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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The exiled paramilitary group African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM) has demanded that 28 November be observed as a day of national mourning, in memory of the 28 black soldiers hanged on the same day in 1990
©- - 21 november 2009 - 19:13:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam is bille d to leave Port-Louis Saturday evening for Trinidad and Tobago, where he will attend the summit of the Commonwealth heads of state and government, planned for next week, offici al sources said
©- - 21 november 2009 - 11:30:00 - thread African Union (124 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will host, in September 2011, the first international conference on waste management in developing countries, PANA lear n t on Friday from official sources
©- - 20 november 2009 - 18:31:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Port-Louis- Maurice (PANA) -- A total of 121 people have been killed in road acci dents since the beginning of 2009 in Mauritius, according to official data provided at the launch of the campaign to raise aware ness on road safety
©- - 20 november 2009 - 12:01:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Industry and Science and Research Minis ter Dharam Gokhool launched the Mauritius Poverty Observatory Thursday night in a bid to de al more effectively with poverty
©- - 20 november 2009 - 08:58:00 - thread African Union (344 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Bank of Mauritius and the Financial Intelligence Unit, Mauritius' two biggest financial institutions, have signed an agreement aimed at fighting economic crimes, particularly money laundering and financing of terrorism, official sources told PANA on Thursday
©- - 19 november 2009 - 21:43:00 - thread African Union (145 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader and chair of the African Union (AU), M ouammar Kadhafi, on Thursday received the President of Guinea Bissau, Malam Baca i Sanha, who arrived in Tripoli from the Italian capital city of Rome
©- - 19 november 2009 - 19:18:00 - thread African Union (166 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Statistics Office in Mauritius indica ted Thursday that tourist arrivals for the first nine months of 2009 dropped by 9
©- - 19 november 2009 - 13:53:00 - thread African Union (355 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Finance Minister Ramakrishna Sithanen o n Wednesday presented the Islandâ?s 2010 national budget, saying the governmentâ ?s three main priorities would be to accelerate job creation, consolidate social progress for inclusive growth and sustain the Island on the path to mitigate th e impact of climate change
©- - 18 november 2009 - 18:33:00 - thread African Union (441 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Head of State Mohamed Ould Abdel Azi z, Wednesday sent a congratulatory message to the Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, on the occasion of the celebration of the National Holiday of the Cherifian Kingdom on Thursday, official sources told PANA here
©- - 18 november 2009 - 15:19:00 - thread African Union (100 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has declared 25 March every year as the ''national reconciliation day'', PANA learnt from a top government official here Wednesday
©- - 18 november 2009 - 12:43:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The 2009-2010 cyclone season has started in the I ndian Ocean, with the appearance of the first cyclone called "Anja" on Wednesday, said the Mauritian Meteorologic al Services
©- - 18 november 2009 - 08:55:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will establish a national natural disas ter management centre to assess risks, manage, plan and disseminate warning sign a ls ahead of disasters, official sources told PANA here Monday
©- - 17 november 2009 - 16:22:00 - thread African Union (164 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Ma uritania (BCM), Mohamed Ould Oumarou, has been arrested by the country's anti-ec o nomic crimes police, sources told PANA here on Tuesday
©- - 17 november 2009 - 15:46:00 - thread African Union (107 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government rose from an extraord inary Council of Ministers' meeting Monday and adopted the 2010 finance bill, fi x ed at 245,874,369,054 ouguiyas (about US$ 1 billion), a 3
©- - 17 november 2009 - 15:09:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel A ziz, on Monday evening held talks with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Teyib El Fassi El Fihr i, who brought to him a message from King Mohamed VI, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) reported on Tuesday
©- - 17 november 2009 - 12:30:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's African Liberation Forces (FLAM) ha s lauded the new government saying it has noted several positive actions after 1 0 0 days by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
©- - 16 november 2009 - 23:25:00 - thread African Union (157 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian police in charge of economic cri mes, on Sunday questioned some bankers and businessmen over alleged "embezzlemen t " involving Sid'El Moctar Ould Nagi, former governor of the Mauritanian Central B ank (BCM), informed sources confirmed to PANA here on Monday
©- - 16 november 2009 - 16:50:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania Saturday celebrated the international day for diabetes with the free screening of potential carriers in the capital, P ANA reported from here
©- - 14 november 2009 - 16:43:00 - thread African Union (168 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government Thursday adopted a dr aft law modifying the status of the national police, according to an official co m munique issued on Friday in Nouakchott
©- - 13 november 2009 - 15:43:00 - thread African Union (105 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of some f oreign currencies against the rupee, as released on Friday by the Mauritian Comm e rcial Bank
©- - 13 november 2009 - 10:32:00 - thread African Union (126 words)


Balaclava- Mauritius (PANA) -- More than 350 participants, including foreign expe rts, are taking part in a three-day international conference on diabetes which b e gan Thursday in Balaclava, northern Mauritius
©- - 13 november 2009 - 09:23:00 - thread African Union (354 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The following are the current exchange rates of s ome foreign currencies against the Mauritian local rupee
©- - 12 november 2009 - 16:31:00 - thread African Union (116 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The following is the current exchange rates of so me foreign currencies against the Mauritian local rupee
©- - 12 november 2009 - 16:30:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A former governor of the Central Bank of Maurita nia (BCM), Sid'El Moctar Ould Nagui, was arrested on Wednesday in Nouakchott, th e capital, and kept in police custody, official sources told PANA Thursday
©- - 12 november 2009 - 14:54:00 - thread African Union (95 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Wednesday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank
©- - 11 november 2009 - 11:16:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A sub-regional workshop on fishery involving Wes t African countries and the European Union (EU), with a view to "improving gover n ance in partnerships", started Tuesday in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, P A NA reported
©- - 10 november 2009 - 18:26:00 - thread African Union (230 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The alliance formed by Mauritania's ruling party , the Union for the Republic (UPR) and the National Rally for Reform and Develop m ent (RNRD-Tawassoul), won 13 of 17 Senate seats in the partial Senatorial electi o ns held in the country Sunday, according to a statement from the Mauritanian Int e rior Ministry
©- - 09 november 2009 - 14:56:00 - thread African Union (147 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A militant organisation for Mauritanians in dias pora, the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM), said the remains of 28 soldiers, who were victims of extrajudicial executions on 27 November, 1990, sho u ld be returned to their families, sources in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott , said here Monday
©- - 09 november 2009 - 14:43:00 - thread African Union (154 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will establish a centre based on the mo del that exists in the United States, to strengthen surveillance, detection and c ontrol high risk pandemic diseases such as "chikungunya", dengue fever and swine flu (A H1N1), an official source told PANA here
©- - 08 november 2009 - 12:02:00 - thread African Union (201 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Commissioner for Human Rights, Human itarian Action and Relations with the Civil Society, Mohamed Lemine Ould Dadde, o n Wednesday launched a long-term programme to eradicate begging in Mauritania
©- - 04 november 2009 - 18:20:00 - thread African Union (173 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A UN independent mission of experts led by the special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Mrs Gulnara Shahinian annou nced on Tuesday that she has recommended a series of measures to eradicate slave r y for good in the country
©- - 03 november 2009 - 22:52:00 - thread African Union (223 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- India has offered a Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopte r to the Mauritian Police Force as part of the Islandâ?s programme to strengthen defence and security, according to a PANA report
©- - 03 november 2009 - 14:29:00 - thread African Union (224 words)


Sebha- Libya (PANA) -- The International Conference on "priorities of the African Union (AU)" started Saturday evening in Sabha (800km south of Tripoli), with the participation of several lecturers, researchers and academics from the Universities of Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Great Britain and the United States
©- - 01 november 2009 - 18:15:00 - thread African Union (193 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- New cigarette packs with shocking pictures of some diseases related to tobacco use will soon appear on the Mauritian market, official sources in Port-Louis told PANA Sunday
©- - 01 november 2009 - 18:09:00 - thread African Union (193 words)


Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The chairwoman of the parliamentary group of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Mrs A ntonia Mendes Teixeira, was killed on Thursday in a road accident
©- - 31 october 2009 - 13:12:00 - thread African Union (111 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- President Bacai Sanha of Guinea Bissau on Thursda y reshuffled his cabinet, slashing the number of ministers from 21 to 16, accord i ng to a PANA report Friday
©- - 30 october 2009 - 18:11:00 - thread African Union (300 words)


Rأ©duit- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Womenâ?s Rights Minister Indranee Seebun, has said that the country's National Women Council will place land (fenced and r eady for cultivation) at the disposal of women entrepreneurs, grouped in agricul t ural societies, who want to engage in crop production
©- - 30 october 2009 - 16:27:00 - thread African Union (270 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the exchange rates for the Mauritia n rupee against some foreign currencies, as released Friday by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius
©- - 30 october 2009 - 11:20:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Regional integration is the solution to economic problems facing the "Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), acc o rding to the Mauritian Finance Minister, Ramakrishna Sithanen, and the Governor o f the Bank of Mauritius, Rundheersingh Bheenick
©- - 29 october 2009 - 17:57:00 - thread African Union (327 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Thursday by the Mauritian Commercial Bank
©- - 29 october 2009 - 11:40:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some 14,955 Mauritanian refugees, consisting of 3,888 families, have been repatriated from Senegal to Mauritania since the end of January 2008, under a tripartite agreemen t signed in November 2007 by both countries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), PANA reported
©- - 28 october 2009 - 14:20:00 - thread African Union (197 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as released here Wednesday by the Mauritius Commercial Bank
©- - 28 october 2009 - 11:52:00 - thread African Union (121 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday held talks wi th Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdoul Aziz in Paris and assured him that F rance will keep on supporting the African nation to resume receiving aid from th e European Union
©- - 27 october 2009 - 21:11:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian International Trade Minister Arvin Bool ell will introduce the Trade (Anti-dumping and countervailing measures) bill at t he next sitting of Parliament due Tuesday in Port-Louis, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 26 october 2009 - 14:04:00 - thread African Union (93 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will fac e a barrage of questions when the country's parliament resumes sitting on Tuesda y in Port-Louis, PANA reported from here Monday
©- - 26 october 2009 - 13:55:00 - thread African Union (102 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published Monday by the Mauri t ian Commercial Bank
©- - 26 october 2009 - 11:26:00 - thread African Union (122 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, is to visit France for a few days from Monday, at the invitation of French autho r ities, according to official sources here Sunday
©- - 25 october 2009 - 12:45:00 - thread African Union (107 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government plans to create a spe cial unit to take charge of road safety in the country, a communique of the Coun c il of Ministers, released here on Friday, disclosed
©- - 23 october 2009 - 14:44:00 - thread African Union (158 words)