Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) – Authorities in Guinea-Bissau must develop a comprehensive national anti-corruption strategy that focuses on adopting sound practices related to public financial management, tax policy, revenue administration, rule of law, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering regimes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery leader and defeated opposition candidate in the 22 June presidential election this year, said he expressed his concerns and priorities for the normalization of the political and social environment in Mauritania, in a meeting with president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, on Tuesday Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian-Saudi partnership and business forum opened Monday in Sousse, 140 km south of Tunis,  as a delegation of Saudi businessmen from the Mecca Chamber of Commerce and Industry tours the country Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania 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 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian minister of Agro-industry and Food security, Mahen Seeruttun, on Monday announced the arrival of a World Bank consultant for the preparation of a master plan to enable the sugar industry to be sustainable in the mid and long term Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Diaspora in the United States have listed conditions for the restoration of national unity and a peaceful political atmosphere in their home country in a long letter sent to President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – SME Mauritius, a government body, will soon set up an observatory to serve as the main repository of qualitative and quantitative Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) data Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government is considering the recruitment of 5,030 teachers and professors to fill a gap in human resources for public service education, it was officially announced on Saturday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 22-year-old Ugandan, Samakula Musisi Jesse Mukhbi, was arrested on Saturday when he picked up his suitcase that was lost at Plaisance airport on Wednesday, which contained a certain amount of drugs, the Police told PANA in the capital of Mauritius Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Quality of Life minister Anwar Husnoo on Saturday revealed that cardio-vascular diseases cause between 3,000 to 3,500 deaths every year in the island Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Migrants trying to set sail for Europe were arrested on Friday at Nouadhibou port, 465 km  north of Nouakchott by the Mauritanian gendarmerie, local media reported on Saturday, quoting security sources Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a message of condolence addressed Friday to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Mauritanian head of state, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, expressed his "deep sadness" over the death of the former president Jaques Chirac Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Executives of the Collective of the Berabich Diaspora in Mauritania (CCDBM-refugees from Northern Mali) "condemn with the greatest vigour the serious human rights violations committed on September 19 in Timbuktu, under cover of the Malian army and without any interposition of the UN forces," they said in a statement released on Friday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation minister, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Thursday said that the first Mauritian satellite project will be completed by end 2019 and that its deployment into space is scheduled for around mid 2020, PANA reported from here Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A delegation from the regional management, Africa zone of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), led by Alzahrani Saeed, was received on Wednesday in Bamako by Malian Prime Minister, also Minister of Economy and Finance, Boubou Cissé, official sources told PANA on Thursday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PAANA) – Mauritian Minister of Ocean Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping, Mr Premdut Koonjoo, on Thursday laid emphasis on the importance of empowering women in the maritime sector Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fayez al-Sarraj, President of Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), on Wednesday met separately in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Moussa Mahamat Faki 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 Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A South African national who arrived in Mauritius with her four-year-old child was arrested on September 15 at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport carrying 615 grams of heroin in her stomach, a police source told PANA on Wednesday Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Tourism minister Anil Gayan has said that the partnership between Air Mauritius and Pierrefonds airport in La Reunion is very important as it brings new market opportunities for development Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The coach of the Mauritanian local national football team,  “Les MOURABITOUNES”, Mustapha Sall, has released the list of 21 players invited for the Union of West African football (UFOA) of Nations 2019 to be hosted in the Senegalese region of Thies Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo on Tuesday told  Parliament that 996 people have been arrested by police in 1,790 cases related to physical assault from 1January to 31 August 2019 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania 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 Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - South African woman Nokuphila Mtshali, 34 years old, was arrested on 17 September when she arrived at Mauritius International Airport from Reunion with 584 grams of heroin hidden in her private parts, a police source said on Saturday morning Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius government's expenditure on education declined by 1 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The G5 Sahel is to order a study into the security expenditure of member sates and its effects on the financing of investments, particularly within social sectors, the organisation’s Permanent Secretariat (PS) announced on Friday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is planning the construction of an Intercontinental Slavery Museum at Aapravasi Ghat in central Port Louis, the capital, PANA reported from here on Friday Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The Mauritanian government hursday examined and adopted a draft law on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Code at its weekly meeting here, an official statement reaching PANA here said Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national football team will meet their Mauritanian counterparts on Saturday at the Nouakchott Olympic Stadium in the first leg of the African Nations Championship qualifiers (CHAN 2020) Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger "strongly condemns" the "terrorist attacks" perpetrated on September 14 on Saudi Arabia's civilian infrastructure and oil sites Full text...

Melrose, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Prison Service and SME Mauritius Ltd on Thursday launched a business plan for inmates, in line with the Social Entrepreneurship Programme, to equip them with the knowledge and know-how to set up their own businesses on completion of their sentences Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday said  the ICT sector is the third pillar of the Mauritian economy after the financial industry and tourism, contributing up to 5 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania 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 Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mohamed Ould Maouloud, leader of the opposition Union of progressive forces (UFP) and candidate of the coalition of forces for democratic change (CFCD) on the occasion of the 22 June presidential election in Mauritania, has expressed the wish for the holding of national inclusive dialogue Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will contribute US$ 267 million to the achievement of projects of the Priority Investment Programme (PIP) of the G5 Sahel, according to a statement made available to PANA by the Bank's Managing Director of Regional development and services office for North Africa, Mohamed El Azizi Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian Presiden Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is in Luanda since Tuesday to take part in the first edition of the Peace biannual meeting in the Angola capital from 18-22 September, the Malian presidency said on Wednesday Full text...