Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- a" The Mauritanian security are keeping an allege d terrorist, Sidi Baba Ould Mohamed, in custody on suspicion of belonging to the regional branch of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb, according to judicial sources
©- - 04 august 2009 - 23:20:00 - thread União Africana (100 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The secretary of the Libyan general people's Conference (CGP), the country's highest legislative authority, has sent an invitation to the Pan-African Parliament for a session from 7 to 9 September in Libya
©- - 04 august 2009 - 21:18:00 - thread União Africana (173 words)


Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's President-elect Bacai Sanha was being expected in Cape Verde Tuesday, during which he will formally invite his Cape Verdean counterpart, Pedro Pires, to attend his inauguration 8 September
©- - 04 august 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread União Africana (135 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Two Malagasy female nationals, Angele Rasoarinant oandro and her daughter, Marie Christine Razafindranaly Rakotoarisoa, were arrested here Monday evening after flying into Mauritius with 800 grams of heroine, PANA reported
©- - 04 august 2009 - 13:29:00 - thread União Africana (83 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine has been ele cted president of Mauritania's ruling Union for the Republic (UPR), replacing Mohamed Ould Abdel A ziz who was elected the country's president 18 July
©- - 03 august 2009 - 12:38:00 - thread União Africana (131 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The newly-elected President of Mauritania, Gener al Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, will be sworn into office on Wednesday, 5 August, of f icial sources told PANA here Saturday
©- - 01 august 2009 - 17:28:00 - thread União Africana (198 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated Guinea Bissau for holding a peaceful elections
©- - 01 august 2009 - 17:00:00 - thread União Africana (234 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye Thursd ay urged Morocco to rejoin the African Union (AU), saying such a “great country” in Africa should not be left out of the continental body
©- - 31 july 2009 - 15:19:00 - thread União Africana (226 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- More than 130 civil society and human rights groups acro ss Africa issued a statement here Thursday, calling on African governments that a re signatories to the International Criminal Court (ICC) convention to reaffirm t heir commitment and obligation to the court
©- - 30 july 2009 - 13:52:00 - thread União Africana (447 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here Thursday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 30 july 2009 - 09:52:00 - thread União Africana (107 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Malam Bacai Sanha was Wednesday declared presiden t of Guinea Bissau by the country's National Election Commission (CNE), PANA rep o rts
©- - 29 july 2009 - 19:08:00 - thread União Africana (182 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- All obstacles blocking the creation of a United States o f Africa must be cleared and the entity created by 2017, Senegalese foreign mini s ter, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, urged here Tuesday
©- - 28 july 2009 - 20:00:00 - thread União Africana (349 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here Tuesday by the Mauritian commercial bank
©- - 28 july 2009 - 12:22:00 - thread União Africana (114 words)


Wooton- Mauritius (PANA) -- The first school of agriculture in Mauritius opened o n Monday in Wooton, central Mauritius, PANA noted here
©- - 27 july 2009 - 19:41:00 - thread União Africana (123 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates in Maurit ius, as issued here Monday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 27 july 2009 - 09:33:00 - thread União Africana (111 words)


Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Senegalese grandmaster Macodou Ndiaye on Saturday won th e African draughts championship held in Banjul, Senegal, bagging 11 points at th e end of the competition that also served as the African qualifying round for thi s year's the World Championship to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil
©- - 25 july 2009 - 21:49:00 - thread União Africana (238 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The president of Mauritania's Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Dey, on Thursday resi gned his position
©- - 23 july 2009 - 21:51:00 - thread União Africana (180 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The constitutional court of Mauritania on Thursd ay rejected appeals made by by three losing candidates disputing the election of the former junta leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, during last Saturday's presidential election
©- - 23 july 2009 - 21:20:00 - thread União Africana (126 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called the upcom ing second round of presidential elections in Guinea Bissau an "important measur e '' of national commitment to democracy and reconciliation
©- - 23 july 2009 - 20:18:00 - thread União Africana (180 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A candidate in the recent presidential elections in Mauritania, Hamadi Ould Meimou, on Thursday endorsed the results and called f or a dialogue involving all political forces in the country, PANA reported
©- - 23 july 2009 - 20:16:00 - thread União Africana (161 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritania authorities have arrested two sus pected terrorists allegedly planning to attack the facilities of the National In d ustrial and Mining Company (SNIM), located in the north of Mauritania, judicial sources told PANA here Wedn esday
©- - 22 july 2009 - 13:01:00 - thread União Africana (138 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The observer mission of the International Francophony Organization (OIF) has urged candidates of last Saturday’s presidential election in Mauritania to resort to legal means should they disagree with the election r e sults
©- - 21 july 2009 - 23:06:00 - thread União Africana (209 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The African Rally for the Defence of Human Rights (RADDHO) has hailed Saturday’s presidential election in Mauritania saying the vote was held in a peaceful atmosphere
©- - 20 july 2009 - 21:59:00 - thread União Africana (231 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two defeated candidates in Saturday's Mauritania 's presidential election, Kane Hamidou Baba and Sarr Ibrahima Moctar, have congr a tulated Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for his victory at the polls, official sources t o ld PANA Monday
©- - 20 july 2009 - 21:01:00 - thread União Africana (163 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two defeated candidates in Mauritania's presidential election have congratulated Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for his electio n as president, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 20 july 2009 - 20:39:00 - thread União Africana (168 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Candidate of Mauritania's opposition National Fr ont for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, is to challenge in court t he results of Saturday's presidential polls, won by former junta leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Azi z
©- - 20 july 2009 - 18:41:00 - thread União Africana (280 words)


Grand Bay- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boolell l aunched the consultations of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Monday at t he International Conference Centre, Grand Bay, northern Mauritius, PANA reported
©- - 20 july 2009 - 14:47:00 - thread União Africana (197 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's president-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has denied opposition allegation that his Union for the Republic (UPR) part y rigged the country's presidential elections which was held 18 July
©- - 20 july 2009 - 13:17:00 - thread União Africana (231 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- With one third of the votes cast in Saturday's p residential election in Mauritania counted, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the candidate of the Union for the Republic (UPR) and former military Head of State, has taken the lead with 52 per cent, according to early results announced by the country's Interior and Decentralisation Ministry
©- - 19 july 2009 - 20:37:00 - thread União Africana (165 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian police on Friday arrested two person s suspected of killing an American citizen in January, Police Commander, Mohamed Lemine Ould Ahmed, told a news conference here on Saturday
©- - 19 july 2009 - 19:54:00 - thread União Africana (180 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Four candidates who participated in Saturday's p residential election in Mauritania have alleged that officials rigged the polls i n favour of former military leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
©- - 19 july 2009 - 12:30:00 - thread União Africana (200 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A group of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has protested against their exclusion from observing the voting process of the M auritanian presidential elections held across the country on Saturday
©- - 18 july 2009 - 19:47:00 - thread União Africana (100 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- About 3,000 Mauritanians based in France voted on Saturda y as the presidential election got underway same day in their country, PANA repo r ted from here
©- - 18 july 2009 - 19:02:00 - thread União Africana (209 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian presidential election was disrupted by an exchange of gun fire between security forces and a suspected terrorist gro u p Saturday afternoon, in the district of Ksar, Nouakchott, PANA reported
©- - 18 july 2009 - 15:53:00 - thread União Africana (143 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanians Saturday trooped to the polling sta tions to elect a new president, following the 6 August, 2008 coup d'etat that de p osed former president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, PANA reported
©- - 18 july 2009 - 13:11:00 - thread União Africana (200 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, announced on Friday that a state a funeral will be held on Sunday for the forme r bishop of Port-Louis, Cardinal Jean Margéot, who passed away earlier in the day
©- - 17 july 2009 - 22:21:00 - thread União Africana (155 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Former bishop of Port-Louis, Cardinal Jean Margéo t, died Friday morning aged 93, official sources said here
©- - 17 july 2009 - 11:40:00 - thread União Africana (89 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published here Friday by the Commercial Bank of Maur itius
©- - 17 july 2009 - 08:04:00 - thread União Africana (119 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian government is seeking information o n a French fugitive, Christophe Caterino, who was serving 54 months’ imprisonmen t for drug trafficking, official sources told PANA in Port-Louis on Thursday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 21:57:00 - thread União Africana (158 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – A Dutch, Mauritian -and British scientific team ha s discovered the remains of a “pelvis de dodo", the world's rarest bird, as well as huge turtles in Mare-aux-Songes in the southern part of the island, where the y have been conducting a search for some time
©- - 16 july 2009 - 20:49:00 - thread União Africana (133 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Minister of Communication (in ch arge of Relations with the Parliament), Ahmed Ould Ahmed Abd, Thursday announced the arrival of 320 observers in Nouakchott to monitor the presidential elections taking place on Saturday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 18:54:00 - thread União Africana (175 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Government has stopped granting new gambling licences to casinos and betting shops, pending the recommendations of a committee set up to examine issues relating to this activity
©- - 16 july 2009 - 18:28:00 - thread União Africana (194 words)


Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European mission in charge of reforming the secur ity sector in Guinea Bissau will end its duty 30 November, the Commander-in-chie f of the mission, General Esteban Verastegui, announced Wednesday in Brussels
©- - 16 july 2009 - 15:26:00 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published by the Mauritian Commercial Bank here Thursday
©- - 16 july 2009 - 14:05:00 - thread União Africana (115 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- The chairman of the African Union Muammar Kadhaf i says enriched uranium production should be encouraged for development purposes , arguing that it constitutes a scientific gain and its ban would mean the end of human progress
©- - 16 july 2009 - 00:03:00 - thread União Africana (383 words)