Disgraced ex-Mauritanian President handed hefty sentence
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for abusing his position of power whilst...
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Devastating Mauritania Floods Displace Many
Heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding for many towns in Mauritania. An outpouring of rain from a village situated in...
Mauritania Ruling Party Wins Contested Elections
Ghazouani's party keeps control, while focus now shifts to his own presidential bid in 2024 The ruling party in Mauritania...
Mauritania Election Crisis: Opposition Alleges Rigging
Tensions are brewing in Mauritania threatening regional stability, following elections which opposition groups are claiming has been rigged. Mauritanian opposition...
Mauritania Vote: President’s 2nd Term?
In Mauritania, legislative and local elections are being held on Saturday 13 May. The campaign ended on the evening of...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Maghreb’s untapped clean energy potential
Last year, Europe’s “sudden” pivot to North Africa to shore up its energy security and shift its reliance away from...
Russia’s Stance on Western Sahara and Algeria
Once again Russia steps forward and takes more ground in Africa, barely days after the EU chief diplomat downplayed Moscow...
IMF gives “recovery” bailout to Mauritania
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $86.9 million extended fund facility for Mauritania, it said in a statement...
Ex-Mauritania President in Court for Graft
Mauritania’s former president is in the dock on charges of graft in a landmark case which has seen a phalanx...
Mauritania: Military blocks Aziz from fleeing, fearing coup
Former president of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who soon faces trial for suspected corruption was recently prohibited from leaving the country to fly to France...
The Shifting Sands of Mauritania’s Defence Policy
Recent reports that the G5 Sahel Defense College in Nouakchott, which trains 40 officer cadets from West African armies each year,...
Mauritania gets high speed internet, but at a cost
Good news, it seems, for Mauritania’s web surfers as the World Bank has recently announced that fibre broadband will soon be theirs. In...
Crucial Western Sahara-Palestine Link
Disputed Western Sahara is entirely bounded by Mauritania on its southern and eastern flanks, Algeria borders a piece of its north east...
Nouakchott: Mauritania’s Cultural Capital
Mauritania on January 6th commenced the first events since Nouakchott was chosen as the capital of culture in the Islamic...
Declan Hayes: Is Mauritania the next big thing?
Though its critics might argue Mauritania is one of those God-forsaken places where French Legionnaires routinely dropped dead from mosquito bites, there is much more...
