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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Wednesday launched an Air Quality Indexing (AQI) system to collect and analyse data with the view to reduce levels of key air pollutants and improve the quality of air, in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines

©- - 08 september 2022 - 09:36:57 - thread African Union (332 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, on Tuesday met with the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU), Bankolé Adeoye, ahead of the third meeting of the Monitoring and Support Group for the Transition in Mali (GST-Mali), which has opened in Lomé, Togo, the Malian Press Agency (AMAP) reported on Wednesday

©- - 07 september 2022 - 14:00:13 - thread African Union (292 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of the the Catholic Church in Nigeria on Tuesday met with the Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, in Port Louis, with their discussions focusing on climate change, its impacts and measures that need to be taken to save the Planet

©- - 07 september 2022 - 08:16:58 - thread African Union (176 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has taken several measures to regulate, control and monitor the importation and use of pesticides

©- - 07 september 2022 - 07:52:25 - thread African Union (320 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness of Mauritius, Kailesh Jagutpal, has observed that the birth rate in the country has decreased over the years

©- - 06 september 2022 - 09:47:52 - thread African Union (329 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian manufacturing enterprises are encouraged to invest in renewable energy as part of the objective to establish a carbon neutral industrial sector in the island, the Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and CooperativesMr Soomilduth Bholah has said

©- - 05 september 2022 - 08:09:50 - thread African Union (330 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that 44 persons died as a result of road accidents between January and June 2022, compared to 53 during the corresponding period of 2021

©- - 01 september 2022 - 07:24:50 - thread African Union (181 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Monday indicated that the number of tourist arrivals in the island increased from 3,225 in the first semester of 2021 to 376,556 in the first semester of 2022

©- - 30 august 2022 - 11:56:59 - thread African Union (117 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that the country's population as at 1 July 2022 stood at 1,262,523, a decrease of 3,811 (-0

©- - 30 august 2022 - 06:55:19 - thread African Union (144 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Ugandan, Yusuf Kayiwa Sseluyange, was arrested on 21 August, 2022 with 536 grams of heroin, hidden in his sandals, when he got off the plane at Mauritius International Airport, police sources said on Saturday

©- - 27 august 2022 - 09:57:33 - thread African Union (83 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is to sign the legal framework governing statistical activities in the member-States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Government announced on Friday, following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet

©- - 27 august 2022 - 07:11:14 - thread African Union (170 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that two patients died from COVID-19 over the period 18 to 24 August

©- - 27 august 2022 - 07:02:21 - thread African Union (57 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr Kailesh Jagutpal, on  Wednesday said that a management plan has been set up to monitor the monkeypox disease in the country

©- - 25 august 2022 - 09:05:39 - thread African Union (135 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The concept of Alternative Investment is at the fore of the 8th Africa Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and 7th Annual Africa Investment Funds and Asset Management (AIFAM) forum that opened Wednesday in Mauritius

©- - 24 august 2022 - 15:57:25 - thread African Union (261 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has committed to enhanced and continued collaboration with the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to ensure African Union (AU) policies and decisions on health emergencies are formulated, advocated and implemented

©- - 24 august 2022 - 11:49:23 - thread African Union (293 words)


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

©- - 24 august 2022 - 10:45:25 - thread African Union (104 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius (UOM), Professor Sanjeev Sobhee, on Tuesday said that there is need to showcase the history of slavery to the Mauritian population and on the international scene

©- - 24 august 2022 - 08:28:27 - thread African Union (256 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) signed between Mauritius and Angola would be promulgated, the Government of Mauritius said in a communiqué issued on Friday, following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet

©- - 20 august 2022 - 10:00:52 - thread African Union (143 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A British national, Neil Hilton, has been sentenced by a Port-Louis court to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking of heroin, weighing 2,015 grams, on 17 December, 2018 in a hotel in Pointe-aux-Piments, in the north of the island

©- - 19 august 2022 - 07:39:16 - thread African Union (119 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government is to promulgate a new law in a bid to seriously tackle noise pollution

©- - 18 august 2022 - 08:45:29 - thread African Union (183 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday left for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for a two-day summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government summit

©- - 17 august 2022 - 10:43:18 - thread African Union (225 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity on Monday celebrated the 174th centenarian, the Government Information Service (GIS) said

©- - 16 august 2022 - 08:44:41 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that a 70-year-old man died last Sunday at the hospital where he had been admitted for COVID-19 infection

©- - 16 august 2022 - 08:34:18 - thread African Union (82 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday reported four new deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government Information Service (GIS) said

©- - 13 august 2022 - 08:17:57 - thread African Union (129 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep concern about violent protests in Sierra Leone over rising cost of living and corruption, which have resulted in deaths and destruction of property

©- - 12 august 2022 - 06:09:35 - thread African Union (183 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that the number of foreign tourists coming to the island has increased from 9,467 in January-July 2021 to 470,640 in the same period in 2022

©- - 11 august 2022 - 09:40:53 - thread African Union (269 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that an action plan has been developed to delineate the measures to be taken to promote breastfeeding and to gradually increase the percentage of breastfeeding to 50%, the Government Information Service (GIS) reported

©- - 10 august 2022 - 08:20:40 - thread African Union (229 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee agaubst the major currencies

©- - 08 august 2022 - 12:06:16 - thread African Union (98 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the air strike attacks by Israel on Gaza that have killed more than 30 Palestinian civilians, including six children

©- - 08 august 2022 - 08:40:56 - thread African Union (208 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun on Friday reiterated the vision to consolidate the country’s position as an International Financial Centre to further liberalise and diversify the current capital market and to strengthen its position in Africa

©- - 06 august 2022 - 08:53:02 - thread African Union (406 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities on Saturday reported two deaths that were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 28 July to 3 August

©- - 06 august 2022 - 06:15:29 - thread African Union (70 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday launched a National Breastfeeding Action Plan 2022-2027 in Port Louis as the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week began

©- - 02 august 2022 - 07:59:02 - thread African Union (431 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Friday recorded four deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the period 21-27 July, 2022

©- - 29 july 2022 - 17:22:02 - thread African Union (100 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities said on Thursday that some 4,403 people were living with Hepatitis C, out of whom 1,700 had been treated, 700 were cured completely and the remaining 1,000 were awaiting the final result of their tests

©- - 29 july 2022 - 08:08:34 - thread African Union (355 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told Parliament on Thursday that the island of Agalega, located 1,000 km from the main island in the north of Mauritius, and which belongs to Mauritius, will not be transformed into a military base

©- - 29 july 2022 - 08:02:20 - thread African Union (222 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said Wednesday three patients died from coronavirus (COVID-19) at the hospital over the past 24 hours

©- - 27 july 2022 - 16:13:15 - thread African Union (60 words)


Côte d'Or, Mauritius (PANA) - Angola beat Mauritius 2-0 on Sunday at the Côte d'Or stadium, eastern Mauritius, in their African Nations Championship 2023 (CHAN) qualifying match

©- - 25 july 2022 - 08:14:04 - thread African Union (81 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, said here Saturday he was following with "deep concern" the recent developments in Tripoli, calling on the warring parties to silence the weapons by refraining from any form of violence out of respect for the Libyan people's aspirations for peace

©- - 24 july 2022 - 13:23:52 - thread African Union (278 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Five people have died in Mauritius from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the local press reported on Saturday

©- - 23 july 2022 - 15:36:11 - thread African Union (91 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth  has said the main object of the Immigration Bill introduced at the National Assembly during the week is to consolidate and strengthen the law with regard to the admission and stay of non-citizens in the country

©- - 23 july 2022 - 09:08:55 - thread African Union (445 words)