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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated that sugar production should reach 235,000 tons this year in Mauritius

©- - 12 november 2022 - 09:40:40 - thread African Union (103 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and France on Thursday signed in Port-Louis, the Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters treaties, which will enable more effective cooperation and exchange of information between the two countries and facilitate countering cross-border crimes

©- - 11 november 2022 - 06:47:30 - thread African Union (229 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Saturday announced the death of one 80-year-old woman patient from the coronavirus (COVID-19)

©- - 05 november 2022 - 07:01:46 - thread African Union (97 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An African Union (AU) delegation led by Congolese Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso, representing the chairperson of the AU High Level Committee on Libya, arrived in Benghazi (east) on Thursday for a series of meetings reaffirming the role of the pan-African organization in supporting stability in Libya

©- - 04 november 2022 - 14:31:05 - thread African Union (237 words)


 Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday commemorated the deportation of the Chagossian community from their homeland between 1965 and 1973 in the Chagos Archipelago, 1,000 km, north of mainland Mauritius, with a wreath laying ceremony at the Chagos Monument, in the port area of Port-Louis

©- - 04 november 2022 - 06:59:10 - thread African Union (356 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has launched the National Sexual Reproductive Health Policy 2022 and its implementation Plan 2022–2027, whose objective is to achieve sexual health and well-being of all the population at every stage of life

©- - 02 november 2022 - 07:37:06 - thread African Union (478 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will combine high-quality surveillance and public health promotion with a strong childhood immunisation programme to prevent any serious public health emergencies from all vaccine preventable diseases, including measles, the Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday, said in the Mauritian capital

©- - 01 november 2022 - 08:36:13 - thread African Union (432 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, Monday attended the reception ceremony of the chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, and his accompanying delegation in the capital, Algiers, prior to the 31st session of the Arab Summit to be held on 1-2 November

©- - 31 october 2022 - 16:40:21 - thread African Union (320 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry announced on Friday that it will introduce a health book for Mauritians aged 60 years and above

This is part of a National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan 2022–2026 developed by the Ministry after an intensive consultative process involving the 251,246 senior citizens

©- - 29 october 2022 - 07:11:10 - thread African Union (283 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The health authorities in Mauritius reported  on Saturday that no death was attributed to COVID-19 over the period 20 to 26 October 2022

©- - 29 october 2022 - 06:59:59 - thread African Union (62 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) said on Saturday the summer season in the country will officially start from 1 November 2022 and to end on 30 April 2023, whilst the official cyclone season is from 1 November 2022 to 15 May 2023

©- - 29 october 2022 - 06:55:08 - thread African Union (174 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday launched a sterile release programme of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in the Port-Louis area which forms part of the integrated vector management strategy to tackle mosquito-borne illnesses such as dengue and chikungunya

©- - 28 october 2022 - 07:35:39 - thread African Union (333 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will set up, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a National Healthcare Waste Disposal Facility as part of the implementation of the Sustainable Low- and non-Chemical Development in SIDS (Small Islands Developing States) ISLANDS project

©- - 27 october 2022 - 08:03:43 - thread African Union (438 words)


Plaine Magnien, Mauritius (PANA) - The fourth Africa Indian Ocean Free Route Airspace Project Management Team (AFI–FRA-PMT) meeting which aims at developing a road map for the implementation of Free Route Airspace (FRA) in the AFI region opened in Mauritius on Tuesday

©- - 26 october 2022 - 07:42:08 - thread African Union (361 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the State Audit Office of Libya, Khaled Shakchak, is participating in the 14th General Assembly of the Arab Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ARABOSAI), which started on Sunday in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

©- - 24 october 2022 - 13:23:17 - thread African Union (160 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, has welcomed the meeting in Morocco between the Speaker of the Libyan Parliament and the chairman of the High State Council, expressing the hope that it would be the beginning of a political dialogue to end the impasse in the North African country

©- - 23 october 2022 - 14:11:16 - thread African Union (431 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children on the continent are five times less likely to learn the basics, than those living elsewhere

©- - 21 october 2022 - 05:56:38 - thread African Union (558 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children on the continent are five times less likely to learn the basics, than those living elsewhere

©- - 21 october 2022 - 05:32:35 - thread African Union (558 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Tuesday that the country's balance of visible trade showed a deficit of 16

©- - 18 october 2022 - 08:29:07 - thread African Union (179 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday said that the fight against poverty remains at the core of Government’s preoccupations, which is tackling the root causes of poverty and exclusion by working with poor communities and others left behind to better access basic services such as health and education, social protection measures and empowerment initiatives for women and youth

©- - 18 october 2022 - 07:23:43 - thread African Union (401 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Health authorities in Mauritius on Saturday reported that there were three deaths due to COVID-19 over the period 6-12 October

©- - 15 october 2022 - 08:20:26 - thread African Union (62 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Monaco Explorations, supported by the commitment of Prince Albert II of Monaco to protect the ocean and promote sustainable management, started a two-month expedition on Wednesday in the Indian Ocean on the South African oceanographic vessel, SA Agulhas II

©- - 13 october 2022 - 09:25:34 - thread African Union (193 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Small island states, like Mauritius, are extremely vulnerable to any chemical attacks by external forces, the Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Alan Ganoo, has said

©- - 13 october 2022 - 09:19:13 - thread African Union (445 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourist arrivals are on rise in Mauritius, according to Statistics Mauritius, 9,460 in the period January/September 2021 to 638,332 during the same period in 2022

©- - 12 october 2022 - 09:36:06 - thread African Union (204 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday said that more than 1,700 new cases of mental health were detected out of the 28,000 people who attended to the mental health hospital, from July 2021 to June 2022, the Government Information Services (GIS) reported

©- - 11 october 2022 - 08:36:08 - thread African Union (342 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that four positive coronavirus patients have died since the beginning of  this month

©- - 11 october 2022 - 06:38:46 - thread African Union (79 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance, Mahen Kumar Seeruttun, said here Friday the trust and reputation the country now enjoys, particularly since it ticked FATF’s 40 Recommendations, positions her among the best performers in its league

©- - 08 october 2022 - 09:33:35 - thread African Union (408 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Officials and technicians from The Gambia will be in Mauritius from 11-16 October, 2022, to study the Mauritian digital ecosystem, infrastructure, and development, in line with efforts to accelerate Gambia's digital transformation process

©- - 08 october 2022 - 08:46:02 - thread African Union (74 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius indicated Saturday that two patients died from COVID-19 over the period 29 September, to 5 October 2022

©- - 08 october 2022 - 08:39:32 - thread African Union (62 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius announced on Friday that a delegation from the Commonwealth Secretariat would arrive in the country on 14-18 November to impart training to members of the police force on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)

©- - 08 october 2022 - 08:17:41 - thread African Union (221 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, held talks on Friday in Abidjan with his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, General Umaro El Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo, who is on a friendship and working visit to Côte d'Ivoire, an official source said

©- - 07 october 2022 - 17:19:12 - thread African Union (237 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that his ministry will introduce a bill soon in Parliament to authoriSe the use of cannabis for medical purposes, the local press reported

©- - 06 october 2022 - 09:46:07 - thread African Union (208 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister, Renganaden Padayachy, on Monday said that the government is anticipating a strong recovery in economic activities for the year 2022 with the growth rate projected at 7%

©- - 04 october 2022 - 08:55:28 - thread African Union (205 words)