Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Some 370,000 households will benefit from a subsidy varying between 5-10% on their electricity bills for the whole of this year Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that 30 new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Tuesday, bringing the number of infections since March 2021, the time of the third wave, to 23,704 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' economy grew by 19 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated on Tuesday that 48 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on 1 January, bringing the number of positive cases detected since March 2021, the time of the third wave, to 23,602 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As from Wednesday, 29 December, 2021, the prices of petroleum products (gasoline and diesel) will go up by 10 per cent in Mauritius, the State Trading Corporation (STC) said in a communiqué released Tuesday night Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has bemoaned the fact that it is most unfortunate that many developing countries, especially in Africa, are far behind the target of 40 per cent vaccination rate as 2021 comes to an end Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics tMauritius, a Mauritian governmental institution, indicated on Tuesday that total unemployment rate decreased by 1 percentage point from 10 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said 32 patients died of coronavirus (COVID-19) from 16-21 December 2021, bringing the total number of deaths since 5 March 2020 till now to 756 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said here Wednesday 41 people had been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of positive cases to 23,020 since March 2020 Full text...

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities recorded here Tuesday 14 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number of positive cases to 22,979 since March 2021, official sources said Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar              29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health authorities said here Monday they had recorded 58 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number to 22,965 since March 2021 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Soodesh Callichurn, told Parliament Friday that the subsidy on milk powder would be extended to 30 June 2022 to protect consumers Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government Friday declared the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) a 'National Bird' to coincide with the 30th Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius Friday reported 507 active cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of whom 17 were under treatment at the hospital and 55 deaths as at 16 December 2021 Full text...

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Wednesday recorded 59 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), official sources said here Thursday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Sixty persons, comprising 53 motorcyclists and seven vehicle passengers, have so far lost their lives in road cashes in 2021 in Mauritania, an official source told PANA here Wednesday Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The president of DR Congo and current chairman of the African Union (AU), Felix Tshisekedi, said he is satisfied to have contributed to putting the African Union (AU) at the service of the people, as he had announced in his speech accepting to assume the rotating chairmanship of the AU last February Full text...

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said here Tuesday they had recorded three new cases of death and a total of 38 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) Full text...

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, announced here Friday that 95 patients passed on from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past wee Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated Friday the had recorded a total of 68 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, which brings to 22,461 the number of positive cases recorded since March 2021 Full text...

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that 83 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on a working visit since Tuesday in Kinshasa, has praised the important role President Felix Tshisekedi plays and continues to play on the African continent as the current chairman of the African Union (AU) Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Up to $1 Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar     29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told parliament Tuesday the police department was allocated Rs5,502,520 or USD131,012 Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a roadmap towards manufacturing at least 60 percent of all mandatory human vaccines in Africa as well as local production of chemicals used to diagnose diseases, including HIV/AIDS, officials from its scientific organ said Tuesday Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar        29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said here Tuesday they had recorded five deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) and 66 new infection in the last 24 hours Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Chadian Moussa Faki Mahama, said here Sunday he was hopeful that things would move in the right direction, two months after the army seized power from former President Alpha Conde on 5 September Full text...

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

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Australian Dollar                   29 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Wildlife Foundation (MWF) Sunday launched the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) Recovery Project to safeguard the Mauritius Kestrel population and encourage its population growth by using conservation management techniques Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported Sunday the detection of 117 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive cases since March 2021 to 22,090, official sources said here Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported here Thursday evening the detection of 105 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 24 hours, official sources said here Friday Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Satyajit Boolell, says maritime crimes in the region are on the rise due to, among others, globalization and digitalization Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazwani, at a meeting with the Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, on the revival of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) and Libya's membership of the G5 Sahel group (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad) because of its active role in the region Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, arrived on Wednesday evening in Nouakchott for a two-day visit aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that they had detected a total of 112 new positive cases linked to coronavirus (Covid-19) during the last 24 hours, official sources told PANA here Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius commemorated on Wednesday World Aids Day with testing and counselling through a mobile caravan that would travel around the country to encourage more people to come forward to be tested Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced  here Wednesday that 61 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were detected Tuesday in the country Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, quoting official statistics on Tuesday, said that the number of persons who passed away due to COVID-19 in the month of November stood at 348 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The central banks of Mauritius and Ghana at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pave the way for exchange of information, staff secondment, staff exchange and sharing of experience Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that tourist arrivals slumped by 96 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - COVID-19 killed 122 people in Mauritius in one week up to last Friday, compared to 85 a week earlier Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organizations, Omar Ketti, Saturday discussed with the Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Claude Gakosso, ways of returning the General Secretariat of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and the Office of the African Union (AU) to their headquarters in Tripoli Full text...