Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) on Saturday advised the Government of Zambia to urgently undertake measures to address underlying factors of increasing tension and politically motivated violence through inclusive dialogue and engagement with other stakeholders Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced, Friday evening, that they have detected 165 new positive cases for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours in Mauritius, official sources said in the Mauritian capital Full text...

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     30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Friday that they detected 258 new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...

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

Currency                    Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar      30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that they had detected 161 new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Women and girls in Tigray region were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said in a new report into the ongoing Tigray conflict Full text...

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

Currency                   Buying    Selling

Australian Dollar     30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they had detected 101 new positive cases for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...

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        30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they had detected 100 new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...

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      30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they recorded 105 positive cases of COVID-19 and one death, during the last 24 hours Full text...

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    30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that they detected 173 positive cases of COVID-19, all asymptomatic, on Thursday Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is on Thursday beginning its monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU/African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to Member States Full text...

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

Currency                          Buying  Selling

Australian Dollar            30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jaguptal, said that a national action plan on breastfeeding whose objective is to gradually increase the percentage of breastfeeding to 50%, will soon be introduced in the country Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – In response to an invitation from the Government of Zambia, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, has approved the deployment of an African Union (AU) Short-Term Election Observation (STO) Mission to Zambia to observe the country’s general elections scheduled for 12 August 2021 Full text...

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

Currency                      Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar         30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 96 new positive cases COVID-19 cases were detected in Mauritius on Tuesday, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, on Wednesday Full text...

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     30 Full text...

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         30 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they detected 164 positive cases of COVID-19 during the weekend Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return of their citizens stranded in Libya, following the tragic drowning of 57 illegal migrants off the North African country's coast Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will open all its 17 vaccination centres around the island to every citizen who wish to be inoculated as from 2 August 2021, official sources said in Port-Louis Full text...

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      30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Friday that 141 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the country Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavy Ramano, on Thursday, said that the government will impose penalties for littering and illegal dumping in public zones Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Thursday that they have detected 94 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the island Full text...

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

Currency                     Buying    Selling

Australian Dollar      30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that in 2020, some 13 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday, announced that the micro-elimination approach to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in haemodialysis patients would be introduced by the end of 2021 in Mauritius Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Health, Ali al-Zanati, has discussed with a delegation of the Jordanian Academy of Autism, bilateral cooperation mechanism regarding the local promotion of autism syndrome treatment in Libya Full text...

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

Currency                    Buying   Selling

Australian Dollar      30 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday announced the death of a patient attributed to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 5, since the discovery of the outbreak of the disease in the island in March 2020 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Monday seized 1 Full text...

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) for Guinea Bissau for the period July 2021 to April 2022, aiming to help build a strong track record of policy and reform implementation, possibly paving the way for an IMF-supported programme in early 2022 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian  Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that 531,000 persons - more than 42% of the population and 50% of the adults - have had both doses of COVID-19 vaccines Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, Tuesday reiterated his call on the African Union (AU) to play its role in Libya and support it to achieve lasting security and stability Full text...

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        30 Full text...

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian anti-drug smuggling unit (ADSU) on Monday found two packages containing heroin, which had been airlifted from Johannesburg, South Africa, police sources said in the Mauritian capital Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they had detected 52 new positive cases of COVID-19, but all are asymptomatic Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday detected 93 cases of COVID-19 in the island, most of them on foreign workers residents of a dormitory that is under strict sanitary surveillance and is operating as quarantine centre Full text...

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      30 Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Maneesh Gobin on Friday said that the tea sector is facing competition from foreign producers and also the impacts of climate change Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that 112 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Thursday, following 1,547 PCR tests thus bringing the number of cases since the beginning of the second wave on 5 March 2021 to 2,798 Full text...

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

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian women live some 6 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin on Wednesday launched the 2021 potato harvesting season with a call to citizens to reduce food wastage Full text...