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Category: Mauritania
Mauritania speaks out officially against Polisario’s provocations in Guerguarat
Mauritania has for the first time officially reacted Wednesday to the Polisario’s provocative acts at Guerguarat crossing point as these acts obstruct the traffic of ... Read More
Mauritania distances itself from Polisario
An official Mauritanian source denied the involvement of the Mauritanian administration in the creation of a so-called parliamentary friendship group with the Polisario separatist entity. ... Read More
Son of ex-Mauritanian President under investigation on alleged money laundering charges
Mauritania’s anti-corruption police department has interrogated Bedr Ould Mohamed Abdel Aziz, son of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on alleged money laundering charges. Bedr ... Read More
Mauritania faces fresh produce shortage due to Polisario banditry
As the Polisario militias continue blocking the free flow of commercial traffic on the Guerguarat border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania, food markets in Nouakchott ... Read More
Polisario’s banditry undermines Mauritanian economy- Mauritanian MPs
Mauritanian MPs decried the continuing banditry practiced by the Polisario by blocking the flow of commercial trafficking on the Guerguarat border crossing between Morocco and ... Read More
Mauritania: Former opposition leader Moustapha Limam Chafi returns to Nouakchott after eleven years of exile
Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi, targeted by an international arrest warrant issued by the regime of former Mauritanian President Ould Abdelaziz, returned ... Read More
US announces nearly $152 million humanitarian assistance for Sahel
The United States announced last week nearly $152 million in humanitarian assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region countries of Niger, ... Read More
Sahara: UN warns again Polisario against obstructing civil & commercial Traffic
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday warned the Polisario separatists against obstructing regular civil and commercial traffic in the Guerguerat buffer zone, in reaction ... Read More
Former Mauritanian President banned from traveling
Mauritania’s national security directorate (DGSN) has seized the passport of former leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who is being investigated for state funds embezzlement and mismanagement ... Read More
Ex-Mauritanian leader summoned by police for hearing
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz showed up Monday before the police for hearing as part of investigations into corruption and public funds embezzlement allegations ... Read More