Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday announced that the reopening of the island’s borders, closed since 20 March 2020, will be carried out in three phases Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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 44 Full text...
Coronavirus: Classes resume in Mauritania after six months of suspension
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Classes for the 2019-2000 academic year resumed here Tuesday all over the country after closure for six monthor the COVID-19 s following measures taken to fight against the spread of the global coronavirus (COVID-9) pandemic, PANA reported here Full text...
South Africa faces “massive” mobile fraud problem, says expert
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Anti-fraud firm Evina has determined that one out of every three mobile subscription attempts in South Africa is fraudulent, IT News Africa reported on Tuesday Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 28 Full text...
Death toll in Mauritius road accidents decline
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that 52 people died as a result of road accidents during the first semester of 2020 in Mauritius, down 24 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania extends closure of Nouakchott airport to September 9
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian authorities have extended to September 9, the closure of Nouakchott's OUMTOUNSY International Airport to international flights, as part of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), according to a statement from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 28 Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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...
Mauritius to conduct 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases Survey
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry will soon conduct the 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Survey 2020/2021 Full text...
Mauritania: Ghazouani receives Biram Dah Abeid in audience
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, Friday held talks with Biram Dah Abeid, leader of the Initiative for the Abolitionist movement (IRA/anti-slavery organisation), sources close to the movement told PANA here Full text...
Mauritius: 37 melon-headed whales, one bottle nose dolphin found dead
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 37 melon-headed whales and one bottle nose dolphin have been found dead as at Friday afternoon, in the region of Grand Sables, Petit Sables and Pointe aux Feuilles, southern part of the island, PANA learnt Friday from official sources in the Mauritian capital, Port-Louis Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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 28 Full text...
Tourist arrivals in Mauritius slump by 52.32% during first semester of 2020
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that compared to the first semester of 2019, total tourist arrivals in the country in 2020 slumped by 52 Full text...
AU urges tightening of public health measures as economies reopen
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for the tightening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic with the reopening of borders and travels Full text...
Mauritania: Accounts of 24 companies, 52 personalities seized in investigation
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian anti-corruption court Thursday froze the accounts of 52 personalities and 24 private companies under preliminary investigation into the administration of former Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, reliable sources told PANA here Full text...
Coronavirus: A new case imported from India to Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities on Thursday recorded a new case of coronavirus from a 37-year-old passenger from India on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, bringing to 10 the number of active cases of the disease, PANA learned on Thursday in the Mauritian capital Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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...
Former Mauritanian President, Abdel Aziz, appears before investigators
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The former Mauritanian president (2008-2019), Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, again appeared on Tuesday before police investigating his role in financial economic crimes, his lawyers said in Nouakchott Full text...
Mauritius: UN Recovery Fund launched to minimise impact of oil spill from MV Wakashio
Le Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) - A United Nations Recovery Fund (UNRF) to the tune of US$ 2 Full text...
Mauritius to set up Court of investigation on oil spill from Panama-flagged MV Wakashio
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Attorney-General, Maneesh Gobin, on Tuesday said that a Court of investigation, to be headed by a judicial official, will be set up shortly to shed light on the circumstances that led to the grounding of the ship, MV Wakashio, at Pointe d’Esny, southern Mauritius Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
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...
Mauritania: 60 lawyers to represent govt. in case against former President Aziz
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A team of 60 lawyers is to defend the interest of the Mauritanian state in the corruption case brought against former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The 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...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 27 Full text...
Mauritius revokes Islamic banking licence of Century Banking Corporation
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Central Bank has revoked the Islamic Banking Licence of Century Banking Corporation Ltd (CBC) with immediate effect Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records new imported case
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health services on Monday registered one new case of COVID-19 on a 21-year-old man who returned from Paris last Sunday, official sources have told PANA Full text...
Mauritania: Opposition Coalition denounces land for foreigners
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Opposition and black nationalist movement, under the umbrella of the Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE), has denounced what it called "land hoarding" in the Senegal River Valley (southern Mauritania) which are later sold off to foreign companies and speculators, PANA reported, quoting a statement obtained from Nouakchott on Monday Full text...
Former Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz released after one week in police custody
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's former president (2008-2019), Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, was released on Sunday night after one week in police custody at the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN), judicial sources told PANA Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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...
Mauritian police uncover human trafficking network
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian police over the weekend arrested a 38-year-old man who was running a human trafficking network at Trou Fanfaron, in the Mauritian capital, Port Louis, the local media reported on Monday Full text...
AUC chairman insists ceasefire declaration in Libya must be respected
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on the warring parties in Libya to observe the ceasefire declared on Saturday in Libya, saying that the African Union (AU) will help Libyans actualize the action plan set by the continental organisation as well as facilitate political dialogue Full text...
Mali coup: AU tasks Malian defence forces to ensure return to civilian rule
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has asked the Defence and Security Forces of Mali to ensure creation of a conducive environment for an unimpeded return to civilian rule Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The 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...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The 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...
Defence team of former Mauritanian president deplores conditions of his detention
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The team of lawyers defending former Mauritanian president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz has strongly deplored conditions of his detention Full text...
UNCTAD says Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of global maritime laws
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The devastating oil spill off the east coast of Mauritius has highlighted the need for global adoption of international legislation that governs the seas and protects small island states and their vulnerable marine ecosystems against ship pollution, UN trade body UNCTAD has stated Full text...
Mauritanian main opposition party demands truth in corruption investigation
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Rally for Reform and Development (RNRD/TAWASSOUL/Islamist trend), main opposition party, Wednesday pleaded for serene justice by shedding light on the decade of governance of former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz Full text...
Mauritanian political stakeholders deny harassing former president
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Committee of Parties Represented in the Mauritanian Parliament (CPPP), made up of both the ruling and opposition parties, has refuted allegations that there is a politically-motivated prosecution targeting a group of individuals, including former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius(PANA) - Thé 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...
Coronavirus: Mauritius sets up lab at airport
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday, told Parliament that a CIVID-19 laboratory is currently being set up at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport, southern Mauritius, to effect PCR tests on all arriving passengers Full text...
Detained Mauritanian ex-president refuses to answer questions from investigators
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Detained Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a former Mauritanian president (2008-2019), has refused to answer questions from the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP), PANA learned on Tuesday from a well-informed source close to the investigators Full text...
Mauritius to rethink its tourism and its future: Deputy PM
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister, Steven Obeegadoo, on Tuesday, told Parliament that there is need rethink the country's tourism and hospitality sector as well as its future given the COVID-19 pandemic an the major oil spill that threatens is beaches and coast Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank:
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 44 Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank Full text...
Oil Spill: Mauritius Govt. says the worst is behind; NGO expects a 2nd spill
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Steven Obeegadoo, has said that with more than 3,300 of the 4,000 tonnes of oil from the wrecked oil tanker MV Wakashio's fuel reservoirs having been pumped out, “it can be said that the worse is behind us Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
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...