius has on Tuesday said that the number of tourist arrivals for the first nine months of 2019 (January to September) decreased by 0

©- - 26 november 2019 - 14:39:39 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (296 words)


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

©- - 26 november 2019 - 11:12:49 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (137 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 26 november 2019 - 09:08:33 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian army on Monday celebrated the 59th anniversary of the establishment of the military institution, witnessed by high-governme3nt officials, including the country’s Defence minister, General Hanana ould Sidi, the minister of Interior and Decentralization, Mohamed Salem ould Merzough, and several other civilian and military personalities, official sources told PANA

©- - 25 november 2019 - 22:20:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (148 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The international day for gender-based violence on the theme: ‘’All united, organise the world to say to violence against women’’, was celebrated on Monday in Mauritania through several official and popular activities, PANA reported

©- - 25 november 2019 - 21:59:34 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (263 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday met with African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat who was on a visit to the country

©- - 25 november 2019 - 18:06:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (170 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – China has launched the JinFei Smart City Project in  Riche Terre region near Port Louis, that includes a twin tower Jinfei-Maritim Five-Star Business Apartment Hotel of 16 floors each, with a mix of rooms and apartments, two restaurants, five conference halls and a helipad

©- - 25 november 2019 - 14:45:27 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (327 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 25 november 2019 - 08:09:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two vessels of the Pakistani Navy, "MOAWIN" and "ASLAT", are currently in Mauritanian waters (Nouakchott), as part of an overseas deployment operation affecting African countries, according to an official statement forwarded to PANA on Saturday

©- - 23 november 2019 - 15:14:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (203 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - At the initiative of the European Union (EU), more than 100 people demonstrated Saturday in Port Louis, to raise awareness among Mauritians and promote concrete actions to combat violence against women, PANA reports from here

©- - 23 november 2019 - 15:02:34 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (209 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday concluded a two-day working visit to South Africa, where he held discussions with President Cyril Ramaphosa and his team of senior government officials

©- - 23 november 2019 - 05:47:02 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (354 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A hundred Chagossians, led by the leader of the Chagos Refugee Group, Olivier Bancoult, on Friday demonstrated with posters and banners for a few hours in front of the British High Commission in Port Louis, asking Britain to comply with its obligations under international law regarding the return of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius

©- - 22 november 2019 - 15:34:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (263 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Western countries' attempts to exclude the African Union (AU) from the process of seeking a political solution in Libya seem to overshadow the commitment of the African continental organisation to become more involved in the resolution of the crisis, given the impact of the situation in several countries in the region

©- - 22 november 2019 - 10:41:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (923 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Mauritian Commercial Bank

©- - 22 november 2019 - 08:51:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA)  -  Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth Thursday called on the United Kingdom government to comply with its obligations under international law regarding the return of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius “as clearly set out in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)”, PANA reported here

©- - 22 november 2019 - 00:15:53 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (612 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani Thursday granted audience to the Saharawi minister of foreign affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Saleck, special envoy of President Brahim Ghali, the pro -governmental news agency (AMI) reported here

©- - 21 november 2019 - 23:34:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (168 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The President of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Mauritania, Ahmed Salem ould Bouhoubeiny, on Wednesday called for the eradication of slavery in this West African country

©- - 21 november 2019 - 15:12:10 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (266 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Parliament on Thursday elected Sooroojdev Fokeer as Speaker upon the proposal by Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, and seconded by Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Leslie Collendavelloo

©- - 21 november 2019 - 14:28:48 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (176 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government is about to ratify the treaty establishing the African Drug Agency, adopted by the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, on 11 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, an official source told PANA in Bamako

©- - 21 november 2019 - 14:21:19 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (193 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Sumitomo, Japanese giant of automotive components, will set up a production base in Tunisia, the Tunisian Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Investment has abbounced

©- - 21 november 2019 - 13:01:47 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (180 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 21 november 2019 - 09:47:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday warned that over 150 million Nigerians in the financial system risk being defrauded through telecommunications platforms

©- - 21 november 2019 - 08:09:03 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (254 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania on Wednesday hosted a ceremony marking the kick-off of the National Conference on Childhood (NSA), combined with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

©- - 21 november 2019 - 06:39:28 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (193 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change (CFCD) Wednesday denounced the management of former Mauritanian leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz since 2008 and called for an auditing of several public capital companies, a statenebt issued here said

©- - 21 november 2019 - 00:00:08 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (235 words)


​Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius, a governmental institution, on Wednesday marked the African Statistics Day focusing on Quality of Life Statistics, under the theme Everyone counts: quality statistics for better management of forced displacement in Africa

©- - 20 november 2019 - 13:46:15 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (324 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are the exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 20 november 2019 - 11:07:56 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius

©- - 19 november 2019 - 09:06:47 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (123 words)


Diamniadio, Senegal (PANA) - Mauritanian Head of State, Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, said on Monday in Diamniadio, some 40 kilometers east of Dakar, that there is the need to fight against poverty, unemployment of young people and strengthen political and economic governance to prevent the spread of terrorism

©- - 18 november 2019 - 19:04:51 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (436 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Officers of the Anti-Narcotics Section of the Mauritius Revenue Customs Authority have arrested a South African, Jacobus Van Der Merwe, with 57 pellets of heroin at the SSR International Airport, southern Mauritius

©- - 18 november 2019 - 07:36:07 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (139 words)