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...
Mauritania
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...
Moroccan OCP firm gives fertilizer to Mauritanian farmers
Despite the possibility of a diplomatic fall out between Morocco and Mauritania after a former minister “warned” about the accidental...
Morocco’s Drone Strikes and Ex-Minister’s Caution
Tensions are building up between Morocco and its southern neighbour Mauritania over the number of civilians the Moroccan army kill...
EU Partners Close to Mauritania Gas Deal Offshore
European governments are scrambling to work closely with West African countries in their haste to find natural gas and oil...
Mauritania to double its iron production
Although Mauritania is now dreaming aloud of natural gas extraction and green hydrogen production projects that are attracting major international...
