Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Central Statistics Office (CSO) rev ealed Tuesday that 44,900 people or 8 percent of the total working population of the i sland were unemployed during the first quarter of 2009, compared to 6
©- - 30 june 2009 - 10:09:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank Tue sday
©- - 30 june 2009 - 09:18:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian opposition political forces under th e umbrella National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) announced on Monday that they have resolved to take part in the 18 July presidential elect ion
©- - 29 june 2009 - 22:48:00 - thread African Union (194 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The High Council for National Defence (CSDN), Ma uritania's the former ruling junta, has hailed “the positive evolution” of the p o litical climate in Mauritania, which resulted in the agreement for an inclusive r eturn to constitutional order and the setting up of a National-Union Transition g overnment (GTUN)
©- - 29 june 2009 - 22:18:00 - thread African Union (202 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:16:00 - thread African Union (482 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:14:00 - thread African Union (483 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will Tuesday depart for Sir te, Libya, for the 13th session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Assembl y , slated for 1-3 July, during which he is expected to appeal for Africa's interv e ntion in Somalia to save the interim government there, officials said on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 20:08:00 - thread African Union (429 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders are expected to make a final commitment on the status of agricultural production and work towards the creation of an Afric a n food market to tap the US$ 33 billion spent annually on food imports, a senior African Union (AU) official said here Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 19:13:00 - thread African Union (462 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here by the M auritian commercial bank Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 09:34:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Health officials in Mauritius announced Sunday th e detection of the first case of AH1N1 swine flu involving a 25-year-old French t ourist, who arrived in the island Wednesday
©- - 28 june 2009 - 18:48:00 - thread African Union (85 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The International Contact Group on Guinea (GICG) has expressed its concern over the lack of progress towards the restoration of constitutional order and the holding of elections in Guinea in 2009, according to a GICG statement made available to PANA here Sunday
©- - 28 june 2009 - 18:43:00 - thread African Union (450 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of a decree setting up a transitional government in Mauritania, which he hopes w i ll pave the way for the holding of free and fair presidential elections next mon t h
©- - 28 june 2009 - 16:08:00 - thread African Union (211 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- At least 600,000 Bissau Guinean citizens were vot ing Sunday to elect a new leader, after the assassination of President Joao Bern a rdo Nino Vieira earlier this year
©- - 28 june 2009 - 14:30:00 - thread African Union (262 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi opened the 15th session of t he African foreign ministers meeting here Sunday with an explosive speech, calli n g for a radical transformation of the African Union (AU) key organs in an effort to achieve the desired dream of an African government
©- - 28 june 2009 - 13:49:00 - thread African Union (566 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) sub-committees have prepared a repo rt that paints an alarming picture of the state of subscriptions of member state s with debts in excess of US$120 million over the past two years
©- - 27 june 2009 - 16:08:00 - thread African Union (422 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A national union transition government was announced on Friday in Nouakchott, as agreed under the Dakar Framework Agreement (DFA) for an inclusive return to constitutional order signed by various parties to end the political crisis in Mauritania triggered by the 6 August, 2008 coup
©- - 27 june 2009 - 14:15:00 - thread African Union (319 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Ousted Mauritanian- President Sidi Mohamed Ould C heikh Abdallahi briefly returned to power on Friday, this time to sign a decree w hich ordered a National Union Transition Government (GTUN), before resigning as t he country took another step towards the resolution of the crisis triggered by t h e 6 August, 2008 military coup
©- - 27 june 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread African Union (296 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) – Libya is asking the African -Union (AU) Assembly to include the establishment of an African Defence Council in the agenda of next month’s 1 3 th ordinary session, according to an official document of the AU obtained by PAN A on Saturday
©- - 27 june 2009 - 11:30:00 - thread African Union (199 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Three Mauritanian presidential candidates on Fri day claimed they were being “marginalized” in the framework of efforts made by t h e international community for an inclusive return to constitutional order
©- - 26 june 2009 - 21:21:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three parties to the Mauritanian crisis have reached a "consensus" on the fate of the High State Council (HCE), the junta th a t has been ruling the country since the 6 August 2008 coup, authoritative source s told PANA here on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 20:14:00 - thread African Union (207 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three parties to the Mauritanian crisis have reached a "consensus" on the fate of the High State Council (HCE), the junta th a t has been ruling the country since the 6 August 2008 coup, authoritative source s told PANA here on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 20:11:00 - thread African Union (207 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The African Union should urge the United Nations Securit y Council to set up a commission of inquiry to document the worst human rights a b uses in Somalia, an essential first step in creating justice and accountability, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said
©- - 26 june 2009 - 13:20:00 - thread African Union (537 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Friday conti nued consultations with the Mauritanian parties in a bid to break the stalemate o ver the implementation of the peace pact they signed 2 June
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:59:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African envoys meeting to discuss the political and econom ic climate in the continent were due to end three days of discussions on the effects of transforming the African Union Commission into an Authority on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:33:00 - thread African Union (363 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian journalist Hannefi Ould Deha, who ru ns the online information site "Taqadoumy", is being held in a prison in the nor t hern suburbs of the capital city of Nouakchott, pending his trial, judicial sour c es told PANA here Thursday
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:34:00 - thread African Union (101 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Police arrested two young men here Thursday as part of the investigation into the murder of an American ai d worker, who has been living in Mauritania for many years, judicial sources told PANA
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:16:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Constitutional Council has rejected the decr ee issued by Mauritania's acting President Ba Amadou to meet with the electoral c ollege ahead of the presidential elections slated for 18 July, official sources told PANA here on Thursday
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:04:00 - thread African Union (149 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An American, Christophe Languet, who was working with a NGO, was Tuesday shot dead in Ksar, a suburb in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, by three unidentified men, security sources disclosed to PANA here
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:34:00 - thread African Union (94 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah told Parl iament on Tuesday that 208 cases of dengue fever had been confirmed in the Islan d since the first case was recorded 3 June
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:24:00 - thread African Union (273 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The deputy spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs Minist ry, Frédéric Desagneaux, on Tuesday urged the Mauritanian warring political part i es to resolve their differences and make the Dakar negotiations a success
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:09:00 - thread African Union (187 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RS F) has condemned the arrest of Mauritanian journalist Hannefi Ould Dehah and demanded a fair trial for him
©- - 23 june 2009 - 13:19:00 - thread African Union (100 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, in a statement issued here Monday, denounced the "unfair" arre s t of an editor with online newspaper, Taqadoumy, Hannefi ould Dehah
©- - 22 june 2009 - 19:18:00 - thread African Union (94 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The Director General of the United Nations Educational, S cientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Koïchiro Matsuura, will attend the summit of the African Union (AU), slated for 1-3 July in Sirte, Libya, the UN ag e ncy told PANA here on Monday
©- - 22 june 2009 - 18:52:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The camp of General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has rejected the idea of a new meeting in Dakar on the Mauritanian crisis, his direc t or of campaign, Sid'Ahmed Ould Raiss told a press conference here on Friday
©- - 20 june 2009 - 16:42:00 - thread African Union (263 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will ans wer to 17 questions from his fellow parliamentarians at the next sitting of the P arliament due Tuesday, PANA reported from here
©- - 20 june 2009 - 09:38:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's Natural Resources Minister, Oscar Barbosa, on Friday presented some sound recordings as evidence of the attempted coup which led to the assassination on 5 June of the former Defence mi nister, Hélder Proença and Baciro Dabo, an independent candidate
©- - 19 june 2009 - 22:38:00 - thread African Union (332 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's National Front for the Defence of D emocracy (FNDD) has accused the junta leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, o f violating the peace agreement reached in Dakar, Senegal, recently for the resto r ation of constitutional order in the country
©- - 19 june 2009 - 18:55:00 - thread African Union (258 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Hannefi Ould Dehah, the editorial director of th e online newspaper, Taqadoumy, was arrested in the Mauritanian capital, Thursday afternoon, PANA was informed Friday by sources
©- - 19 june 2009 - 17:10:00 - thread African Union (124 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The committee in charge of implementing the Maur itanian political agreement, which was signed in Dakar recently, has called on t h e parties to the crisis to assemble in the Senegalese capital for fresh talks, a c cording to an official statement, made available to PANA here, on Friday
©- - 19 june 2009 - 16:07:00 - thread African Union (355 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies as published by the Mauri t ian commercial bank here Friday
©- - 19 june 2009 - 11:36:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The World Bank (WB) Tuesday announced a grant of US$ 8 m illion to Guinea Bissau to better implement the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in the country, a statement by Bretton Woods institution, made available to PANA announced Wednesday
©- - 17 june 2009 - 20:37:00 - thread African Union (283 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- A credible investigation into the recent assassinations of government leaders in Guinea-Bissau is essential for ending the cycles of viole n ce and impunity, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report
©- - 17 june 2009 - 15:40:00 - thread African Union (505 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has started the deployment of election observers to Guinea Bissau ahead of the country's presidential electio n s 28 June, according to an EU statement released here Wednesday
©- - 17 june 2009 - 12:29:00 - thread African Union (85 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauri t ian commercial bank here Wednesday
©- - 17 june 2009 - 11:37:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state during the 2005-2007 i nterim government and presidential candidate in the 18 July election, Ely Ould M o hamed Vall, has set up a campaign office here and named Ahmed Ould Jiddou Khalif a his campaign manager, according to official sources
©- - 16 june 2009 - 15:51:00 - thread African Union (96 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauritian commercial bank here Tuesday
©- - 16 june 2009 - 10:05:00 - thread African Union (110 words)


Balaclava- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Environment Minister, Lormus Bundhoo , on Monday urged his countrymen to change their consumption and production patt e rns to better face the challenges of climatic change and long-standing developme n t
©- - 15 june 2009 - 21:23:00 - thread African Union (147 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, on Mon day handed the keys of a new house to boxer Bruno Julie, who won the Island's fi r st Olympic medal last year
©- - 15 june 2009 - 18:57:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- No French official met General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, t he ex-chief of the Mauritanian junta, who left Paris Saturday after a one-week s t ay, the spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, Eric Chevallier, decla r ed Monday
©- - 15 june 2009 - 18:33:00 - thread African Union (184 words)