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Tag: Mauritania
Mauritania to Hold Referendum to Abolish Senate, Change Flag
President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced that a referendum would be held to vote for the amendment to the constitution providing notably for ... Read More
Mauritanian Upper House Rejects Changing Flag, Own Abolition
The Mauritanian Upper House voted against an amendment package providing, inter alia, for changing the flag to include a red strip representing the blood split ... Read More
UN Secretary General Urges Polisario to Withdraw from Guerguarat
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the head of the Polisario separatists Brahim Ghali to abide by the 1991 ceasefire agreement and withdraw militias from ... Read More
Moroccan, US Special Operations Wrap Up Flintlock Military Training
Special Operation Forces from the US and Morocco wrapped up the joint military exercises centring on advanced communication and medical skills during Operation Flintlock 2017. ... Read More
Mauritania: UN Calls for Direct Dialogue to End Political Impasse
The UN has called the Mauritanian regime and opposition to open direct talks in order to overcome the socio-political crisis, which has been gripping the ... Read More
Mauritania Foils Humanitarian Aid Embezzlement Attempt by Polisario
A new attempt to embezzle humanitarian aid by the Polisario separatists has been foiled in north-eastern Mauritania where large amounts of foodstuff and medicines were ... Read More
Mauritania’s President Irked by Poor Reception, Recalls Envoy to Banjul
The Mauritanian President, who has been reportedly angered by the poor consideration shown by Gambian President during his participation in Gambia’s celebration of its 52nd ... Read More
Morocco, US Conduct Flintlock 2017 Military Exercises
The Flintlock 2017 military exercises were launched in the Tifnit training base in Morocco’s southern zone area of operations with the participation of US experts ... Read More
With Morocco, ECOWAS Becomes 16 Largest Economy in the World
In the face of the paralysis crippling the Maghreb union, Morocco opted to look south reaching out to its partners in West Africa with whom ... Read More
International Community Commends Morocco’s Withdrawal from Guerguarat
The International community welcomed Morocco’s decision to withdraw troops from the southernmost tip of the Saharan provinces, known as Guerguarat, on the borders with Mauritania ... Read More